Final Rolens Dissertation Dec 14

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Final Rolens Dissertation Dec 14 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Dangerous Crossings: Class Passing, Identity Intersectionality, and Consumer Culture in U.S. Crime Fiction and Film, 1940-1960 A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Literature by Clare Rolens Committee in charge: Professor Michael Davidson, Chair Professor Rebecca Plant Professor Roddey Reid Professor Shelley Streeby Professor Nicole Tonkovich 2014 Copyright Clare Rolens, 2014 All Rights Reserved The Dissertation of Clare Rolens is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm and electronically: Chair University of California, San Diego 2014 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page……………………………………………………………………………iii Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………iv Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………..v Vita……………………………………………………………………………………...viii Abstract of the Dissertation………………………………………………………………ix Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1 CHAPTER ONE The Femme Fatale on the Home Front in Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely (1940) and Vera Caspary’s Laura (1942)..………………..42 CHAPTER TWO For Richer, For Poorer: Class-Passing Mothers and Domestic Noir in Vera Caspary’s Bedelia (1945)……………………………………………..……90 CHAPTER THREE The Homme Fatal Strikes Again: Male Class Passers in Dorothy Hughes’s In a Lonely Place (1947) and Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955)….……………………………………………………………..….140 CHAPTER FOUR Economically Queer: Class and Gender Passing as Anti-Racist Resistance in Chester Himes’s All Shot Up (1960).………………………...….176 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………...208 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………214 iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Studying writers, I cannot help but note certain patterns in the writing process. One is the combination of the writer as always alone in her craft, and the other is writer as constantly supported, challenged, critiqued, and shaped by family, friends, colleagues, editors, advisors, and well-wishers. First and foremost, I would like to thank my kind and diligent advisor, Michael Davidson. Because of his detailed feedback and enthusiasm for my project, my doctoral studies have been not a long and onerous slog but a delight. Even late in his career, his energy and pleasure in scholarship has been infectious. I am particularly grateful for the moments when he demanded more of me, pushed me to a higher standard, and fostered ever more provocative work. My mother Debra and father Jim introduced me to the endlessly rich world of crime fiction; my father was my historian, and my mother my poet. Thanks to both of them for shaping my life as a writer, thinker, and reader. My brother, Sam, a journalist, songwriter, and playwright, has always been a source of inspiration and an invaluable collaborator for me, as has my endlessly creative poet of a sister-in-law, Jacquie. My aunt Lin is my intellectual sounding board, and a woman of grace and forceful, creative, and curious thought— my thanks to her for making me a traveller, and thus opening a wide world to me. My dear Sierra has been like a sister to me in my writings, my readings, and my travels. Lani taught me how to have complicated and ambitious conversations about everything under the sun, and taught me to enjoy and crave such conversations. Jessica developed this skill further, in long talks over cocktails and long walks on the beach collecting shells. Christie and Lata helped me to have fun and make my college years into countless good stories. Neil asked v me to think more complexly and feel more deeply, and was my partner in American history and inquisitive study of masculinities in American culture. I was lucky to have a fabulous committee who supported me with both praise and constructive criticism. My thanks go to Nicole Tonkovich for her advice in all matters academic and personal; her tireless commitment to teaching and scholarship has set the bar high for me. Shelley Streeby pushed me in the right direction in my study of working class identity and gender studies, and has made me a more well-rounded scholar. Roddey Reid’s class on glamour and popular culture, as well as his work in masculinity studies, provided the foundation for my overall scholarship. Rebecca Plant’s historian’s eye allowed me to write more textured and complete contextualization for my literary analysis, and encouraged my fascination with motherhood and domesticity in crime fiction and film. I had so much help at UCSD beyond my committee. Kate was my model academic and friend, without whom graduate school would have been a lot more confusing and a lot less joyful; Jack stood by me in balancing school and work, and taught me the best chicken recipe. Sarah gave me fresh passion and a new standard for academic work, as well as superlative feedback and guidance, and remains a partner in crafting exciting and moral scholarship. Mark, with his endless energy for ideas and cheeky chapter titles, brought a sense of fun to my gender studies scholarship. Soren, Satoko, and Juliana read draft after draft, and were generous with their feedback and support. Amanda introduced me to San Diego and its many pleasures, and introduced me also to all my Sunday Funday friends who have made my time at UCSD the best years of my life. Meredith and Charlie helped me through tough times with legal help, happy arguments, and Cards Against Humanity, and Tony reminded me to look at novels like a vi novelist. Above all, Jimi’s infinite creativity, curiosity, and support have made me into the scholar and the person that I am. I hope he never stops asking me questions. No one could ask for a more wise, lovely, and loving partner. vii VITA 2005 Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara 2006-2007 Tutor, Santa Barbara City College 2008-2014 Teaching Assistant, Eleanor Roosevelt College 2012 Master of Arts, University of California, San Diego 2012-2013 Teaching Assistant, Literature Department, University of California, San Diego 2013-2014 Dissertation Fellow, Literature Department, University of California, San Diego 2014 Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego PUBLICATIONS “Write Like A Man: Chester Himes and the Criminal Text Beyond Bars,” in Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Johns Hopkins University Press. Spring 2014. “Revising the Prison in the Literary Marketplace: Blurred Boundaries and Absurdity Obscured in Chester Himes’s Prison Novels,” in the peer-reviewed essay collection New Chester Himes Criticism, Eds. Michael Gillespie and Gary Holcomb. Forthcoming. FIELDS OF STUDY Twentieth century U.S. literature U.S. crime and detective fiction and film Consumer culture and advertising African American literature and culture Jewish American literature Critical gender studies Class in U.S. literature and culture viii ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Dangerous Crossings: Class Passing, Identity Intersectionality, and Consumer Culture in U.S. Crime Fiction and Film, 1940-1960 by Clare Rolens Doctor of Philosophy in Literature University of California, San Diego, 2014 Professor Michael Davidson, Chair In “Dangerous Crossings: Class Passing, Identity Intersectionality, and Consumer Culture in U.S. Crime Fiction and Film, 1940-1960,” I argue that a close analysis of class masquerade illuminates the intersectional nature of identity and the criminalization of socially mobile individuals in American literature and popular culture. The midcentury American crime narrative is structured by the stubborn prevalence of a figure I call the class passer, that is, a character who performs a false class identity in order to be socially mobile and to conceal their class origins. This “dangerous crossing” of class lines is a catalyst that also destabilizes any notion of gender, race, and sexuality as fixed ix categories. My focus serves as a critical lens for crime fiction’s engagement with consumer capitalism, as well as for the study of class, and more broadly of identity itself as a fluid, yet rigid, concept in midcentury discourse. Chapter One, “The Femme Fatale on the Home Front in Raymond Chandler’s Farewell, My Lovely (1940) and Vera Caspary’s Laura (1942),” pairs Chandler and Caspary’s noir novels to illustrate the crucial role of class in the femme fatale’s danger to capitalist patriarchy. In Chapter Two, “For Richer, For Poorer: Class-Passing Mothers and Domestic Noir in Vera Caspary’s Bedelia (1945), Cornell Woolrich’s I Married a Dead Man (1948), and No Man of Her Own (1950),” I compare Caspary and Woolrich’s stories of pregnant women who are criminal class passers, as well as the latter novel’s 1950 film adaptation. In Chapter Three, “The Homme Fatal Strikes Again: Male Class Passers in Dorothy Hughes’s In a Lonely Place (1947) and Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (1955),” I argue that female authors revise conventions of the crime genre to frame the encroachment of consumer culture and postmodern notions of identity as threats gendered as masculine rather than feminine. Chapter Four, “Economically Queer: Class and Gender Passing as Anti-Racist Resistance in Chester Himes’s All Shot Up (1960),” uses queer of color critique to examine how passing in Himes’s series of Harlem crime novels expose fixed identities and white supremacy as confidence games. Ultimately, my project demonstrates the importance of popular genre in the broader study of U.S. literature and culture, specifically in terms of class, intersectionality, and postmodern identities. x Introduction In 1922 Carroll John Daly
Recommended publications
  • Papéis Normativos E Práticas Sociais
    Agnes Ayres (1898-194): Rodolfo Valentino e Agnes Ayres em “The Sheik” (1921) The Donovan Affair (1929) The Affairs of Anatol (1921) The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball Broken Hearted (1929) Cappy Ricks (1921) (1918) Bye, Bye, Buddy (1929) Too Much Speed (1921) Their Godson (1918) Into the Night (1928) The Love Special (1921) Sweets of the Sour (1918) The Lady of Victories (1928) Forbidden Fruit (1921) Coals for the Fire (1918) Eve's Love Letters (1927) The Furnace (1920) Their Anniversary Feast (1918) The Son of the Sheik (1926) Held by the Enemy (1920) A Four Cornered Triangle (1918) Morals for Men (1925) Go and Get It (1920) Seeking an Oversoul (1918) The Awful Truth (1925) The Inner Voice (1920) A Little Ouija Work (1918) Her Market Value (1925) A Modern Salome (1920) The Purple Dress (1918) Tomorrow's Love (1925) The Ghost of a Chance (1919) His Wife's Hero (1917) Worldly Goods (1924) Sacred Silence (1919) His Wife Got All the Credit (1917) The Story Without a Name (1924) The Gamblers (1919) He Had to Camouflage (1917) Detained (1924) In Honor's Web (1919) Paging Page Two (1917) The Guilty One (1924) The Buried Treasure (1919) A Family Flivver (1917) Bluff (1924) The Guardian of the Accolade (1919) The Renaissance at Charleroi (1917) When a Girl Loves (1924) A Stitch in Time (1919) The Bottom of the Well (1917) Don't Call It Love (1923) Shocks of Doom (1919) The Furnished Room (1917) The Ten Commandments (1923) The Girl Problem (1919) The Defeat of the City (1917) The Marriage Maker (1923) Transients in Arcadia (1918) Richard the Brazen (1917) Racing Hearts (1923) A Bird of Bagdad (1918) The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917) The Heart Raider (1923) Springtime à la Carte (1918) The Mirror (1917) A Daughter of Luxury (1922) Mammon and the Archer (1918) Hedda Gabler (1917) Clarence (1922) One Thousand Dollars (1918) The Debt (1917) Borderland (1922) The Girl and the Graft (1918) Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Talking Books Catalogue
    Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just another probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police Service. My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit and finding a way to climb into the panties of WPC Leslie May. Then one night, I tried to take a statement from a man who was already dead. Ackroyd, Peter The death of King Arthur An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death brought to new life for our times. The legend of King Arthur has retained its appeal and popularity through the ages - Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail. Adams, Jane Fragile lives The battered body of Patrick Duggan is washed up on a beach a short distance from Frantham. To complicate matters, Edward Parker, who worked for Duggan's father, disappeared at the same time. Coincidence? Mac, a police officer, and Rina, an interested outsider, don't think so. Adams,Jane The power of one Why was Paul de Freitas, a games designer, shot dead aboard a luxury yacht and what secret was he protecting that so many people are prepared to kill to get hold of? Rina Martin takes it upon herself to get to the bottom of things, much to the consternation of her friend, DI McGregor. ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun The setting is the lead up to and the course of Nigeria's Biafra War in the 1960's, and the events unfold through the eyes of three central characters who are swept along in the chaos of civil war.
    [Show full text]
  • Films Refusés, Du Moins En Première Instance, Par La Censure 1917-1926 N.B
    Films refusés, du moins en première instance, par la censure 1917-1926 N.B. : Ce tableau dresse, d’après les archives de la Régie du cinéma, la liste de tous les refus prononcés par le Bureau de la censure à l’égard d’une version de film soumise pour approbation. Comme de nombreux films ont été soumis plus d’une fois, dans des versions différentes, chaque refus successif fait l’objet d’une nouvelle ligne. La date est celle de la décision. Les « Remarques » sont reproduites telles qu’elles se trouvent dans les documents originaux, accompagnées parfois de commentaires entre [ ]. 1632 02 janv 1917 The wager Metro Immoral and criminal; commissioner of police in league with crooks to commit a frame-up robbery to win a wager. 1633 04 janv 1917 Blood money Bison Criminal and a very low type. 1634 04 janv 1917 The moral right Imperial Murder. 1635 05 janv 1917 The piper price Blue Bird Infidelity and not in good taste. 1636 08 janv 1917 Intolerance Griffith [Version modifiée]. Scafold scenes; naked woman; man in death cell; massacre; fights and murder; peeping thow kay hole and girl fixing her stocking; scenes in temple of love; raiding bawdy house; kissing and hugging; naked statue; girls half clad. 1637 09 janv 1917 Redeeming love Morosco Too much caricature on a clergyman; cabaret gambling and filthy scenes. 1638 12 janv 1917 Kick in Pathé Criminal and low. 1639 12 janv 1917 Her New-York Pathé With a tendency to immorality. 1640 12 janv 1917 Double room mystery Red Murder; robbery and of low type.
    [Show full text]
  • Inventory by Title June 7, 2021 13.5 Barr, Nevada. 41 Bush, George W
    Inventory by Title June 7, 2021 13.5 Barr, Nevada. 41 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- author. 1356 Cornwell, Bernard. 1491 Mann, Charles C. 1493 Mann, Charles C. 1776 McCullough, David G. "A" is for alibi Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "B" is for burglar Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "C" is for corpse Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "D" is for deadbeat Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "E" is for evidence Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "F" is for fugitive Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "H" is for homicide Grafton, Sue / Grafton, Sue. "I" is for innocent Grafton, Sue. "J" is for judgment Grafton, Sue. "K" is for killer Grafton, Sue. "L" is for lawless Grafton, Sue. "M" is for malice Grafton, Sue. "N" is for noose Grafton, Sue. "O" is for outlaw Grafton, Sue. "O" is for outlaw Grafton, Sue. "P" is for peril Grafton, Sue. "P" is for peril Grafton, Sue. "V" is for vengeance Grafton, Sue. 100 years, 100 stories Burns, George, 1896- 100-year-old man who climbed out the window andJonasson, disappeared, Jonas, The 1961- / Bradbury, Rod. 10th anniversary Patterson, James, 1947- / Paetro, Maxine. 11th hour Patterson, James, 1947- / Paetro, Maxine. 1225 Christmas Tree Lane Macomber, Debbie 12th of never Patterson, James, 1947- / Paetro, Maxine. 14th colony, The Berry, Steve, 1955- author. 14th deadly sin Patterson, James. 15th affair Patterson, James, 1947- / Paetro, Maxine. 16th Seduction Patterson, James 17th Suspect, The Patterson, James , 1947- , author. / Paetro, Maxine , author 19th Christmas, The Patterson, James , 1947- , author. / Paetro, Maxine , author. 1st case Patterson, James , 1947- , author. / Tebbetts, Christopher , author. 1st to die Patterson, James, 1947- 20th victim, The Patterson, James , author.
    [Show full text]
  • Lost Silent Feature Films
    List of 7200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films 1912-29 (last updated 11/16/16) Please note that this compilation is a work in progress, and updates will be posted here regularly. Each listing contains a hyperlink to its entry in our searchable database which features additional information on each title. The database lists approximately 11,000 silent features of four reels or more, and includes both lost films – 7200 as identified here – and approximately 3800 surviving titles of one reel or more. A film in which only a fragment, trailer, outtakes or stills survive is listed as a lost film, however “incomplete” films in which at least one full reel survives are not listed as lost. Please direct any questions or report any errors/suggested changes to Steve Leggett at [email protected] $1,000 Reward (1923) Adam And Evil (1927) $30,000 (1920) Adele (1919) $5,000 Reward (1918) Adopted Son, The (1917) $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot, The (1914) Adorable Deceiver , The (1926) 1915 World's Championship Series (1915) Adorable Savage, The (1920) 2 Girls Wanted (1927) Adventure In Hearts, An (1919) 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919) Adventure Shop, The (1919) 30 Below Zero (1926) Adventure (1925) 39 East (1920) Adventurer, The (1917) 40-Horse Hawkins (1924) Adventurer, The (1920) 40th Door, The (1924) Adventurer, The (1928) 45 Calibre War (1929) Adventures Of A Boy Scout, The (1915) 813 (1920) Adventures Of Buffalo Bill, The (1917) Abandonment, The (1916) Adventures Of Carol, The (1917) Abie's Imported Bride (1925) Adventures Of Kathlyn, The (1916) Ableminded Lady,
    [Show full text]
  • E:~~~~:~~Jl~{~Display of Cars, for a Suitable Plane with Lar Con~Ributor Back Home: }'Riday
    I • All The News of ro.sse oln-e All The Pointes flome oj th_ News Every T~ursday Morning 99 .KerebevaJ 'cu. 2-8900 Complete News Coverage of' All the Pointes Entered AI Second Clua Matter VOLUME I4-NO. 26 ~~fl~~r Cy~i, .GROSSE POINTE. MICHIGAN, J,UNE 25 1953 .t the Post OWee at Detroit, ,M1ch. fuRy Paid Circulation HEADLINES' Rescuer Gets Legion Heroism Medal Two ...DayAuto Show 500 More 01 the , Needed \VEEK "Complete Success'; For Goal As Compiled by the Grosse Pointe News Bloodmobile at Grosse Pointe Nets Center $2,041 Packard Today and To- Thursday, JU!le 18 HOPING to block a truce, morrow; Transportation South Korean President Syng. Good Response May Bring 'Bigger and Better' bisplay Provided man Rhee, personally leading a Next Year revolt against the United Nations The Community Blood Col .. command, ordered the release At least 2;600 persons attended the Pointes' International lection Committee, headed by of 34,000 anti-Communist war prisoners. The prisoners fled their Custom and Sports Car Show held at the War Memorial Mrs. Lyndle R. Martin of Mid- camps in Pusan and mingled Center Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21, according to dlesex road, reported that with civilians who aided their '~y:.'>;<:':"i Thomas A. Demetry, chairman of th~ show. blood donor pledges h a v e escape by furnishing them with ;/. ":j '1,'he total gate receipts of the,'tJ . fallen short, and that 500 more civilian clothing. President Rhee said his action was too complic- .,i .~,';".;:.....,:.....;..'.:....:.;...:.,'...,.:.,C'.;.:~.:,:.,.,.'.,:.'.',' .. '::.'.:: ...;.t.! ated to explain.
    [Show full text]
  • Hon. F. Bradford Morse
    27324 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS August 4, 19·70 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CRUSADER KHACHADOORIAl{ wear for the general" public, as well as for students using laboratory and shop facilities in schools. HON. F. BRADFORD MORSE Alaska was the first state to enact a law OF MASSACHUSETTS based almost verbatim upon the two bills which Representative Khachadoorian had IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES filed in the Massachusetts Legislature in 1967. OF CALIFORNIA Monday, August 3, 1.E70 Sponsored by ophthalmologist • Milo H. Fritz, a member of the Alaska House of Rep­ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Mr. MORSE. Mr. Speaker, in the early resentatives, this law, which became effective Tuesday_, Augusi 4, 1970 1950's, when I was teaching law at Boston in May 1969, provides that "no person may University, I had the privilege to meet fabricate, distribute, sell, exchange, or have Mr. CRANS'.l'ON. Mr. President, an and get to know a young law student, now in his possession ... eyeglasses or sunglasses impressive proposal for a family health State representative to the Massachu­ unless they are fitted with plastic lenses or clinic in a small, agricultural community setts General Court, Gregory B. Kha­ with glass lenses which are tempered or qase in the San Joaquin Valley of California, hardened." The bill also outlaws frames was recently funded with a migrant chadoorian. manufactured of cellulose nitrate or other Mr. Khachadoorian's performance as health grant by the Public Health Serv­ highly flammable materials. ice. I supported the proposal and was a student, his career, and his achieve­ Connecticut was the second state to enact OP.:­ ments as a dedicated and effective public almost identical legislation, also based on Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Motion Picture News Booking Guide (1926)
    stS •and First National's Featured Players have box-office power second to none/ c\, c\> °\> CECIL B. DEMILLE The Mastec-Craftsman of Motion Picture Production and Star Maker of a brilliant galaxy of box office favorites, transcends with each succeeding production the triumphs that have placed him in an exalted niche all his own. He will carry on to still greater achievements in the magnificent array of product which he will direct and supervise for Producers Distributing Corpor- ation in 1926-27. And the Gr«a Short Subject Alberta Vaughn in "Adventures of Mai by Sam Hellman . Standard Cor* Comedies . J Book these PROVEN ATTRACTIONS/ Twelve F. B, O. Gold Bonds That are Hitting Box Office High Spots Right Now! "Drusilla with a MJLon" "Flaming Waters'" "If Marriage Fails" "When Love Grows Cold' "Parisian Nights 1 ' "A Poor Girl's Romance' "Keeper of the Bees" "The Non Stop Flight" "The Last Edition" "Isle of Retribution" "The Midnight Flyer" "The King of the Turf" An Amazing Array of Star Attractions! Surefire Clickers, Every One of Them! 4 Fred Thomsons 8 Lefty Flynns 6 EvelyrV Brents 8 Richard Talmadges 8 8 Bob Custers Tom Tylers Distributed by GREATER atest Line of in the Industry FBO and "Fighting Hearts" FILM BOOKING OFFICES OF AMERICA, INC. idies . Blue Ribbon Bray Cartoons. Twenty Gems From Always "THAT MODEL FROM PARIS." suggested by the Gouverncur Morris story -The Right fo Live.'* A comedy drama of an unusual theme, with a laugh a minute and heart-throbhing moments Wiih, Bert Ly tell /Marceline EDay^ Eileen Percy, Ward Crane, Craufurd Kent, Miss Dupont.
    [Show full text]
  • Inventory by Title
    Inventory By Title Author Title Avner, Yehuda. The prime ministers Abbey, Barbara Complete book of knitting Abbott, Jeff. Panic Abbott, Tony. moon dragon, The Ablow, Keith Architect, the Active minds Trains Adams, Cindy Heller. Iron Rose Adams, Poppy, 1972- sister, The Addis, Don Great John L, the Adler, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.) Please don't tell Agus, David, 1965- end of illness, The Aitkin, Don. Second chair, The Albert, Susan Wittig. Nightshade Albom, Mitch , 1958- , author. next person you meet in Heaven, The Albom, Mitch, 1958- First phone call from heaven Albom, Mitch, 1958- For One More Day Albom, Mitch, 1958- Have a little faith Albom, Mitch, 1958- Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, The Albom, Mitch, 1958- time keeper, The Albom, Mitch, 1958- Tuesdays with Morrie Albright, Jason et al A Day in the Desert Alcott, Kate Dressmaker, The Alcott, Kate. daring ladies of Lowell, The Alda, Arlene, 1933- Pig, horse, or cow, don't wake me now Alderman, Ellen. Right to Privacy, The Alder-Olsen, Jussi Keeper of Lost Causes, The Aldrich, Gary. Unlimited access Aldrin, Edwin E., 1930- Return to Earth Alexander, Eben. Proof of Heaven Alfonsi, Alice. New Kid in Town Aline, Countess of Romanones, 1923- Well-mannered Assassin, The Allen, Jonathan (Jonathan J. M.) , author. Shattered Allen, Sarah Addison. First Frost Allen, Sarah Addison. Sugar Queen, The Allen, Steve, 1921- Murder in Manhattan Allende, Isabel , author. In the Midst of Winter Allende, Isabel. sum of our days, The Allende, Isabel. Zorro Allgor, Catherine, 1958- Perfect Union, A Allison, Jay. This I believe II Amborse, Stephen E. Band of Bothers Ambrose, Stephen D-Day, June 6, 1944 Amburn, Ellis.
    [Show full text]
  • Copy of September-Inventory
    Inventory By Title Title Author "A" is for alibi Grafton, Sue "B" is for burglar Grafton, Sue "C" is for corpse Grafton, Sue "D" is for deadbeat Grafton, Sue "E" is for evidence Grafton, Sue "F" is for fugitive Grafton, Sue "H" is for homicide Grafton, Sue "I" is for innocent Grafton, Sue. "J" is for judgment Grafton, Sue. "K" is for killer Grafton, Sue. "L" is for lawless Grafton, Sue. "M" is for malice Grafton, Sue. "N" is for noose Grafton, Sue. "O" is for outlaw Grafton, Sue. "O" is for outlaw Grafton, Sue. "P" is for peril Grafton, Sue. "P" is for peril Grafton, Sue. "V" is for vengeance Grafton, Sue. 100 people who are screwing up America--and Al FrankenGoldberg, is #3 Bernard, 1945- 100 years, 100 stories Burns, George, 1896- 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared,Jonasson, The Jonas, 1961- 10th anniversary Patterson, James, 1947- 11/22/63 King, Stephen, 1947- 11th hour Patterson, James, 1947- 1225 Christmas Tree Lane Macomber, Debbie 12th of never Patterson, James, 1947- 13 1/2 Barr, Nevada. 1356 Cornwell, Bernard. 13th Hour, The Doetsch, Richard 1491 Mann, Charles C. 1493 Mann, Charles C. 14th colony, The Berry, Steve, 1955- author. 14th deadly sin Patterson, James. 15th affair Patterson, James, 1947- 16th Seduction Patterson, James 1776 McCullough, David G. 17th Suspect, The Patterson, James , 1947- , author. 19th Christmas, The Patterson, James , 1947- , author. 1st case Patterson, James , 1947- , author. 1st to die Patterson, James, 1947- 20th victim, The Patterson, James , author. 28 summers Hilderbrand, Elin , author.
    [Show full text]
  • 2016–17 Print Catalog (PDF)
    Fall Winter Spring Summer 2017 2016 2017 2017 First Session Second Session Quarter Begins September 26 January 9 April 3 June 26 July 31 Quarter Ends December 16 March 24 June 16 August 4 September 8 Tuition Deadline September 30 January 13 April 7 June 30 June 30 Evaluation Week December 12–16 March 20–24 June 12–16 July 31–Aug. 4 September 5 – 8 Thanksgiving Break Winter Break Spring Break Breaks November 21–27 Dec. 17–Jan. 8 March 25–April 2 New Student Orientation: Dates will be posted at evergreen.edu/events/orientation Commencement: June 16, 2017 evergreen.edu/campuscalendar Our Mission As an innovative public liberal arts college, Evergreen emphasizes collaborative, interdisciplinary learning across significant differences. Our academic community engages students in defining and thinking critically about their learning. Evergreen supports and benefits from local and global commitment to social justice, diversity, environmental stewardship, and service in the public interest. The Five Foci We believe the main purpose of a college is to promote student learning through: 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY Students learn to pull together ideas and concepts from many subject areas, which enables them to tackle real-world issues in all their complexity. 2 COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Students develop knowledge and skills through shared learning rather than learning in isolation and competition with others. 3 LEARNING ACROSS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES Students learn to recognize, respect, and bridge differences, a critical skill in an increasingly diverse world. 4 PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT Students develop their capacities to judge, speak, and act on the basis of their own reasoned beliefs. 5 LINKING THEORY WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Students understand abstract theories by applying them to projects and activities and by putting them into practice in real-world situations.
    [Show full text]
  • Melodrama and Nineteenth-Century American Literature
    The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Dissertations Fall 12-2011 Moral Performances: Melodrama and Nineteenth-Century American Literature Jeffrey Taylor Pusch University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations Part of the American Literature Commons, Dramatic Literature, Criticism and Theory Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons, Other Theatre and Performance Studies Commons, and the Theatre History Commons Recommended Citation Pusch, Jeffrey Taylor, "Moral Performances: Melodrama and Nineteenth-Century American Literature" (2011). Dissertations. 508. https://aquila.usm.edu/dissertations/508 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ABSTRACT MORAL PERFORMANCES: MELODRAMA AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE By Jeffrey Taylor Pusch December 2011 Despite a high number of ticket sales, theater reviews, and innumerable letters and diary entries detailing trips to the theater, the stereotype that theater in nineteenth-century America was almost culturally invisible continued well into the twentieth century. Indeed, a scan of anthologies of American literature fails to yield any examples of nineteenth-century drama, even though figures like Henry James were also theater critics and playwrights. Just as it did in American life, theater exhibits a strong presence in the literature of the time. Considering theater’s pervasiveness, this dissertation seeks to restore it to its proper place in our study of nineteenth-century American literature. By contextualizing nineteenth-century literature within a framework of theater, specifically melodrama, we might be able to discern how writers of the period used theater as a vehicle to grapple with form, genre, and approach to audience.
    [Show full text]