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A sojourn in Paris 1824-25: sex and sociability in the manuscript writings of Anne Lister (1791-1840)
No full textThis thesis examines the day to day practices that constituted Anne Lister's (1791-1840) sexuality and sociability within the range of her writings, as well as her society. Anne's writings were a detailed account, spanning her lifetime, of her own love and relationships with the 'fairer sex' (Whitbread 1988, 145). Anne's sociality, seen in her correspondence and plain handwritten journal entries, has been explored by Muriel Green in Miss Lister of Shibden Hall and Jill Liddington in Female Fortune and Nature's Domain (Green 1992; Liddington 1998; 2003). As a gentlewoman of adequate means, Anne has garnered some attention from women's historians interested in her agency within an early nineteenth century social and historical context. Anne's sexual identity has been extensively analysed over the past nearly twenty years by lesbian feminists, queer theorists, women's historians and historians of sexuality concerned with the history and development of modern Western female homosexuality and gender. The source for theorising Anne's sexuality has been the edited selections of the crypted journal entries, published by Helena Whitbread in I Know My Own Heart and No Priest but Love (Whitbread 1988; 1992). However, many analyses deal either with the theorisation of Anne's sexuality or her sociality; the theoretical difficulty with reconciling these categories has troubled the analysis of her complex subjectivity. Drawing upon the archival materials, I have used an interdisciplinary feminist approach to analyse the sexual and social processes of Anne's everyday interactions in her writings. Taking the seven month period of the sojourn to Paris in 1824-25, I have focused upon Anne's textual practices within her journal volume and letters during her residence in Paris, her social practices with the other guests at the guesthouse 24 Place Vendome and her sexual practices with her lover, the widow Mrs. Maria Barlow. The journal volumes and correspondence are a valuable historical record of one gentlewoman's engagement with early nineteenth century British culture
Anne as Pagan, Anne as Queer
No full text‘Anne as Pagan, Anne as Queer’ is a critical and creative answer to the question: How do we construct Anne Shirley, and what does she mean to us? This creative research submission is a work of fanfiction, specifically a mash up based on Anne of the Island, L.M.M. Montgomery’s sequel to Anne of Green Gables. In this short work of fiction (under 4 thousand words) Anne is revealed as a changeling, one of the Faerie Folk, and also a being not strictly male or female; sometimes neither, sometimes both. The mash up is based on the last two chapters of Anne of the Island, the scenes in which Gilbert Blythe is seriously ill and Anne realises she loves him. This realisation causes Anne, in this version, to reveal to Gilbert that she is both non-human and not a girl, and to use Faerie magic to save Gilbert’s life. Anne’s revelation causes Gilbert a great relief, as he has been keeping a secret also - that he too is queer. The piece has an accompanying research statement and reflection, that reflects on the ways the contributor/author interprets Anne, as a being troubled by gender, and not strictly gender conforming. The much-loved scene from Anne of Green Gables in which Anne realises she is not wanted by the Cuthberts because she is not a boy is inserted into the mash up (as a memory) as this scene is the principal cause for the contributor’s identification with Anne as a gender non-conforming figure who resists gender expectations. Overall, this creative and critical work and reflection queers both Anne as a character and the Anne of the Island novel.Book chapter - work of fiction with a critical reflective essa
Katherine Anne Porter lecturing for Marc Kever's English class in the Katherine Anne Porter Room, McKeldin Library, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, December 14, 1972
No full textKatherine Anne Porter lecturing for Marc Kever's English class at Katherine Anne Porter Room in McKeldin Library on December 14, 1972. This recording is identical to first 32 minutes of 24944-001
English in Singapore: Modernity and Management
No full textEnglish in Singapore: Modernity and Management32
Interview with Anne Russell
No full textInterview with Anne Russell, playwright and author of several books on local history, including Wilmington: A Pictoral History
Anne Weston McGowan
No full textAnne Weston McGowan graduated with a BA in English in 1976. She moved to Bloomington-Normal when her husband James joined the English Department faculty in 1969. Anne is a former Board member of the community organization Ecology Action Center (founded in 1971 and called Operation Recycle). She remains active in that and other community organizations
The Ghosting of Anne Armstrong
No full textIn January 1673 a fourteen-year old servant girl made some of the most dramatic accusations in the history of English witchcraft and then disappeared. The Ghosting of Anne Armstrong calls up the lost voice of this mysterious girl who left behind her the enigma of what could have driven her to insist, in the face of rejection after rejection, on telling so strange a story – ultimately at the cost of her own life. Fantastic yet compelling, Anne Armstrong’s accusations against her neighbours in an isolated village were recorded in the Court Depositions which form the basis for this literary thriller. The novel recreates an actual seventeenth-century court room drama, exploring the religious and political controversies that inform the reactions of the Justices of the Peace to the extraordinary evidence Anne brings before them. Following an historian who becomes obsessed with tracking Anne down through each twist and turn of the legal proceedings, the reader is drawn into a world as eerie as the remote corners of Northumberland where Anne’s dark tale plays out to its devastating end.
The novel includes substantial back matter, including an essay entitled 'On Reflection: The Ghosting of Anne Armstrong as Practice Research'; representative archival research materials, a full bibliography; index. The original research was undertaken though an AHRC Fellowship: Ghosting Through: Ficto-Critical Translation as a Means of Resisting the Appropriations of History and Place
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The Staging of Anne Boleyn
No full textThis thesis examines the historic and dramatic representations of Anne Boleyn, who played a uniquely important role in Tudor history, and in particular during the Reformation. The influence of Anne Boleyn on the Reformation in England has been much neglected by historians and critics. No full-scale critical investigation of this topic had ever been undertaken until E. W. Ives’ monumental work on Anne Boleyn in 1986, which contributed to a revival of historical interest in her. Ives’ work resulted in years of controversial debates centering on her religious views and reasons for her fall. Yet, the revival of interest in Anne Boleyn was mainly confined to history, and did not deal with the fascination she held as a subject for poets, portrait artists and, especially, playwrights. This thesis begins with a discussion of twentieth-century scholarly debates over major aspects of Anne Boleyn’s identity. It is followed by a close reading of two plays about Anne Boleyn, Shakespeare’s Henry VIII (1613) and John Banks’ Vertue Betrayed, or Anna Bullen (1682) respectively, within their historical contexts. The portrayal of Anne Boleyn in drama can be seen as a culmination of changing political and religious circumstances. This thesis will demonstrate that historical writings and dramatic works of Anne Boleyn, rather than offering an accurate or full account of her life, seek to draw upon certain aspects of her life that best accommodate their own political or religious agendas. Before her execution, Anne Boleyn’s final plea to the crowds “If anye persone wyll medle of my cause, I require them to judge the best” was never fulfilled.Abstract vi
Acknowledgement vii
Introduction-
The Staging of Anne Boleyn 1
Chapter One-
Anne Boleyn, Scholarly Debates 12
Chapter Two-
Shakespeare's Henry VIII 39
Chapter Three-
John Banks' Vertue Betrayed, or Anna Bullen 65
Conclusion 93
Bibliography 10
Words spoken still : a study of Anne Sexton
No full textThis thesis will explore aspects of poet Anne Sexton's work which touch on her marriage, using Sexton's interviews, her personal correspondence, literary criticism; and written criticism, and written commentary. The first chapter focuses on the three stages of Sexton's evolution during and after her turbulent divorce proceedings. Concurrently, it explains how those phases were charted in the poems from "The Divorce Papers" and "Eating the Leftovers." The second chapter centers on Love Poems, concentrating on the book's relationship to the feminist revolution; Sexton's use of sensuality in form, imagery and symbolism; and the assertion that Love Poems remains a loving tribute to Sexton's marital union. The third chapter refutes the assertion by author Diane Hume George in her book Oedipus Anne, that Alfred's main role was as a father figure for Sexton as evidenced in her poetry. The last chapter poses the theory that Sexton's divorce was, in her mind, required preparation before she could commit suicide.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-147)California State University, Northridge. Department of English
Anne (Roesch) Larson Collection
No full textThe bulk of this collection consists of photocopies of correspondence to and from Germans from Russia, dating from 1917-1950. Many of these have been translated into English. Also present is family information from Anne Larson and background information about the letters and their authors, dating from 2003-2004.The bulk of this collection consists of photocopies of correspondence to and from Germans from Russia, dating from 1917-1950. Many of these have been translated into English. Also present is family information from Anne Larson and background information about the letters and their authors, dating from 2003-2004
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