1,249 research outputs found
Maine author Franklin F. Gould recalls his first glimpse of the outside world
No full textMaine author Franklin F. Gould recalls his first glimpse of the outside world as he relates how, as a young farm boy in the late 1800\u27s, he drove his father\u27s horses on an errand to an icebound river
Rev. Mark Gould Correspondence
No full textEntries include a brief biography, hand written letters from Gould\u27s daughter, a newspaper clipping of a memorial poem he wrote himself and a hand written theme by the author. Date range: 1922-0
The Gothic threshold of Sabine Baring-Gould : a study of the Gothic fiction of a Victorian squarson
No full textThis thesis is a study of the Gothic fiction of Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-
1924), with particular attention given to Baring-Gould’s roles as squire and parson. I
have chosen to analyze two of Baring-Gould’s Gothic works, the novel Mehalah
(1880) and the novella Margery of Quether (1884), both which allow a particularly
profitable examination of the influence of Baring-Gould’s roles on his fiction.
In studying these texts I apply my theory of Gothic fiction as a particularly
modern genre built upon a "Gothic threshold," a meeting point of extreme opposites
which ambivalently contrasts and merges the categories of the modern and the
medieval.
In the first chapter I describe how Baring-Gould’s unique Hegelian-influenced
Tractarian philosophy influenced his creation of the dialectical setting of Mehalah. I
argue that because of this influence Mehalah should be recognized as a significant
contribution to the literature of the Oxford Movement.
In the second chapter I argue that Mehalah’s historical setting in the time of
the French Revolution and the influence of Wuthering Heights reinforce Mehalah’s
use of the “Gothic threshold” structure and contribute to its theme of ambivalent
progress.
In the third chapter I discuss the influence of Baring-Gould’s sermon-writing
on Mehalah and consider connections between Baring-Gould’s role as parson and the
novel’s botched marriage theme.
In the final chapter I discuss Margery of Quether as an innovation in the
Gothic and vampire tradition as perhaps the only Gothic work that directly dramatizes
the Land Law debate and presents that debate as a "Gothic" contest. I argue that
Margery channels Baring-Gould’s tensions as a landowner.
In the conclusion I argue that Mehalah and Margery display Baring-Gould’s
technique of constructing miniature Gothic battles that relate to larger confrontations,
and that the ultimate terror presented in these works is the conclusion of the battle
between ancient and modern forces
Review of Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata by Gould, Pitblado, and Sribney
No full textThe new book by Gould, Pitblado, and Sribney (2003) is reviewed. Copyright 2003 by StataCorp LP.maximum likelihood, Stata programming
Rebecca Ruth Gould on the Marc Steiner Show. Interview about Erasing Palestine.
No full textThe question of historical and present antisemitism is at the heart of Zionism, though not always in the ways supporters of Israel would believe. In the effort to shield Israel from criticism of occupation and apartheid, organizations such as the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance have attempted to advance a broad, sweeping definition of antisemitism that includes all criticism of Israel. Rebecca Ruth Gould, author of "Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom," joins The Marc Steiner Show for a discussion on this trend and its implications for Palestinians, the progressive Jewish diaspora, and the wider politics of identity and racism
John Gould Fletcher collection
No full textThis collection contains several randomly collected items by or about the author
Song of the high flood, poem, June 22, 1935
No full textOne handwritten page signed and dated by the author, with the notation "Arkansas River." In the top right: "[886]".John Gould Fletcher (1886-1950) was an Arkansas writer, critic, and Pulitzer Prize winner. Born in Little Rock and educated at Harvard, he lived in England for some twenty years. He was deeply concerned with the cultural heritage and development of the South, particularly Arkansas.[Page 1]
Song of the High Flood.
From far away,
Out of the prairies hearing, enshrouded in
dense clay,
Out of the sunset leaping,
From mountains never sleeping,
I come to furious flood, to roar and play;
Where under the glare of streets, the golden
eyes
Of the ridges, towns of men have lost the
flight
lonely
From the light of the sunset purpling mountain
ridges
To where pearl clouds above the Gulf bring
dawn from night.
Till the news of new rain be scattered,
left and right
I leap and rush and roar,
Scattering the driftwood deep from shore
to shore,
Breaking the manacles of granite in my play:
Current that swirls red mud above the floor
Of the broken levee, till men's sorry crops
are swept away.
Arkansas River John Gould Fletcher
June 22, 1935
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