Conversations with Miss Jane by Geneviève Fabre

“…Considering the wide range of conversations in the autobiography, this essay will attempt to appraise the importance of these verbal exchanges in relation to the overall narrative structure of the book and to the prevalent oral tradition in Louisiana culture, as both an individual and communal expression. …”
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Unlocking Potential: Strategies for Recruiting and Supporting Veterans on the Path to Success in College by Latosha R. Henderson, Kurtis D. Watkins

“…Notably, 76% of post-9/11 veterans have some college credit but lack a bachelor’s degree (Hill et al., 2019). This essay emphasizes the necessity of developing tailored strategies to support VSCNC, a group that has been historically underrepresented in higher education despite their significant educational resources, skills, and abilities to perform well and succeed in college. …”
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Spinoza’s Evanescent Self by Sanja Särman

“…Selfhood is a topic of great interest in early modern philosophy. In this essay, I will discuss Spinoza’s radical position on the topic of selfhood. …”
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C. McGinn. Absurd Utilitarianism / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The essay contains a radical critique of the total act utilitarianism. …”
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The Play's the Thing by Annlinn Kruger

“…This is a question of pragmatics and/or analysis.  This essay will examine language, used in our profession, to elucidate the question.  …”
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C. McGinn. Selfish Genes and Moral Parasites / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The essay raises questions about the origins of altruistic behaviour. …”
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La finesse du paysage by Franco Farinelli

“…In “The arguzia del paesaggio”, the article presented here in translation (which is part of an essay published in I segni del mondo, 1992) F. Farinelli presents a critical and a historico-philosophical analysis of the concept of landscape as it was developed in geographical sciences (particularly in the reflection of Humboldt) and as considered today (though the article was published in 1991) in the social sciences.…”
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Mapping American Literature with The Great Gatsby by Cathryn Halverson

“… Taking The Great Gatsby as its central case study, this essay discusses my method of teaching regional American literature in Nordic classrooms through a liberal use of maps. …”
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Contested Spaces. Meaningful Places. Contemporary Performances of Place and Belonging in Spain and Brazil by Maria J. C. Krom

“…This essay aims to contribute to current anthropological debate on space and place, analysing in two instances of festival performance how, on the one hand the politics of appropriation of space contributes to the configuration of power relations, and how on the other hand, participants in these festivals engage individually and collectively with physical space(s) to create places which they experience as meaningful in terms of identity and belonging.…”
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Christology and the Catholic Encounter with World Religions by Francis V. Tiso

“…Taking into consideration both of the statements of the Catholic magisterium and the pastoral environment of Catholic institutions, this essay offers some observations on the roots and objectives of interreligious dialogue. …”
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Toward Inculturated Preaching by Michael E. Connors

“…Drawing upon the work of Robert Schreiter and others in understanding the formation of local theologies, the essay advances some methodological considerations in order for the church to move toward the possibility of authentically inculturated preaching. …”
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Grendel’s Mere, Beowulf’s Dive, and the Visio Sancti Pauli by Rafael Pascual

“…The essay proposes that the poet took the motif of the fiery river from a vernacular version of the Visio Sancti Pauli (long thought to be among the poet’s sources) and rationalized it as an ordinary fire misconstrued by Hrothgar as a supernatural wonder, thereby playing with the audience’s expectations. …”
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Transforming the Art of Fiction: Walter Besant, Professional Service and the Society of Authors by Richard Salmon

“…Though Besant’s influence on the early development of the Society is well-documented, the conception of professional identity which shaped his activity during its first two decades remains under-explored. This essay considers two distinct, but interrelated, aspects of Besant’s work for the Society of Authors during this period. …”
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O não espaço em Wesley Peres: narrativas líricas em deslocamento by Rosane Carneiro Ramos

“…This essay aims to address the issue of space in Wesley Peres‟ Casa entrevértebras (2007), by showing how the lyrical narrative, through non referentialand metaphorical language, can introduce new questions to the subject.Furthermore, ina broader perspective, it intends to briefly present sometheoretical principles of lyricism in narratives and the displacement undergoneby lyrical novels in national literary historiography as well.…”
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Awe and respect in the Psalms by K. Waaijman

“… This essay discusses the motif of awe in the Psalms in terms of Buber’s outline of mystical awe. …”
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Marianne Moore and the Lessons of Multiplicity by Heather Cass White

“…The intrinsically multiple work of American poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) presents special challenges to her editors, as evidenced by the ever-increasing number of editions of her work. In this essay the author, editor of three such editions, reflects on questions about poetic making and representation that underlie editorial work, focusing in particular on the virtues and pitfalls particular to print and digital editions.…”
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C. McGinn. Is Romantic Self-Love Possible? / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The essay examines the metaphysical possibility of romantic self-love. …”
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Flaubert, lecteur d’histoire by Paule Petitier

“…By analyzing successively Michelet’s correspondence and the intertext of the Roman History in Salammbô, this essay strives to identify the processes of the subjectivation of history that Flaubert found in his elder.  …”
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Mentoring While Black: A Testimony by Alford A. Young, Jr.

“…After briefly exploring my experiences with being mentored, this short essay highlights how I strive to manage the politics of graduate student mentoring. …”
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Intersectionnalité, migrations et travail domestique : lectures croisées en France et aux États-Unis by Sophie Blanchard

“…This paper confronts two studies of women working in domestic service: an essay by Evelyn Nakano Glenn about the racialized construction of domestic work in the United Stades during the XXth century and an ethnographic study of domestic helpers in XXIth century France by Christelle Avril. …”
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