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Dancing with the Storyteller (photographs)
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"Dangerously Brainy" Women and their Male Editors (thesis)
The decision to write on Anne Bradstreet, Mary Shelley, and Sylvia Plath cannot be abstracted from their gender. In the beginning of my thesis process, I was captivated by the question of how male editors affect the works ... -
Dating a Femme Fatale: Donatello's Judith and Holofernes and the Battle of Anghiari (thesis)
The Battle of Anghiari marks the only moment in Cosimo's reign where he faced internal and external threats joined against Florence. Judith, a character often used to personify virtues, takes on the role of a Medicean-led ... -
Dating of Lacustrine molluscan Subfossil Assemblages Using AAR Techniques to Contextualize the Introduction of Zebra Mussels to a Wisconsin Lake
In order to accurately track paleoecological change, researchers must first gain detailed knowledge of respective sample dates and thus the degree of time-averaging among those samples. Understanding the degree of ... -
A De Dicto Solution to the Non-Identity Problem: Why What We Do to Future People Matters Morally (thesis)
When faced with non-identity cases, we intuitively begin to think of our obligation to future individuals in the de dicto sense; yet, these individuals, when considered from a de re perspective, are not harmed due to facts ... -
Death After the Banquet: The Elegiac Unity of Beowulf
The purpose of this paper is to make a generic investigation of the poem and, if possible, reveal what it means by defining what it is. Since the poem comes from a definite and somewhat known tradition, generic criticism ... -
Death in the Circuit, Life in the Word: Communication Theory as a Governing Metaphor in the Early Work of Thomas Pynchon
I will consider a single aspect of the literature in great depth-specifically, his treatment of communication theory-finally resulting in a better understanding of the basic nature of Pynchon's literary objectives. I will ... -
The Death Penalty and Socioeconomic Equity
The case of Larry Osborne raises a number of issues central to the death penalty debate. One of the most glaring issues raised by this case is that of equity in the application of the death penalty. Is a defendant who ... -
Death to Tyrants: The Evolution of Political Thought Regarding Tyrannicide from Cicero to Salutati
I will devote the first chapter of this work to Marcus Tullius Cicero. Specifically, I will analyze Cicero's definition of the tyrant, as well as his justification of tyrannicide, notably in his De Officiis (44 B.C.). I ... -
Debtors' Prison: Virginia's Poor Source for Funding Appointed Counsel
Virginia statute provides for “repayment of representation costs by convicted persons” as part of the cost of prosecution, which is typically assessed by the court as part of sentencing. Payment of these costs is one of ... -
Decadence and Decline in Works by Thomas Mann and Edward Graf Von Keyserling
Essentially a study of the �decadent individual, this paper will proceed from an examination of tradition to a closer examination of seieral of Mann's and Keyserling's characters. Understanding the characters better, we ... -
Decarceration: A Promising Approach to Closing the Incarcerated Youth Educational Attainment
While many juvenile detention facilities may reach the general public school standards, the education that incarcerated juveniles receive is inequitable. The centers do not provide youth with the resources that they need ... -
Decolonize the Soil: Case Studies in the Restoration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Because of rich environmental, linguistic, and cultural history and culture, NGOs and government agencies in Latin America have been studying and implementing cultural knowledge restoration for decades. This investigation ...