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Story of Ponce de Leon
Title
The Story of Ponce de Leon: Soldier, Knight, Gentleman : Whose Quest for the Fountain of Youth in the Land of Bimini, Led to the Discovery of Florida.
Creator
Mann, F. A. (Florian Alexander)
Date Issued
1903
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000259.pdf
Format
E-book
Flight to Eden
Title
The Flight to Eden: a Florida Romance.
Creator
Rhodes, Harrison
Date Issued
1907
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000266.pdf
Format
E-book
Shimshn
Title
Shimshn.
Creator
Pat, Jacob
Date Issued
1920
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000230
Format
Document (PDF)
Zilberfleḳ
Title
Zilberfleḳ: a geshikhṭe fun a ḳro.
Creator
Seton, Ernest Thompson, Ḳanṭor, Sonye.
Date Issued
1920
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000231
Subject Headings
Crows
Format
Document (PDF)
Gidon
Title
Gidon.
Creator
Pat, Jacob
Date Issued
1920
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000223
Format
Document (PDF)
Reconstruction
Title
Reconstruction: photography and history in E.L. Doctorow's The March.
Creator
Seymour, Eric., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
This thesis presents an examination of the trope of photography in E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March, which takes General Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas as its subject matter. The Civil War, as the first major American military conflict to be photographed, is the perfect vehicle for the novel's meditation upon the representation of significant political and cultural events. As this paper argues, photography functions in the novel as a metaphor for visual culture in...
Show moreThis thesis presents an examination of the trope of photography in E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March, which takes General Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas as its subject matter. The Civil War, as the first major American military conflict to be photographed, is the perfect vehicle for the novel's meditation upon the representation of significant political and cultural events. As this paper argues, photography functions in the novel as a metaphor for visual culture in general. In particular, I argue that the discrepancies which the novel posits between the photographic record and lived experience function to trouble notions of media transparency. As the novel suggests, the popular conception of photography, which constructs it is an irreproachable and infallible medium, has lent itself to political manipulation. Thus, through photography, the novel depicts history as the conventional framing of events for posterity, not as a comprehensive record of events.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11600
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), History, Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
Can I call you brother?
Title
Can I call you brother?.
Creator
Norberg, Elizabeth Andrea., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The following manuscript is a novel intended to explore the confusing nature of butch lesbian gender identity and the unique bonds of friendship butch women often share with one another. Lesbian culture, today, sometimes puts pressure on the term butch and pushes butch women to choose between transgender, femme and androgynous. The lead character in this novel, Sarah, struggles to come to terms with her own sexual identity amidst all this pressure to conform. She watches her friends and...
Show moreThe following manuscript is a novel intended to explore the confusing nature of butch lesbian gender identity and the unique bonds of friendship butch women often share with one another. Lesbian culture, today, sometimes puts pressure on the term butch and pushes butch women to choose between transgender, femme and androgynous. The lead character in this novel, Sarah, struggles to come to terms with her own sexual identity amidst all this pressure to conform. She watches her friends and searches for a model of what butch is and is not but she continues to feel emotionally and physically cut off from the people she cares about. Ultimately, Sarah realizes she can move fluidly between many genders. When she stops trying to be a stereotype, she is finally able to connect with the people she cares about.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186332
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Lesbians, Attitudes, Homosexuality, Philosophy, Stereotype (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)
collection of stories from the ground up
Title
A collection of stories from the ground up.
Creator
Clark, Dustin., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The stories proposed within this thesis examine the daily lives of working class men, women, and children and the subtle dynamics of the relationships between them. The stories engage a variety of narrative perspectives, sometimes employing serious overtones and sometimes shifting toward humor. Stylistically, the stories construct a single unified voice that sifts through common themes including alcoholism, self-pity, the loss of culture, grief, distrust, absolution, and hero worship.
Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2953828
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Working class, Labor
Format
Document (PDF)
Isle of bones
Title
Isle of bones.
Creator
Watson, Courtney., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This novel is a work of historical fiction that explores the aftermath of the execution of a local doctor who became infamous after preserving the corpse of his beloved. The two protagonists journey to Key West from Miami during the summer of 1952 to investigate the disappearance of the girl's missing bones, but soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that plumbs the most terrifying depths of love and its disquieting entanglements. The tale follows the protagonists, Lens Burnside and Iris...
Show moreThis novel is a work of historical fiction that explores the aftermath of the execution of a local doctor who became infamous after preserving the corpse of his beloved. The two protagonists journey to Key West from Miami during the summer of 1952 to investigate the disappearance of the girl's missing bones, but soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that plumbs the most terrifying depths of love and its disquieting entanglements. The tale follows the protagonists, Lens Burnside and Iris Elliot, as they navigate the island's darkest corridors and expose a few of its most unusual secrets on a journey of love, mayhem and madness as they fall under the spell of the island and fall in love with each other.
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Date Issued
2009
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/192992
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Man-woman relationships
Format
Document (PDF)
Diamonds in the Rough
Title
Diamonds in the Rough.
Creator
Friedman, Efrat., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Diamonds in the Rough is a dramatic coming-of-age novel, chronicling the experiences of college student Sofia Dayan. The intricacies of the Forty-Seventh Street diamond exchange are revealed during Sofia's time as an office assistant to a Hassidic diamond dealer, and she slowly discovers that her boss is involved in an illicit transaction concerning her father. Also coping with the symptoms of a newly diagnosed illness, rheumatoid arthritis, she begins a relationship with David Cohen - her...
Show moreDiamonds in the Rough is a dramatic coming-of-age novel, chronicling the experiences of college student Sofia Dayan. The intricacies of the Forty-Seventh Street diamond exchange are revealed during Sofia's time as an office assistant to a Hassidic diamond dealer, and she slowly discovers that her boss is involved in an illicit transaction concerning her father. Also coping with the symptoms of a newly diagnosed illness, rheumatoid arthritis, she begins a relationship with David Cohen - her father's former friend and business associate. Tensions build as Sofia manages her disease, attempts to strengthen her bond with David, and discovers what her father and boss are conspiring. Like a diamond, all the characters within the story are flawed beneath the surface and, to some degree, are living in illusions. Visual art and music enhance this primary theme; both often depict something beautiful but contain a darker subtext.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356784
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Diamonds, Interpersonal relationships, Coming of age
Format
Document (PDF)
Millefoglie
Title
Millefoglie.
Creator
Panzera, Gloria., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This novel is a work of fiction that explores the relationships between three women in the remote mountain village of Gildone in Southern Italy. It begins in 1956 after the protagonist, Liliana Farinacci, discovers she is pregnant. Her husband, Domenico, leaves Italy for Venezuela to find work. Before marrying Domenico, Liliana's former boyfriend, Raphael, confesses his love for her and leaves to better himself in Venezuela. Abandoned and alone Liliana escapes her sorrows at the family bakery...
Show moreThis novel is a work of fiction that explores the relationships between three women in the remote mountain village of Gildone in Southern Italy. It begins in 1956 after the protagonist, Liliana Farinacci, discovers she is pregnant. Her husband, Domenico, leaves Italy for Venezuela to find work. Before marrying Domenico, Liliana's former boyfriend, Raphael, confesses his love for her and leaves to better himself in Venezuela. Abandoned and alone Liliana escapes her sorrows at the family bakery that she runs. The novel follows Liliana, the birth of her daughter, Francesca, and the birth of her granddaughter Anna. Liliana copes with all the gossip in the small town. She also learns that the one secret her mother kept from her might have made a difference in her life's choices and happiness.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2683138
Subject Headings
Family secrets, Women, Family relationships, Man-woman relationships
Format
Document (PDF)
We once lived in caves and other stories
Title
We once lived in caves and other stories.
Creator
Mecom, Khristian., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The following manuscript is a collection of eight short stories that center on the theme of how stories and storytelling, in all their different forms, fill our lives. In one story a girl that lives in other people's houses, longs to tell her story, while in another story a girl struggles with a secret her grandmother leaves behind as she tries to reconstruct her grandmother's story. Some stories use magical and fairy tale-like elements, which work as allusions in the stories and echo the...
Show moreThe following manuscript is a collection of eight short stories that center on the theme of how stories and storytelling, in all their different forms, fill our lives. In one story a girl that lives in other people's houses, longs to tell her story, while in another story a girl struggles with a secret her grandmother leaves behind as she tries to reconstruct her grandmother's story. Some stories use magical and fairy tale-like elements, which work as allusions in the stories and echo the events happening in characters' lives. Another theme present in the collection is that of family and how familial relationships affect identity and self-discovery. In one story, a wildfire allows the stories of different generations to be told, while a widow builds a family out of the aftermath of her husband's death in a different story.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360618
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Indentity (Psychology)
Format
Document (PDF)
Stormland
Title
Stormland.
Creator
Ferguson, Adam, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The narrative within this thesis follows events that transpire within a working class neighborhood over the span of three decades. The time and place in which these events occur, South Florida 1979-1989, lends itself to exploring themes such as race, class, addiction, the fragmentation of community, and the effects of these issues on the families that live there. Stylistically, the story makes three significant shifts in order to foreground each decade's dissimilarity. These shifts...
Show moreThe narrative within this thesis follows events that transpire within a working class neighborhood over the span of three decades. The time and place in which these events occur, South Florida 1979-1989, lends itself to exploring themes such as race, class, addiction, the fragmentation of community, and the effects of these issues on the families that live there. Stylistically, the story makes three significant shifts in order to foreground each decade's dissimilarity. These shifts intentionally disrupt reader expectation while a coherent narrative thread unifies the work, rendering it fragmented yet complete.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3353088
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
(in)visibilidad de la traductora
Title
La (in)visibilidad de la traductora: la traducciâon del inglâes al espaänol del cuento "Spanish Winter" de Jennifer Egan.
Creator
Almeida, Gabriela., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description
This thesis emphasizes the visibility of the translator as an agent who promotes cultural exchange. This project includes a translation of Jennifer Egan's short story "Spanish Winter" from her collection Emerald City and Other Stories (1996). It also presents the theoretical frame, the critical analysis, and the pitfalls of the translation. "Spanish Winter" is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, a troubled US American, divorced woman who travels by herself to Spain in the winter....
Show moreThis thesis emphasizes the visibility of the translator as an agent who promotes cultural exchange. This project includes a translation of Jennifer Egan's short story "Spanish Winter" from her collection Emerald City and Other Stories (1996). It also presents the theoretical frame, the critical analysis, and the pitfalls of the translation. "Spanish Winter" is narrated in the first person by the protagonist, a troubled US American, divorced woman who travels by herself to Spain in the winter. The importance of this text lies in the quest for identity of a female character whose journey symbolizes a search for herself. This postmodern tale, which depicts cultural exchanges between Spaniards and a US American woman and presents a contemporary theme told by a female narrator traveling abroad, is extremely relevant in today's globalized world. It is a valuable text whose translation promotes a fruitful literary exchange between the United States and the Spanish-speaking countries.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342033
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Americans, Translating and interpreting
Format
Document (PDF)
Add It Up
Title
Add It Up.
Creator
McIntyre, Kelly., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Prone to immaturity, restlessness, and rash behavior, Kel was never exactly the epitome of responsibility ; however, despite her longtime tendency to veer toward all that is childish, she somehow managed to hold her life together- except for the times she didn't. Add It Up tells the story of exactly that:"the times she didn't." Like an epic poem, Add It Up is a collection of lyric essays chronicling a journey. Starting even before her very beginning, it gives insight into exactly what it is...
Show moreProne to immaturity, restlessness, and rash behavior, Kel was never exactly the epitome of responsibility ; however, despite her longtime tendency to veer toward all that is childish, she somehow managed to hold her life together- except for the times she didn't. Add It Up tells the story of exactly that:"the times she didn't." Like an epic poem, Add It Up is a collection of lyric essays chronicling a journey. Starting even before her very beginning, it gives insight into exactly what it is that made her what she was, what she is, and what she intends to be. The pieces of this collection, Prologue, or The Letter I Wish I Wrote Myself Four Years Ago ; Kelpedia ; A Little Bit Peter ; Breakdowns ; Wyrd ; (un)fair ; Kindred ; and Kellypedia, can stand alone, but it's way better if they don't ; it's way better if you add them up.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358600
Subject Headings
Conduct of life, Essays, Symbolism in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
Heaven's fertile soil
Title
Heaven's fertile soil: baseball, gender, and the natural American heartland in W.P. Kinsella's "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa".
Creator
Santy, Ashley., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores W.P. Kinsella's emphasis on love for land, family, and baseball in discussing relationships between characters in his short story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa". Chapter I introduces the characters, their role in establishing this as a tale of conservation through agrarianism, and how Kinsella's choice to write a positive story creates unique potential for healing. Chapter II establishes similarities between the father's war experiences and Jackson's exile from...
Show moreThis thesis explores W.P. Kinsella's emphasis on love for land, family, and baseball in discussing relationships between characters in his short story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa". Chapter I introduces the characters, their role in establishing this as a tale of conservation through agrarianism, and how Kinsella's choice to write a positive story creates unique potential for healing. Chapter II establishes similarities between the father's war experiences and Jackson's exile from baseball, underscoring its mythic importance. Chapter III examines the relationship between the protagonist and his wife, and how their relationship symbolically fosters love for nature through farming, and can be used to reconcile modern agrarianism with ecocriticism. Chapter IV discusses how connection with the earth brings healing. The final chapter underscores the worthiness of this work to be a cherished part of the American literary canon.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355876
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Baseball, Criticism and interpretation, Environmental ethics, National characteristics, American, Farm life in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
Sharp edges and other lessons
Title
Sharp edges and other lessons.
Creator
Gray, Michael., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Sharp Edges and Other Lessons is a collection of stories that share a loose thematic link suggested by the title. The various "lessons" encountered by the characters here represent the ways people respond to the many currents and fluctuations roiling beneath the surface of everyday life.
Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342235
Subject Headings
Symbolism in literature, Short stories, American, Conduct of life
Format
Document (PDF)
Stan in Prague
Title
Stan in Prague.
Creator
Waldron, Justin., Department of English
Abstract/Description
We all use our language as one of our main modes of communication. Stan Klipper, the progatonist of Stan in Prague, found himself in a position where language has failed him, yet with the lack of language, his other senses have also failed him. When Stan was sent to Prague on a vague business trip, he decided to hire a translator to help him close the language gap, which in his case was huge. With his translator, Ihar, and Ihar's girlfriend delha, Stan maneuvers his way through the cramped...
Show moreWe all use our language as one of our main modes of communication. Stan Klipper, the progatonist of Stan in Prague, found himself in a position where language has failed him, yet with the lack of language, his other senses have also failed him. When Stan was sent to Prague on a vague business trip, he decided to hire a translator to help him close the language gap, which in his case was huge. With his translator, Ihar, and Ihar's girlfriend delha, Stan maneuvers his way through the cramped streets of Prague, to open the lands of the Prague suburbs and into his own confusion.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359284
Subject Headings
Conduct of life, Translating and interpreting, Social aspects, Language and culture, Intercultural communication
Format
Document (PDF)
History of Kakawangwa
Title
The History of Kakawangwa.
Creator
McNair, Kristen., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Trapped in the hurricane of a changing cultural landscape, the young women of Kakawangwa, Florida must choose to clutch tradition or side with the times. Pearl and Jasmine are two sisters who come of age after being raised by a single mother in a religious household. Whitney, born a hermaphrodite, must determine her gender and sexuality, despite being married to her husband, Joe. Celeste, a college dropout, returns home to Kakawangwa in disgrace. Blackie, who lives life without inhibition,...
Show moreTrapped in the hurricane of a changing cultural landscape, the young women of Kakawangwa, Florida must choose to clutch tradition or side with the times. Pearl and Jasmine are two sisters who come of age after being raised by a single mother in a religious household. Whitney, born a hermaphrodite, must determine her gender and sexuality, despite being married to her husband, Joe. Celeste, a college dropout, returns home to Kakawangwa in disgrace. Blackie, who lives life without inhibition, must cope with the consequences of the choices she makes. Filled with language that is pithy, abrupt, direct, and melodious, The History of Kakawangwa is a narrative that reveals these women as they reconcile the world to themselves.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355619
Subject Headings
Women in literature, Symbolism in literature, Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)