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“COMING AT THE WONDER ITSELF”: MISCLASSIFICATION, MISUNDERSTANDING AND THE INTEGRATED VISION OF RUSSELL HOBAN’S 1967 NOVEL THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD
Title
“COMING AT THE WONDER ITSELF”: MISCLASSIFICATION, MISUNDERSTANDING AND THE INTEGRATED VISION OF RUSSELL HOBAN’S 1967 NOVEL THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD.
Creator
Richards, Charles, Ulin, Julieann, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
In 1967, Russell Hoban’s first novel, The Mouse and His Child was published and reviewed as a children’s book, despite the fact that the author considered it not to be directed towards a child audience. Since that time, it has been generally analyzed and evaluated as a work of children’s literature (specifically) and not as literature in the general sense. Because the book deals with adult subjects and concepts it has not fared well with those who have measured its success solely on the basis...
Show moreIn 1967, Russell Hoban’s first novel, The Mouse and His Child was published and reviewed as a children’s book, despite the fact that the author considered it not to be directed towards a child audience. Since that time, it has been generally analyzed and evaluated as a work of children’s literature (specifically) and not as literature in the general sense. Because the book deals with adult subjects and concepts it has not fared well with those who have measured its success solely on the basis of its being classified as a children’s book. This thesis hopes to liberate the work from this classification by carefully analyzing the concepts which underpin its action, specifically its ontological speculations, its personification of the fall from grace and the felix culpa, the relationship of the protagonists to their complex antagonist Manny Rat, and, finally, in the symbol of “the last visible dog” which represents the infinite and what lies beyond the self (which, in fact, is actually the self). This thesis also examines how Hoban continued working with these themes and concepts in the novels he wrote after publishing The Mouse and His Child.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014008
Subject Headings
Hoban, Russell--Criticism and interpretation, Literature
Format
Document (PDF)
"Con respeto": Factors related to the academic performance of Mexican-American fourth graders in selected Florida elementary schools
Title
"Con respeto": Factors related to the academic performance of Mexican-American fourth graders in selected Florida elementary schools.
Creator
Mosley, Mary Lindquist., Florida Atlantic University, Gray, Mary B., Morris, John D.
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to identify how various student, school, and staff predictors related to the academic performance of Mexican American fourth graders in selected schools as evidenced by their scores on the Florida Writes Assessment as well as on norm referenced achievement tests in reading comprehension and math applications. Three null hypotheses were tested to show if there was a correlation between predictors and these criterion variables: writing skills, reading comprehension...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to identify how various student, school, and staff predictors related to the academic performance of Mexican American fourth graders in selected schools as evidenced by their scores on the Florida Writes Assessment as well as on norm referenced achievement tests in reading comprehension and math applications. Three null hypotheses were tested to show if there was a correlation between predictors and these criterion variables: writing skills, reading comprehension, and math applications. A sample of 64 students from two Florida districts and twelve elementary schools was obtained. Data were collected from archival sources within each school district as well as from surveys distributed to English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers. These were then analyzed to determine correlations with Florida Writes and with Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) as well as California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) subtests in reading comprehension and math applications. The researcher was most interested in determining the relationship between a language arts pull-out program and achievement of ESOL students at a focal school which was in danger of being identified by the Florida Department of Education as "critically low" in academic performance because of low test scores. Correlations of predictor variables including the pull-out program were analyzed to determine statistical significance. Only the third hypothesis--that relating to math applications--was rejected at a probability level of.05. In this case, three predictors were considered significant: number of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students, number of Mexican American students, and the pull-out program. Because of small sample size and limited applications, no far reaching conclusions were drawn although further study was suggested because the Mexican American population in Florida is growing, and these students have historically not performed well in school. It was also recommended that the Florida Department of Education reconsider the timeline for ESOL student participation in norm referenced testing in writing and reading because most research shows that it takes at least five to seven years for most students to acquire comprehensible second language skills.
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Date Issued
1998
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12557
Subject Headings
Mexican American students--Florida, Academic achievement, Educational tests and measurements--United States, Education, Elementary--Florida
Format
Document (PDF)
“COUNTDOWN”: AN INTERACTIVE FICTION
Title
“COUNTDOWN”: AN INTERACTIVE FICTION.
Creator
Kammerer, Jessica, Luria, Rachel, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
Today’s readers are not, in fact, readers, but rather configurative authors, accustomed in this digital age to controlling the media presented to them in such a way that their configuration is as important to the content’s overall structure and interpretation as author intent. Interactive fiction, which is any text-based media that the reader can alter through their actions (Montfort, “Twisty Little Passages”, vii), addresses this configurative authorship. “Countdown” is my own work of...
Show moreToday’s readers are not, in fact, readers, but rather configurative authors, accustomed in this digital age to controlling the media presented to them in such a way that their configuration is as important to the content’s overall structure and interpretation as author intent. Interactive fiction, which is any text-based media that the reader can alter through their actions (Montfort, “Twisty Little Passages”, vii), addresses this configurative authorship. “Countdown” is my own work of interactive fiction. It is an interpersonal drama that meditates on inevitability and the effects of our choices. It employs randomization at a high level that impacts which scenes of the story are seen and when, and this complicates the relationship between the configurative author and the creator. This approach can be applied to other projects to place the reader in productive tension with the story itself, the author, and/or the narrator.
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Date Issued
2018
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00025
Format
Document (PDF)
"Days of adversity", or, admonitions against disunion. A New year's sermon, preached in Concord, N.H., January 6, 1861
Title
"Days of adversity", or, admonitions against disunion. A New year's sermon, preached in Concord, N.H., January 6, 1861.
Creator
Bouton, Nathaniel 1799-1878, Cogswell, Parsons B. (Parsons Brainard) 1828-1895
Abstract/Description
Includes verse. Includes bibliographical references.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb19f12
Subject Headings
American Civil War (1861-1865), Bible -- Ecclesiastes, VII, 14 -- Sermons, Church and state -- United States, Constitutional history -- United States -- Sermons, New Year sermons -- New Hampshire -- Concord, Poems, Poetry, Sermons, American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Sermons, United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Sermons
Format
E-book
"Dear Mother"
Title
"Dear Mother".
Creator
Clarke Family
Date Issued
1859-01-09
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT3319391p
Subject Headings
Genealogy, Family History, Clarke Family
Format
Set of related objects
"DEATH AND THE CHILD": A KEY TO THE CRANE CANON. (STEPHEN CRANE)
Title
"DEATH AND THE CHILD": A KEY TO THE CRANE CANON. (STEPHEN CRANE).
Creator
OTT, PAUL D., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description
The close association between Crane's journalistic and fictional account of the Greco-Turkish war makes "Death and the Child" one of the most forthright works in the Crane canon. From both a philosophical and technical standpoint, this short fiction work reveals Crane's maturity and sophistication at the end of 1897. A tension-release-shift structure directs the major flow of action, while at the same time suggesting the process of psychological change which the protagonist undergoes. The...
Show moreThe close association between Crane's journalistic and fictional account of the Greco-Turkish war makes "Death and the Child" one of the most forthright works in the Crane canon. From both a philosophical and technical standpoint, this short fiction work reveals Crane's maturity and sophistication at the end of 1897. A tension-release-shift structure directs the major flow of action, while at the same time suggesting the process of psychological change which the protagonist undergoes. The interpretation of the final scenes of the work, a subject of some controversy, is aided by an examination of the corresponding and contrasting elements found in The Red Badge of Courage.
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Date Issued
1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13670
Subject Headings
Crane, Stephen,--1871-1900--Criticism and interpretation
Format
Document (PDF)
"Death is nothing in comparison to dishonor": Sarah Morgan’s diary and women’s roles in southern honor
Title
"Death is nothing in comparison to dishonor": Sarah Morgan’s diary and women’s roles in southern honor.
Creator
Radaker, Brooke, Strain, Christopher B., Harriet L.Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In their studies of the code of honor in the Old South, historians such as Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Edward L. Ayers consider women incapable of possessing honor. However, the diary of Sarah Morgan, a young woman living in Baton Rouge and New Orleans during the Civil War, reveals the many ways that women actively engaged in the code of honor and even considered themselves to be honorable. In her diary, Sarah Morgan described her own reverence for any honorable gentleman and the ways in which...
Show moreIn their studies of the code of honor in the Old South, historians such as Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Edward L. Ayers consider women incapable of possessing honor. However, the diary of Sarah Morgan, a young woman living in Baton Rouge and New Orleans during the Civil War, reveals the many ways that women actively engaged in the code of honor and even considered themselves to be honorable. In her diary, Sarah Morgan described her own reverence for any honorable gentleman and the ways in which women like her preached the ideologies of the code of honor to men. Women reinforced the code of honor by urging men to die rather than dishonor their family names, punished dishonorable men with their disdain while they celebrated their honorable heroes, and even adopted a feminized version of the code so that they too could possess honor.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003531
Format
Document (PDF)
"Double sustainability" in Botswana and South Africa: the case of the san in the central Kalahari game reserve and Kgalagadi transfrontier park
Title
"Double sustainability" in Botswana and South Africa: the case of the san in the central Kalahari game reserve and Kgalagadi transfrontier park.
Creator
Nelson, Lindsay, O’Brien, William, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
The question of land access rights for indigenous peoples is now a prominent theme in the management of large parks and game reserves in Africa. This comparative study addresses different government responses to this question regarding land dispossession of the San in Southern Africa. Ancestral lands of this unique and marginalized indigenous population had been rendered off limits by the creation of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) in South Africa and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve ...
Show moreThe question of land access rights for indigenous peoples is now a prominent theme in the management of large parks and game reserves in Africa. This comparative study addresses different government responses to this question regarding land dispossession of the San in Southern Africa. Ancestral lands of this unique and marginalized indigenous population had been rendered off limits by the creation of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) in South Africa and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) in Botswana. In more recent years, the government of Botswana and the post-apartheid government of South Africa have pursued quite divergent approaches to addressing the question of renewed San access rights in the parks. Central to the comparative analysis in this study is the degree to which South Africa and Botswana have embraced the concept of “double sustainability” in park management, which emphasizes the protection of biodiversity and people’s livelihoods at the same time.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003527
Format
Document (PDF)
“EUROPEAN RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: POLICY RAMIFICATIONS”
Title
“EUROPEAN RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN: POLICY RAMIFICATIONS”.
Creator
Rodriguez, Celine, Tunick, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description
In 28 European countries, removing personal data from the Internet is as simple as filling out a form online by anyone claiming a ‘right to be forgotten’. Most decisions regarding data removal are left to companies who operate search engines like Google and Microsoft, with little judicial involvement beyond the appeals process. I analyze how removal of information from Internet search results may negatively affect historical accuracy, free speech and the public interest. I will argue that the...
Show moreIn 28 European countries, removing personal data from the Internet is as simple as filling out a form online by anyone claiming a ‘right to be forgotten’. Most decisions regarding data removal are left to companies who operate search engines like Google and Microsoft, with little judicial involvement beyond the appeals process. I analyze how removal of information from Internet search results may negatively affect historical accuracy, free speech and the public interest. I will argue that the European courts should have more involvement, and I propose alternative ways to implement the right to be forgotten that will be less overreaching than current policies. These suggestions aim to decrease the current number of data removal cases to provide a more manageable caseload for European courts to handle, and lessen the role played by companies such as Google in deciding whether or not to erase search engine results online.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012606
Format
Document (PDF)
“EVERY HUMAN IS PSYCHEDELIC” AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHEDELIC DRUG USE AND SUBCULTURE
Title
“EVERY HUMAN IS PSYCHEDELIC” AN ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY PSYCHEDELIC DRUG USE AND SUBCULTURE.
Creator
Taylor, H. J., Lewin, Philip, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Sociology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
The 21st Century is seeing an unprecedented wave of psychedelic drug research after decades of stagnancy. Despite this revival, there has been little research or interest in the current revival of psychedelic subculture or the attitudes of psychedelic users today—from here referred to as “psychedelia.” This qualitative study of 19 self-described psychedelic users/psychedelia members probes their intimate experiences with psychedelic drugs, their involvement in the broader subculture, and...
Show moreThe 21st Century is seeing an unprecedented wave of psychedelic drug research after decades of stagnancy. Despite this revival, there has been little research or interest in the current revival of psychedelic subculture or the attitudes of psychedelic users today—from here referred to as “psychedelia.” This qualitative study of 19 self-described psychedelic users/psychedelia members probes their intimate experiences with psychedelic drugs, their involvement in the broader subculture, and their political and social beliefs. By analyzing the subculture through post-subcultural theory, this study examines the state of psychedelic subculture today, its participants, and members beliefs in relation to drugs, politics, and society. Findings show psychedelia exists as a loose subculture, yet has several parallels to the hippies demographically and politically. Second, psychedelia members share several values such as openness, compassion, and caring for others. Third, despite their pessimism towards America’s future, interviewees engage in everyday activism to help disenfranchised groups.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014105
Subject Headings
Psychedelic drugs, Hallucinogenic drugs, Subculture
Format
Document (PDF)
"Facts and figures for the hour" : speech of George May Powell, of Wisconsin
Title
"Facts and figures for the hour" : speech of George May Powell, of Wisconsin.
Creator
Powell, George May 1835-1906, McGill & Witherow
Abstract/Description
Speech of George May Powell. Delivered before the Lincoln and Johnson Club, Washington, D.C., Sept. 18, 1864. Two columns to the page. FAU Libraries' copy copy with untrimmed edges and unopened pages.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f47
Subject Headings
American Civil War (1861-1865), Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Campaign literature, 1864 -- Republican, Finance, Public -- United States -- History -- 1861-1875 -- Sources, Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864, Taxation -- United States -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Finance, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
"Falling on deaf ears": A historical treatment of fibromyalgia
Title
"Falling on deaf ears": A historical treatment of fibromyalgia.
Creator
Richardson, Barbara, Florida Atlantic University, Dunphy, Lynne M.
Abstract/Description
From 1850 to the present doctors have been examining the phenomenon now known as fibromyalgia, primarily in upper-middle class women. Some sources relate this to a lack of clearly defined roles for women since industrialization and urbanization changed family life. Medicine has not been able to effectively determine the etiology and treatment for this syndrome. Women's voices are "falling on deaf ears". Documented cases of fibromyalgia go back as far as biblical times. It is found in all...
Show moreFrom 1850 to the present doctors have been examining the phenomenon now known as fibromyalgia, primarily in upper-middle class women. Some sources relate this to a lack of clearly defined roles for women since industrialization and urbanization changed family life. Medicine has not been able to effectively determine the etiology and treatment for this syndrome. Women's voices are "falling on deaf ears". Documented cases of fibromyalgia go back as far as biblical times. It is found in all geographic areas and has been labeled with many different names. In spite of these facts, it was not until 1990 that a name and a diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia syndrome was established. In order to understand the impact illness has had on women this paper will explore the relationship of historical events, social and medical views toward women and fibromyalgia-like illnesses from 1850 to the present.
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Date Issued
2001
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12802
Subject Headings
Fibromyalgia, Women--Health and hygiene--Sociological aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
"Fear not Abram"
Title
"Fear not Abram".
Abstract/Description
One pictorial envelope printed with an eagle carrying a branch on top of a shield and the words "Fear not, Abram, I am thy Shield, and they exceeding great reward" printed underneath
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3357392
Subject Headings
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works., United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Finding a snowflake": A journey into caring as experienced by nurse managers
Title
"Finding a snowflake": A journey into caring as experienced by nurse managers.
Creator
Bartolon, Marian Carmel., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this phenomenological research was to capture the experience of caring in the lived world of the nurse managers. Interviews with six nurse managers were utilized to generate data and then transcribed into text. The researcher's analysis of the data followed the phenomenological method as interpreted by Ray. Essential themes of growth, listening, frustration, intuition, support, and receiving of gifts were described by participants. Variant themes of touch, humor, flexibility,...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological research was to capture the experience of caring in the lived world of the nurse managers. Interviews with six nurse managers were utilized to generate data and then transcribed into text. The researcher's analysis of the data followed the phenomenological method as interpreted by Ray. Essential themes of growth, listening, frustration, intuition, support, and receiving of gifts were described by participants. Variant themes of touch, humor, flexibility, counseling, limitations, and competence also emerged. Interpretive themes of nurses' way of being, reciprocal caring, and caring moment as transcendence unfolded. A metatheme of energy emerged from further analysis. Deeper reflection and intuition afforded the researcher the opportunity to grasp the unity of meaning as a metaphorical snowflake and poetic expression.
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Date Issued
1992
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14864
Subject Headings
Caring, Nurse administrators
Format
Document (PDF)
"Floating realities": Multi-dimensionality in T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Title
"Floating realities": Multi-dimensionality in T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".
Creator
Lewman, Monica Laine., Florida Atlantic University, Paton, Priscilla
Abstract/Description
Concentrating on Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," with M. L. Rosenthal's term "floating realities" as my starting point, I discuss how time and its malleable nature relates to Prufrock's "linear reality" and his "non-linear" "floating realities." Prufrock's "linear reality" is the external world of appearances and his internal psychological landscape. I then reveal the "floating realities" that are generated by Eliot's otherworldly allusions. Finally, I discuss chaos theory,...
Show moreConcentrating on Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," with M. L. Rosenthal's term "floating realities" as my starting point, I discuss how time and its malleable nature relates to Prufrock's "linear reality" and his "non-linear" "floating realities." Prufrock's "linear reality" is the external world of appearances and his internal psychological landscape. I then reveal the "floating realities" that are generated by Eliot's otherworldly allusions. Finally, I discuss chaos theory, another way to explore the poem's multi-dimensional nature.
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Date Issued
1997
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15416
Subject Headings
Eliot, T S--(Thomas Stearns),--1888-1965--Criticism and interpretation, Eliot, T S--(Thomas Stearns),--1888-1965--Love song of J Alfred Prufrock, Philosophy in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
"For the great empire of liberty, forward!" : Speech of Maj.-Gen. Carl Schurz, of Wisconsin, delivered at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, on Friday evening, September 16, 1864.
Title
"For the great empire of liberty, forward!" : Speech of Maj.-Gen. Carl Schurz, of Wisconsin, delivered at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, on Friday evening, September 16, 1864.
Creator
Schurz, Carl 1829-1906, Union Congressional Committee
Abstract/Description
Speech of Major-General Carl Schurz. Caption title. "Printed by the Union Congressional Committee." Imprint from colophon, page 16. Two columns to the page. FAU libraries' copy side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f41
Subject Headings
Campaign literature -- 1864 -- Republican, Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Campaign literature, 1864 -- Republican, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format
E-book
"Fore-conceit," autonomy, and Sidney's view of mimesis
Title
"Fore-conceit," autonomy, and Sidney's view of mimesis.
Creator
Lewis, Steven Michael., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description
In Sidney's conception of mimesis, a pyramid of autonomy exists with God as the ultimate artificer, and the succeeding levels peopled with human artificers, then fictional artificers. The autonomous character of each descending artificer connects one to the power of the heavenly maker. Sidney's use of mimesis argues for cognizance of our innate capacities, for which we are grateful solely to God. In creating the characters of The Old Arcadia, Sidney first endows them with the capacity for ...
Show moreIn Sidney's conception of mimesis, a pyramid of autonomy exists with God as the ultimate artificer, and the succeeding levels peopled with human artificers, then fictional artificers. The autonomous character of each descending artificer connects one to the power of the heavenly maker. Sidney's use of mimesis argues for cognizance of our innate capacities, for which we are grateful solely to God. In creating the characters of The Old Arcadia, Sidney first endows them with the capacity for "fore-conceit," a necessary corollary to Free will, the essential aspect of man's condition as Sidney conceived it. By emphasizing the artificer/artifact relationship on successive levels, Sidney implies the focal importance of the creative process. Because Sidney's artifacts are constructed in the image of their maker, despite the limitations of an "infected will," they are also artificers themselves, at least insofar as they approach a true mimesis of the nature of man.
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Date Issued
1995
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15171
Subject Headings
Sidney, Philip,--1554-1586--Arcadia, Sidney, Philip,--1554-1586--Criticism and interpretation, Mimesis in literature, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism
Format
Document (PDF)
"Forgive me my friend"
Title
"Forgive me my friend".
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3357474
Subject Headings
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works., United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
Format
Image (JPEG2000)
"Forgotten moments": The paradox of excellence in nursing practice
Title
"Forgotten moments": The paradox of excellence in nursing practice.
Creator
Scelsi, Dixie Brennan., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description
The purpose for this research was to study the meaning of the lived experience of excellence in nursing practice as described by registered nurses. The phenomenon of excellence in practice is a commonly cited goal of individual nurses, as well as of organized departments of nursing service and nursing education. Ray's phenomenological method was used to describe and identify themes and to construct the meaning of excellence in nursing practice experience as used in the language by nurses....
Show moreThe purpose for this research was to study the meaning of the lived experience of excellence in nursing practice as described by registered nurses. The phenomenon of excellence in practice is a commonly cited goal of individual nurses, as well as of organized departments of nursing service and nursing education. Ray's phenomenological method was used to describe and identify themes and to construct the meaning of excellence in nursing practice experience as used in the language by nurses. Registered nurses were interviewed by using an open-ended question technique. In addition, audiotape was employed, and the interviews were transcribed to text. The phenomenological analytic method of dwelling with and describing the data was used to identify emergent themes. The themes allowed for the emergence of a unity of meaning of the lived experience of excellence in nursing practice. Relationships with and visions for nursing were presented.
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Date Issued
1992
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14796
Subject Headings
Nursing, Success
Format
Document (PDF)
"GAWAIN"-PENTANGLE: A STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND SYMBOLISM IN "SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT."
Title
THE "GAWAIN"-PENTANGLE: A STUDY OF STRUCTURE AND SYMBOLISM IN "SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT.".
Creator
COONS, JOANNE MARIE., Florida Atlantic University, Greer, Allen W.
Abstract/Description
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the hero sets out on a journey in which he is forced to make moral choices that ultimately alter his self-knowledge. Gawain's journey is the direct result of a challenge offered by the Green Knight under the guise of a Christmas game. Metaphorically, his actions are reflected by the pentangle, which although composed of oppositions, always leads back to itself. Gawain'3 divided consciousness is further symbolized by the Virgin-shield, which alludes to...
Show moreIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the hero sets out on a journey in which he is forced to make moral choices that ultimately alter his self-knowledge. Gawain's journey is the direct result of a challenge offered by the Green Knight under the guise of a Christmas game. Metaphorically, his actions are reflected by the pentangle, which although composed of oppositions, always leads back to itself. Gawain'3 divided consciousness is further symbolized by the Virgin-shield, which alludes to caritas, and the magic girdle, which alludes to cupiditas. Their opposition forms the basic conflict of the poem: between spirit and flesh. These symbols initiate two sequences of action wherein Gawain is tested, fails and is absolved. He returns to Camelot a new man, wiser for his folly, a true exemplar of Christianity as symbolized by the pentangle virtues.
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Date Issued
1979
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13959
Subject Headings
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Format
Document (PDF)

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