| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Discovering the kinetic language of violence on the early modern stage |
2016 |
1681 |
“Discovering the Kinetic Language of Violence on the Early Modern Stage” addresses the concern that scholars of early modern literature do not frequently historicize sword combat in their analyses of moments of violence. This project seeks to demonst... |
| Mourning through murder: the role of psychic mimesis in early modern revenge tragedies AND Shut your trap: hunting metaphors and verbal violence in Twelfth Night |
2018 |
458 |
Numerous early modern revenge tragedies illustrate the protagonist's quest to memorialize a loved one who has been murdered. Although revenge tragedy has not always been thought of as serving this memorializing function, this essay will seek to expla... |
| Shakespeare’s Aaron as a figure of Black anger |
2018 |
1029 |
Black Anger has often been misinterpreted as an irrational response of Black people to perceived injustices. Black anger is a response to the fear of possessing an endangered body by the constructed White body superior. In my thesis, I explore three ... |
| 'Set the record straight' : nonviolence and the interpretation of trans life writing AND Under the sign of Gevurah : lesbians, vampires, and law in Batwoman" |
2022 |
73 |
This paper argues that readers must take a nonviolent approach when interpreting trans life writing. Many past feminists have failed to correctly interpret trans life writing, leading to transphobic conclusions. Based on the writings of Judith Butler... |
| Blood cries out : negotiating embodiment and otherness in the premodern world |
2023 |
184 |
My dissertation focuses on medieval and early modern literary uses of blood symbolism to describe and represent these marginalized groups: Christ, women, Jews, and disabled persons. My key argument is that blood is the nexus at which competing rhetor... |