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Sex and Death in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Sex and Death in Eighteenth-Century Literature

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Jesse Molesworth also recognizes the importance ofthis opening scene inthe novel,connecting its“state oftemporal liminality in which everyone appears tobe waiting for something” toLewis's frequent use of syllepsis. Jesse Molesworth ...
Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660–1727

K. Gevirtz

Like Victoria Joule, for example, Jesse Molesworth does not see women writers as part of the realist novel. Joule, “Mary Davys,” 31; Jesse Molesworth, Chance and the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Realism, Probability, Magic (New York: ...
Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction

Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction

Kevin Attell

By a happy chance, Jesse Molesworth was also a Mellon fellow at Hopkins at the same time, and I have benefitted from his friendship and intelligence ever since. One could hardly think of a better place than Cornell to think and write about ...
The Rise of the Novel

The Rise of the Novel

Nicholas Seager

Scarlet Brown, The Politics of Custom in EighteenthCentury British Fiction ( Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010); Jesse Molesworth, Chance and the Eighteenth Century Novel: Realism, Probability, Magic (Cambridge: Cambridge ...
Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, and Diplomats ...

Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, and Diplomats ...

Leonard J. Sadosky

Semi- narians Kevin Attell, Stanford Carpenter, Bruce Hall, Viola Kolarov, Jesse Molesworth, Bibi Obler, and Herica Valladares read a first draft of chapter 6, and their comments helped me improve it greatly. Additional thanks in the Hopkins ...
The Eighteenth-century Novel

The Eighteenth-century Novel

Albert J. Rivero

On the 12. Jesse Molesworth, "Against all odds: The sway of chance in Eighteenth-Century Britain" (PhD dissertation, Stanford University, other hand, the underlying realist structure of the Gothic novel, 2003). 76 The Eighteenth- Century Novel.
Making Scenes: Supersensual Masochism and Victorian Literature

Making Scenes: Supersensual Masochism and Victorian Literature

Claire Jarvis

... Clark, Bryan Conn, Elisha Cohn, Hilary Emmett, Naomi Fry, Amanda Herbert, David Hershinow, Stephanie Insley Hershinow, Katie Hindmarch- Watson, Julia Kent, Jesse Molesworth, Mark Noble, Benjamin Parris, Jordan Stein, Cara Weber .
Chance and the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Realism, ...

Chance and the Eighteenth-Century Novel: Realism, ...

Jesse Molesworth

1 John Richetti, “Introduction” in John Richetti (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to the Eighteenth-Century Novel (Cambridge University Press, 1996), 1–8; at 2. 2 See Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel: Studies 1 Introduction Can the novel ...
Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson

Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson

Marshall Frady

A CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE back whentheywere in college recalls, “Even in those earliest years, Jackie wasalwaysapeculiarly strongwoman to operate in the context of a Jesse Jacksonwho already then wason a path toward his own ...
Jesse James in the County of Clay

Jesse James in the County of Clay

Jack "Miles" Ventimiglia

Presents an overview of the outlaw Jesse James, his familyand associates with an emphasis on their lives in ClayCounty, MO. This book also contains an interpretiveguidebook to the artifacts on display at the Jesse JamesFarm Museum in ...
Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto: How Lies, Corruption, ...

Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto: How Lies, Corruption, ...

Jesse Ventura

In this groundbreaking book – for the first time in paperback and fully-updated with all the latest legal information - outspoken freethinker Jesse Ventura lays out his philosophy.
Jesse and Henry Save the Day

Jesse and Henry Save the Day

Fern A. Hilton

Children have the biggest imaginations of all. Especially a little boy named, Jesse. He can make a paper airplane and just know it is real! Jesse and his paper airplane, Wee, begin their adventures together, so come along for the ride!
Jesse and the Magic Boots

Jesse and the Magic Boots

Janina Ward

Jesse finishes the school year and travels to his grandfather’s ranch for what he thought was going to be his routine summer vacation.
The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids ...

The Game Believes in You: How Digital Play Can Make Our Kids ...

Greg Toppo

Mother Jones, September 23, 2011. Jesse Schell, Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, 443. Ibid. Jesse Schell, Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (DICE ) Summit, Las Vegas, 2010. Jesse Schell, interview with author, July 23, 2013.
U.S. Department of Defense Contract Spending and the ...

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Spending and the ...

Jesse Ellman

Jesse Ellman, Gregory Sanders, Rhys McCormick ... competition in DoD contracting has remained near 50 percent in most years. Unlabeled, which accounted for as much as 7. 18 | Jesse Ellman, Gregory Sanders, and Rhys McCormick.
Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss

Jesse: A Mother's Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss

Marianne Leone

Jesse Cooper was an honor-roll student who loved to windsurf and write poetry.
Jesse: A Supernatural Thriller

Jesse: A Supernatural Thriller

Jim Feazell

During the populist and progressive eras, was when Jesse became a symbol as America’s Robin Hood, standing up against corporate syndicates in defense of the small farmer.
Jesse James

Jesse James

T J Stiles

At sixteen, Jesse James began his fighting career by killing Unionist neighbours on their doorsteps.
Clearing in the Sky & Other Stories

Clearing in the Sky & Other Stories

Jesse Stuart

Here are twenty-one tales from Kentucky's inimitable and beloved storyteller, Jesse Stuart.
Trees of Heaven

Trees of Heaven

Jesse Stuart

Jesse Stuart's first novel, published in 1940, made history in many ways, not least as the first appearance of Boliver Tussie, one of the unforgettable characters in American literature.
Jesse Owens: A Biography

Jesse Owens: A Biography

Jacqueline Edmondson

Discusses the life, accomplishments, and legacy of track and field star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games.
American Conspiracies

American Conspiracies

Jesse Ventura

In this explosive account of wrongful acts and ensuing cover-ups, Jesse Ventura offers a different side to the stories we’ve all heard and read about in the history books.
The Real Real

The Real Real

Emma Mclaughlin

When Hampton High senior Jesse O'Rourke is cast in a reality television show along with five other, more popular students, drama on and off screen reveals that what the audience and producers want is not the same as what Jesse wants.
Jesse: A Mother's Story

Jesse: A Mother's Story

Marianne Leone

Despite the agony of reliving his struggles, I also experienced the utter joy of Jesse's company in writing this book and that helped me keep going. Can you describe the responses you have received from the book? Has anything surprised you ...
Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running

Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running

Jeff Burlingame

Explores the life of Jesse Owens, including his childhood and family, his rise to excellence in track and field, his 1936 Olympic triumph, and his death and legacy.
Property

Property

Jesse Dukeminier

Jesse Dukeminier's trademark wit, passion, and human interest perspective has made Property, now in its Eighth Edition, one of the best--and best loved--casebooks of all time.
Jesse Stuart On Education

Jesse Stuart On Education

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Could a man who never earned a master's degree tell the nation's teachers and administrators how to run their schools? Jesse Stuart, who had a life-long love of education, did just that.
Jesse Owens

Jesse Owens

Thomas Streissguth

Highlights the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, a track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games, a time when Adolf Hitler was trying to prove the superiority of the Arian race.
Meet Jesse Jackson

Meet Jesse Jackson

Melody S. Mis

Jesse Jackson began his work with the civil rights movement at a young age and is known as a great leader in the struggle for equal rights around the world.

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