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Form and Fiction: Geraldine Brooks’ “The Chicago Defender Sends a Man to Little Rock”
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard Editor's Note: I took a master's poetry class this spring and gained a better appreciation for...
Michael W. Rickard II
Jun 26, 20195 min read
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Pushed by the Patriarchy: Examining Charles Dickens' "Hard Times" through a Feminist L
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Charles Dickens’ Hard Times provides many opportunities to explore the text using feminist...
Michael W. Rickard II
May 31, 20195 min read
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"Victorian Cities" and a New Historicism Critique of "Mary Barton"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Asa Briggs’ Victorian Cities illustrates the power of new historicism in evaluating literary...
Michael W. Rickard II
May 24, 20193 min read
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"Beowulf": Examining Its Origins in Myths and Legend
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Here's a sneak peek at my video presentation for my "Beowulf" class. The epic poem “Beowulf” has...
Michael W. Rickard II
Apr 4, 20191 min read
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The Yorke Manifesto: A Marxist Interpretation of Mr. Yorke in Charlotte Bronte's "Shirley&q
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Here's an essay I wrote on Charlotte Bronte's industrial novel Shirley. Shirley...
Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 16, 20194 min read
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The Patriarchal Breakdown in "Mary Barton"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Elizabeth Gaskell's industrial novel Mary Barton provides a look at the debilitating effects not...
Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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Eco-Criticism in "Illustrations of Political Economy"
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy (Illustrations) has been credited with...
Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 1, 20193 min read
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The Trade Winds of Change: Emily Cartwright’s Ignorance and Corruption in the Novel "Cambridge&
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on...
Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 22, 20195 min read
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I Waiting Until the Cows Come Home: Male Sexuality in Toni Morrison’s "Beloved."
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on Toni...
Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 16, 20194 min read
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I Hadn’t Knowed: Intersectionality and the Synthesis of Dessa Rose and Miss Rufel
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on the...
Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 9, 20193 min read
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“Faithful Are the Wounds of a Friend”: How Harriet Jacobs Is Not Afraid to Offend Her Audience in &q
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Editor's Note: Last fall I took a class on neo-slave narratives. Here is an essay I wrote on...
Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 1, 20194 min read
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Charles Dickens' Poison Pen Letter to the United States: Postcolonialism in "American Notes
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II While Charles Dickens’ American Notes can be considered a combination of travel writing and...
Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 25, 20194 min read
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The Population Bomb: Eco-Criticism in Harriet Martineau's "Illustrations of Political Econo
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy (Illustrations)has been credited with...
Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 18, 20193 min read
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Two Forms of Slavery? Comparing "Factory Lives" and "Incidents in the Life of a Slave
Copyright 2019 by Michael W. Rickard II Factory Lives: Four Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Autobiographies (Factory Lives) provides an...
Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 11, 20194 min read
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Feminist Icon Harriet Martineau: Challenging Victorian Society
Although the Victorian Age saw tremendous changes in England including the expansion of the Industrial Revolution and a new voting class,...
Michael W Rickard II
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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Boz and Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Writers
Copyright 2018 by Michael Rickard Charles Dicken, a figure synonymous with Victorian England and recognized as one of the first authors...
Michael W Rickard II
Nov 15, 20181 min read
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