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Michael W. Rickard II
Jun 26, 20195 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
May 31, 20195 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
May 24, 20193 min read
"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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Apr 4, 20191 min read
"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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 16, 20194 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Mar 1, 20193 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 22, 20195 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 16, 20194 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 9, 20193 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Feb 1, 20194 min read
“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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 25, 20194 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 18, 20193 min read
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...
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Michael W. Rickard II
Jan 11, 20194 min read
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...
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Michael W Rickard II
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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,...
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Michael W Rickard II
Nov 15, 20181 min read
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...
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