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The Importance of Paratextual Information in Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
Smith and Watson, the co-writers of the riveting text Reading Autobiography, define paratext as “the framing produced by their (a books) publication, reception, and circulation” (99). “Cover designs, the author’s name, the dedication, titles, prefaces, introductions, chapter breaks, and endnotes” … Continue reading
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Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin With Us
In Reading Autobiography, the section on embodiment includes a description of a sociopolitical body. Smith and Watson define this sociopolitical body as “a set of cultural attitudes and discourses encoding the public meanings of bodies that have for centuries underwritten … Continue reading
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My second post involving a cat
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Avery’s Trip
I know I know you guys are all worried that I am going to turn into the old lady in your neighborhood that writes her Christmas Newsletter from her dogs point of view, but please do not fret. Like … Continue reading
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No Future in Graphic Design…
This is a character sketch of how I spent my spring break…lost in the countryside of Virginia, entirely by accident. I’m not an artist–please be kind. 🙂
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April 6, 2011
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Alison Bechdel’s Use of Artifice in Fun Home
Fun Home; A Family Tragicomic author, Alison Bechdel captures the story the of her childhood through comic book elements. Text is accompanied by a visual media, which allows the reader to not only visualize the story through the reading, but … Continue reading
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