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short-tempered, highly engaging review does a side-by-side comparison of Austen’s language and the film’s. For my own part, I confess that I am with Cassandra Austen, not known for complimenting her novel-writing younger sister, in my admiration of this novel’s prose. After all, Austen describes Anne this way: “She has been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.” Cassandra says what many of us feel about this line

. McPherson’s review of the film Glory in the New Republic raise few important issues that were not debated apropos of Walter Scott’s historical novels. Vigny’s excessively bold views were never accepted even in the heyday of Romanticism. Balzac mocked Vigny’s pronouncement by writing in Les Deux Amis that it amounted to the claim that “There is a truth that is false and a falsehood that is true.” Students at the French Film Festival at PLU in 2019 In its critique of history’s pretensions to objective truth

helping me think aloud and in writing. Don’t be fooled by Charles Musgrove’s dogs. They would be strictly distinguished from pets, the indoor companions who became popular in Austen’s time, and who are given affectionate names and are not at work in the field or employed for the hunt. Other related meanings that might be implicit in Carriera’s allegory include the rabbit’s early modern association with Venus and love, as well as to women’s cunning and sexual organs. See Victoria Dickerson’s wonderful

the companies and think about what you did in your PLU classes, you have have a leg up on the competition.” Marc: “Regarding how the fellowships work… the expertise of a faculty adviser is not just what they know as a scholar, but what they know about organizing your research and the writing process that is super helpful. Peter Grosvenor helped me to mold the research that I was doing into a policy paper that I felt proud of. As my project grew, I consulted other faculty members as well, and they

Fidalgo Bay, Wash. Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Endowment The Olympia Oyster (Ostrea lurida), the only native oyster found on the west coast of North America, has been depleted over time due to overharvesting and other environmental factors. Recently interest has surfaced in re-establishing these populations, including a restoration project in Fidalgo Bay, Wash., begun in 2002. In order to assess the distribution and success of this population we investigated variation of settlement of

Center “I put off writing this simply because when I thought about how to convey the impact of the Women’s Center in my life, I became overwhelmed. How could I put into words how deeply the Center had impacted me, both professionally and personally? Would whatever I wrote do that justice? The following is my best attempt to do so: When I arrived as a new employee on the PLU campus in the fall of 2006, I was looking for a place to connect with the larger university community. I had made several

Reappraising the Rift Between Faith and Reason: Could Science Help Us Think About Religion? Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Keith J. CooperOriginally published in 1991Tertullian, an African Christian writing in the second century of the Church, is perhaps most famous for his defiant one-liner about the resurrection, “I believe it because it is absurd.” The only trouble is: he never wrote those words, and wouldn’t have meant them if he had. They are simply a misquotation.  In

and Hong residence halls might be improved. There are other similar opportunities for us in the realm of both public and private grants for everything from student faculty research and creative projects to targeted capital projects to new initiatives in environmental sustainability. I salute all of you who are now involved in preparing over $12 million dollars in grant proposals. Goal #4: Long-Range Focus Our fourth goal is to maintain a long-range focus, even while dealing with immediate and