• In sympathy : how to read -- and view -- Edith Wharton's The house of mirth 

    Cantrall, Amy (University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016)
    In the second Gilded Age that we live in now, it has been surprising to me to find that Edith Wharton's presence in homes and classrooms has been waning. In order to understand why this is, I turn to one of Wharton's most ...
  • Young adult novels and their film adaptations 

    Burnham, Paige (University of Missouri, College of Arts and Sciences, 2011)
    When novels first originated in the mid eighteenth century, they were seen as lowbrow and unworthy of serious study. Now, the study of novels is a staple to academia, but certain types of novels are still considered with ...