In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder became the first black American to be elected Governor in any state when he was elected Governor of Virginia. His victory was the fruit of labors that spanned a twenty-year political career. He entered politics at a time when Virginia was emerging from the control of a political machine headed by Harry Byrd, Sr. The win in 1989 was the direct result of Wilder being able to position himself while serving as the Commonwealth's Lieutenant Governor. Specifically crucial was Wilder's first year in office. During that period, he was able to establish himself as an independent voice. In doing so, he distanced himself from the questionable policies of Governor Gerald Baliles. Wilder's boldness deterred others from challenging his nomination in 1989. In addition, Wilder demonstrated that he could overcome political troubles, such as criticism he received for accepting speaking fees from in-state organizations. Wilder's success can be explained by a marketing theory known as positioning. That theory holds that politicians have to create an independent position in the public eye. In doing so, the candidate may have to reinvent himself or herself to appeal to the widest range of voters. / Master of Arts

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise da coleção de livros Little House, de Laura Ingalls Wilder, e está dividido em três capítulos. No Capítulo I, O Romanesco como base de sustentação da ideologia norte-americana, mostramos quais são as estratégias literárias utilizadas por Wilder para compor suas obras, de forma a transmitir e sustentar a ideologia norte-americana. Utilizamos como base comparativa os volumes Little Town on the Prairie e The First Four Years, e tentamos evidenciar as diferenças entre os volumes publicados em vida e o volume póstumo, no que concerne ao estilo e a visão de munome do aluno: Fabiana Valeria da ndo apresentadas. Para tanto, baseamo-nos em autores da teoria literária, como Northrop Frye (1957), Philip Stevick (1967), e Rosemary Jackson (1983), e em pesquisadores anteriores das obras de Wilder, como Ann Romines (1997) e Caroline Fazer (1994). No Capítulo II, O lugar da História em Farmer Boy, exploramos o livro em que Wilder descreve uma vida de fartura numa fazenda para discutirmos as diferenças entre o período narrado e o contexto histórico que gerou as condições de produção da coleção Little House. Assim, realizamos uma análise de excertos do livro que diziam respeito ao trabalho e ao dinheiro com a intenção de relacionar ambos os contextos, explicando que a época narrada dependeu do contexto sócio-econômico do qual surgiu para que transmitisse as lições de sobrevivência em tempos difíceis a leitores que se encontravam em meio à crise da Depressão. Neste capítulo, baseamo-nos em historiadores como Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1958). No Capítulo III, Desdobramentos ideológicos nas obras de Wilder, apresentamos uma discussão teórica acerca da ideologia e de como ela trabalha na formação, transmissão e reafirmação de seus valores. Para tanto, baseamo-nos em autores como Terry Eagleton (1997) e Raymond Williams (1977). Em seguida, retomamos o contexto histórico para discutirmos que a ideologia trabalha em três níveis: na constituição de Wilder como sujeito histórico, na produção dos Little House e no consumo, por parte dos leitores da década de 1930. Para explicar a dinâmica de relacionamento desses três níveis, baseamo-nos na leitura de Tempo Livre, de Theodor Adorno (1962). Finalmente, procuramos mostrar ao leitor, ao analisarmos trechos de Farmer Boy e Little Town on the Prairie, que em todo o tempo estivemos lidando com o inconsciente político apresentado por Fredric Jameson (1980), de forma a mostrar que, apesar de Wilder ter planejado e ter um método para transmitir a ideologia, a fim de reafirmar a identidade norte-americana, a crise que deu origem ao texto surge em vários momentos através de brechas que expõe sua crítica à economia e ao momento histórico da Depressão. / This dissertation presents an analysis of the Little House Books collection, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and it is divided into three chapters. In Chapter I, Romance as the sustaining basis of the North-American ideology, we show which are the literary strategies used by wilder to compose her books, in order to transmit and sustain the North-American ideology. We use, as a comparative basis, Little Town on the Prairie and The First Four Years, and we try to put in evidence the differences between the books published during her life and the posthumous work, concerning style and the change in her point of view. In doing so, we base ourselves on authors from the literary theory, such as Northrop Frye (1957), Philip Stevick (1967), and Rosemary Jackson (1983), and in previous reasearchers of Wilder\'s works, such as Ann Romines (1994) and Caroline Fraser (1994). In Chapter II, History\'s place in Farmer Boy, we explore the book in which Wilder describes a wealthy life in a farm, so we can discuss the differences between the narrated period and the historical context that generated the conditions that allowed the appearance of the Little House books. Afterwards, we present an analysis of some excerpts taken from Farmer Boy that are related to work and money, with the intention of establishing the interrelations between both contexts, and explaining that the narrated time depended on the social and economical context from which it has appeared, so to pass on the lesson about how to survive in such hard times to readers that experienced the crisis during the Depression years. In Chapter III, Ideology unfolded in the works by Wilder, we present a theoretical discussion concerning ideology and how it works on formation, transmission, and reafirmation of its own values. In doing so, we base ourselves on authors such as Terry Eagleton (1997) and Raymond Williams (1977). Then, we take the historical context again in order to explain that ideology work in three levels: in the constitution od Wilder as a historical person, in the production of the Little House books, and in its comsumption, made by the readers in the decade of 1930. In order to explain how these three levels relate among themselves, we base ourselves on the texto \"Leisure Time\", by Theodor Adorno (1962). Finally, in the moment we analyze some exceprts taken from Farmer Boy and Little Town on the Prairie,we try to show to the reader that all the time we deal with Fredric Jameson\'s political uncounscious (1980). Thus, in spite of trying to commit herself to her plan of transmission and reafirmation of the North-American ideology, her criticism about economy and politics of the thirties breaks the path of the way she had made, in order to figure althrough the books.

Este trabalho apresenta uma análise da coleção de livros Little House, de Laura Ingalls Wilder, e está dividido em três capítulos. No Capítulo I, O Romanesco como base de sustentação da ideologia norte-americana, mostramos quais são as estratégias literárias utilizadas por Wilder para compor suas obras, de forma a transmitir e sustentar a ideologia norte-americana. Utilizamos como base comparativa os volumes Little Town on the Prairie e The First Four Years, e tentamos evidenciar as diferenças entre os volumes publicados em vida e o volume póstumo, no que concerne ao estilo e a visão de munome do aluno: Fabiana Valeria da ndo apresentadas. Para tanto, baseamo-nos em autores da teoria literária, como Northrop Frye (1957), Philip Stevick (1967), e Rosemary Jackson (1983), e em pesquisadores anteriores das obras de Wilder, como Ann Romines (1997) e Caroline Fazer (1994). No Capítulo II, O lugar da História em Farmer Boy, exploramos o livro em que Wilder descreve uma vida de fartura numa fazenda para discutirmos as diferenças entre o período narrado e o contexto histórico que gerou as condições de produção da coleção Little House. Assim, realizamos uma análise de excertos do livro que diziam respeito ao trabalho e ao dinheiro com a intenção de relacionar ambos os contextos, explicando que a época narrada dependeu do contexto sócio-econômico do qual surgiu para que transmitisse as lições de sobrevivência em tempos difíceis a leitores que se encontravam em meio à crise da Depressão. Neste capítulo, baseamo-nos em historiadores como Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1958). No Capítulo III, Desdobramentos ideológicos nas obras de Wilder, apresentamos uma discussão teórica acerca da ideologia e de como ela trabalha na formação, transmissão e reafirmação de seus valores. Para tanto, baseamo-nos em autores como Terry Eagleton (1997) e Raymond Williams (1977). Em seguida, retomamos o contexto histórico para discutirmos que a ideologia trabalha em três níveis: na constituição de Wilder como sujeito histórico, na produção dos Little House e no consumo, por parte dos leitores da década de 1930. Para explicar a dinâmica de relacionamento desses três níveis, baseamo-nos na leitura de Tempo Livre, de Theodor Adorno (1962). Finalmente, procuramos mostrar ao leitor, ao analisarmos trechos de Farmer Boy e Little Town on the Prairie, que em todo o tempo estivemos lidando com o inconsciente político apresentado por Fredric Jameson (1980), de forma a mostrar que, apesar de Wilder ter planejado e ter um método para transmitir a ideologia, a fim de reafirmar a identidade norte-americana, a crise que deu origem ao texto surge em vários momentos através de brechas que expõe sua crítica à economia e ao momento histórico da Depressão. / This dissertation presents an analysis of the Little House Books collection, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and it is divided into three chapters. In Chapter I, Romance as the sustaining basis of the North-American ideology, we show which are the literary strategies used by wilder to compose her books, in order to transmit and sustain the North-American ideology. We use, as a comparative basis, Little Town on the Prairie and The First Four Years, and we try to put in evidence the differences between the books published during her life and the posthumous work, concerning style and the change in her point of view. In doing so, we base ourselves on authors from the literary theory, such as Northrop Frye (1957), Philip Stevick (1967), and Rosemary Jackson (1983), and in previous reasearchers of Wilder\'s works, such as Ann Romines (1994) and Caroline Fraser (1994). In Chapter II, History\'s place in Farmer Boy, we explore the book in which Wilder describes a wealthy life in a farm, so we can discuss the differences between the narrated period and the historical context that generated the conditions that allowed the appearance of the Little House books. Afterwards, we present an analysis of some excerpts taken from Farmer Boy that are related to work and money, with the intention of establishing the interrelations between both contexts, and explaining that the narrated time depended on the social and economical context from which it has appeared, so to pass on the lesson about how to survive in such hard times to readers that experienced the crisis during the Depression years. In Chapter III, Ideology unfolded in the works by Wilder, we present a theoretical discussion concerning ideology and how it works on formation, transmission, and reafirmation of its own values. In doing so, we base ourselves on authors such as Terry Eagleton (1997) and Raymond Williams (1977). Then, we take the historical context again in order to explain that ideology work in three levels: in the constitution od Wilder as a historical person, in the production of the Little House books, and in its comsumption, made by the readers in the decade of 1930. In order to explain how these three levels relate among themselves, we base ourselves on the texto \"Leisure Time\", by Theodor Adorno (1962). Finally, in the moment we analyze some exceprts taken from Farmer Boy and Little Town on the Prairie,we try to show to the reader that all the time we deal with Fredric Jameson\'s political uncounscious (1980). Thus, in spite of trying to commit herself to her plan of transmission and reafirmation of the North-American ideology, her criticism about economy and politics of the thirties breaks the path of the way she had made, in order to figure althrough the books.

This thesis serves as documentation of my efforts to define accurately my creative process as an actor in creating the role of Doc Gibbs in Our Town by Thornton Wilder. This includes research, rehearsal journal, character analysis and evaluation of my performance. Our Town was produced by the University of New Orleans Department of Film, Theatre and Communication Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana. The play was performed in the Robert E. Nims Theatre of the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 pm on the evenings of April 22 through April 24, 2010 and April 29 through May 1, 2010 as well as one matinee at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

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his dissertation examines the rhetoric of the homestead movement in antebellum America as a particular instance of domesticity. Homestead rhetoric alters the modes of identity and subjectivity usually found in domesticity, and alters the home-nation metaphor at the moment when the nation faced an increasing sectional divide that would lead to a Civil War. As deployed by Congressmen, homestead rhetoric used domesticity to define the relationship between manhood and citizenship. Harriet Jacobs uses this rhetoric in her autobiographical Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to shape an identity more in line with male homesteaders than with the subjects of women’s domesticity. E.D.E.N. Southworth’s The Haunted Homestead offers the home-nation metaphor as a solution to national crisis, but ultimately the crisis is too large to solve through domesticity. This dissertation uses Jurgen Habermas’s concepts of lifeworld and system to assess the types of subjects created through the different modes of domesticity. Lifeworld describes modes of communication that foster the agency of individuals, and system describes the instrumentalization of individuals into roles where they are only a means to an end. The lifeworld created through homestead rhetoric is ultimately systematized by the importance of transforming land into property; Harriet Jacobs recognizes that she must escape the systematization of slavery and enter into a new economic system to have her rights fully acknowledged; Southworth’s failure to find a literary solution to national problems suggests the limits of a literary lifeworld, or the extent to which the domestic itself has been systematized. This dissertation concludes by considering how Laura Ingalls Wilder’s experience homesteading in South Dakota can bring an ecocritical perspective to lifeworld and system. Ingalls Wilder rejects the system of commodified nature to find contentment in a lifeworld affirmed through an agrarian relationship to the land.

Thesis (D.A.)--St. John's University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118 -122).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1967. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

abstract: Many of the works of Dominick Argento have been researched and analyzed, but his choral work Evensong: Of Love and Angels s has received limited attention thus far. Written in memoriam for his wife Carolyn Bailey Argento, Evensong draws its musical material from her initials C.B.A. These letters, translated into note names, form a conspicuous head motive that is present in each movement of the work, and it serves multiple functions: as a melodic feature, as the foundation for a twelve-tone row, and as a harmonic base. This paper provides an overview of the work's conception with specific relation to Argento's biographical details, compositional style, and work habits; a brief review of the critical reception of the work; and a succinct analysis of the form and cyclical materials found in each movement. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2011