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Melissa Dinsman

Assistant Professor of English

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    Reading Cities

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    7 years, 8 months ago
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    Michelle Cliff’s No Telephone to Heaven

    Michelle Cliff’s novel “No Telephone to Heaven” follows the life of Clare Savage, a racially ambiguous woman from Jamaica with a middle class upbringing. Cliff takes […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark

    Thesis statement: “How does London influences on a foreigner helps the foreigner feeli like they belong?

    Sub-questions: “How were Anna’s decisions influenced by the way the L […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Nella Larsen’s Passing
    Passing, a novel by Nella Larsen is divided into three sections like a play, ending with tragedy. The novel is separated into these sections to discuss the transition in life for the two […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

    Septimius Warren Smith, aged about thirty, pale-faced, beak-nosed, wearing brown shoes and a shabby overcoat, with hazel eyes which had that look of apprehension in them which […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers
    Book I: Hester Street
    “On the corner of the most crowded part of Hester Street I stood myself with my pail of herring. “Herring! Herring! A bargain in the world! Pick them out you […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Edith Wharton’s New Years Day
    Through disengagement of a crucial situation, Wharton ponders does class play a role in both old and new New York?. Throughout the novella, Edith takes on highs and lows of Lizzie […]

    7 years, 9 months ago
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    Reading Cities

    Founded in 1897, the Yale Club was created with the intention of providing Yale graduates a place to continue their close associations post-graduation. The building was originally located at 17 Madison Square, but […]

    7 years, 10 months ago
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    Sample Interpretation (“well-cut, shabby suit”)
    When faced with the line from “May Day,” “The inquirer was dressed in a well-cut, shabby suit,” our team explored the numerous meanings of this sentence while t […]

    7 years, 10 months ago
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    “the returning soldiers marched up the chief highway behind the strump of drums and the joyous, resonant wind of the brasses”
    Parades of returning WWI soldiers were common between December 1918 and throughout […]

    7 years, 11 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, Letters with Kisses - Glamour me up

    I love that you recreated the 1940s face. It turned out great! I also like the depth you go into about some of these makeup items. I’m curious what else you found out about substitutes. Also, you mention above […]

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, 'Ladies and their Painted Legs'

    Very interesting topic for this post and I love the inclusion of a makeup bar for legs. Do you know if these were only found in cities? What type of woman was making use of these? Also, did you come across the […]

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, The History of the "Bomber Jacket"

    This was a very fun and interesting post. I like the timeline of aesthetics you provide and your discussion of why certain materials were used in the original version. What do you think it says about this item of […]

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, WWII WARdrobe

    Some very interesting information. Mrs. Sew and Sew in particular is the stuff of nightmares. It is strange to think that ad would be effective. You mention Women’s Utility clothes. Did you find any images of […]

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, The 1940s Guide to Makeup!

    I like how you broke this blog post down by makeup location. I found the idea of using burnt cork as mascara very unappealing. In your research did you come across a process for making this?

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, The Siren Suit

    A really interesting choice for this blog. This was an item of clothing I had seen before, but didn’t know much about. Thanks for sharing this information.

    8 years, 6 months ago
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    Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP)

    Melissa Dinsman joined the group
    8 years, 6 months ago
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    ENG 410: WWII Literature

    Melissa Dinsman commented on the post, Bing Crosby's I'll Be Seeing You

    You do an excellent job of close reading the lyrics of this song for a wartime audience and your work on Crosby’s appeal is also well done. You mention that the song is still a part of our cultural memory but the […]

    8 years, 6 months ago
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