Publisher Victor DeSantis, Dean College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning Millersville University Millersville, PA Graduate Student Editors Hannah Halter,[…]
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Women and Redemption in the Romantic Gothic Novel
by Elizabeth Notarangelo Romantic Gothic poetry highlights the uniquely transformative power that victimization can have on a female character. Such transformation,[…]
Read moreWelcome from the Dean
Welcome to the Millersville University inaugural edition of The Graduate Journal, aptly titled, MUsings. We are pleased and delighted to[…]
Read moreSave Lite
by Sara Thomas At 6 a.m., Jane’s alarm rang. She groggily reached over, shut it off, and turned on her TV. The[…]
Read moreCarsten Jensen and the Very Bad Diner Food
by Lee Atkins Carsten Jensen stalked down the sidewalk with a pained grimace. There were few people about that afternoon, and[…]
Read moreMarylou and the Portrayal of Women in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
by Laura Birkin Although Jack Kerouac’s On the Road has earned a reputation as a seminal work which embodies the Beat[…]
Read moreFor Diversity in Young Adult Literature: Printed in Black and White, Read in Color
by Phil Jago As a reader and lover of books, it is with some regret that I admit that the concept[…]
Read morePart of a Whole: A Personal Essay
by Tyler Gehman “No man is an island, entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part[…]
Read moreFlotsam and Jetsam
By Phil Jago December 26, 2004, Phuket, Thailand “Son, are you coming for breakfast?” I rolled over and glanced toward[…]
Read moreLiterary Interpretations and Homosexual Identity
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Angels in America: Literary Interpretations and Homosexual Identity by Elizabeth Lapchak Tennessee Williams’ influential plays[…]
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