Welcome from the Dean
Welcome to Millersville University’s Spring 2018 edition of MUsings: The Graduate Journal. Our journal continues the exciting mission to be[…]
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Editorial Board – Spring 2018 Issue
MUsings: The Graduate Journal Spring 2018 Publisher Victor DeSantis, Dean College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning Millersville University Millersville,[…]
Read moreMapping the Impact of Landscape in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia and The Professor’s House
by Hannah Halter In her article, “Harvesting Willa Cather’s Literary Fields,” Beth Rundstrom discusses the humanistic outlook evident in most[…]
Read moreForensic Social Work Practice: Military Veterans in the Criminal Justice System
by Bradley J Schaffer Abstract Social Work practice with the military veteran population in the criminal justice system (CJS) is[…]
Read moreBlues, Jazz, and Embodiment in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
by Eliot White I. Introduction: Theoretical Framework Scholars and literary critics have been preoccupied considering the ways in which a[…]
Read moreWhen “Disability Demands a Story”: Problems With the “Unreliable” Narrator
by Maria Rovito The manner in which first-person narrators tell the reader their stories greatly impacts whether or not the[…]
Read moreCrime, Punishment, and the Body in Eighteenth-Century Literature
by Claire Porter Western civilization underwent a complete shift in its understanding of crime and punishment in the eighteenth century,[…]
Read moreShakespearean Comedy Meets Teenage “Rom-Com” in 10 Things I Hate About You
by Laura Birkin In terms of film adaptation, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) can only be described[…]
Read moreReflections on “Hilda Silfverling: A Fantasy”
by Sha Chen The first time I read Lydia Maria Child’s “Hilda Silfverling: A Fantasy,” I thought it was no[…]
Read moreImmersed in Jane Austen: “Emma Approved” and Multiplatforms
by Andie Petrillo “Emma Approved,” a YouTube series produced by Pemberley Digital, utilizes a new approach to content publishing that[…]
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