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First Timers and Old Timers: the Texas Folklore Society Fire Burns On

Description: The Texas Folklore Society has been alive and kicking for over one hundred years now, and I don’t really think there’s any mystery as to what keeps the organization going strong. The secret to our longevity is simply the constant replenishment of our body of contributors. We are especially fortunate in recent years to have had papers given at our annual meetings by new members—young members, many of whom are college or even high school students. These presentations are oftentimes given during s… more
Date: December 15, 2012
Creator: Untiedt, Kenneth L.
Partner: UNT Press
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[Program: Poetry Smash #1]

Description: Program for a poetry performance event produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 11, 2012 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 2012
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Flyer: Black Pain]

Description: Flyer advertising a conference of writers featuring Terrie M. Williams and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on January 21, 2012 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Ten Spurs, Volume 6, 2012

Description: Annual publication of The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference held by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. This volume includes the ten literary non-fiction pieces selected from the conference submissions as well as illustrations, author biographies, and additional commentary about the inspiration behind each of the stories.
Date: 2012
Creator: Getschow, George
Partner: UNT Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism

The Lady Revealed, a play based on the life and writings of Dr. A.L. Rowse written by Dr. Andrew B. Harris, Professor of Dance and Theatre, performed by Undergraduate Scholar Brian Alan Hill

Description: Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This presentation discusses "The Lady Revealed," a play based on the life and writings of Dr. A. L. Rowse written by Dr. Andrew B. Harris, Professor of Dance and Theatre and performed by undergraduate scholar Brian Alan Hill.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Hill, Brian Alan & Harris, Andrew B. (Andrew Bennett), 1944-
Partner: UNT Honors College

Between Identity and Commodity: Female Urban Experience in Vicki Baum's Menschen im Hotel [Presentation]

Description: Presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This presentation discusses research on the urban experience of German women in the late Weimar Republic as portrayed in the novels 'Menschen in Hotel' by Vicki Baum (1929) and 'Das kunstseidene Mädchen by Irmgard Keun (1931).
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: Jones, Carina & Weber, Christoph
Partner: UNT Honors College

Patchwork Paraphrasing in 'The Clensyng of Mannes Sowle: Comparing Pepys 2125 to Bodley 923

Description: Poster presentation for the 2012 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This presentation discusses research on an excerpt of a confessional narrative in an early 15th century manuscript known as Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys 2125 against 'The Clensyng of Mannes Sowle', found in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 923.
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: DeLaughter, Amy & Smith, Nicole D.
Partner: UNT Honors College
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State of Apparent Death and Origin of Dreams: A Historical Review of German Literature of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Description: Abstract: In this article I review the German literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries that addressed two phenomena: the state of apparent death and the origin of dreams. Because the term near-death experiences (NDEs) did not yet exist, many features of those phenomena as they are currently understood were subsumed under the broad concept of the state of apparent death, whereas early theories of the origin of dreams included spiritual views that have similarities to current views of NDEs. more
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: Engmann, Birk
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral Literature in Africa

Description: This revised edition makes Finnegan’s ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language” and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This volume is complemented by original recordings of stories and songs from the Limba country (Sierra Leone), collected by Finnegan d… more
Date: 2012
Creator: Finnegan, Ruth H.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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El Espejo, Volume 2, 2012

Description: El Espejo literary journal contains writing by Spanish students at the University of North Texas including essays in Spanish literature and linguistics and creative pieces such as poetry and short stories.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

[Alice in Wonderland float at 2012 Homecoming Parade]

Description: Photograph of an Alice in Wonderland themed float at the 2012 UNT Homecoming Parade. Several students are standing on the float, facing to the left of the camera. One young man is wearing a Mad Hatter costume. Large mushroom sculptures and other papier-mâché decorations can be seen around them.
Date: November 3, 2012
Creator: Chaney, Ken
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Student Facilitation and Predictors of Engagement in Peer-Led Literature Circle Discussions

Description: The purpose of this research was to examine the relation between students' personality traits and the extent of their engagement and facilitation in peer-led literature circle discussions. The research was guided by two questions. To what extent do reading ability, gender, and personality traits predict the quality of verbal engagement in literature circles? and How do highly engaged participants facilitate discussion in the circles? The researcher video-taped 17 fourth-grade students' literat… more
Date: December 2012
Creator: Young, Chase
Partner: UNT Libraries
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