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National Park Week 2012: A Passion for National Parks

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 24, 2012

Pearl Harbor This week, April 21-29, 2012, is National Park Week, which means it’s a perfect time to reflect on the value of “America’s Best Idea.” My own love affair with the national parks is of fairly recent date, but I have gotten so much out of my visits that I’m read more

National Park Week 2012: A Passion for National Parks

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 24, 2012

Pearl Harbor This week, April 21-29, 2012, is National Park Week, which means it’s a perfect time to reflect on the value of “America’s Best Idea.” My own love affair with the national parks is of fairly recent date, but I have gotten so much out of my visits that I’m read more

National Park Week 2012: A Passion for National Parks

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 24, 2012

Pearl Harbor This week, April 21-29, 2012, is National Park Week, which means it’s a perfect time to reflect on the value of “America’s Best Idea.” My own love affair with the national parks is of fairly recent date, but I have gotten so much out of my visits that I’m read more

Standing Back from Horror: Distancing the Reader in Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

          Of all Randall Jarrell’s poems, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is by far the best known and most frequently anthologized. This short poem has come to represent the atrocities of war for generations of post-World War II h read more

From Hannibal to Hollywood: Mark Twain on Film

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

By the time Samuel Langhorne Clemens died in 1910, the world was already witnessing the rise of film as a major medium. The first permanent movie theater in the United States had been built in Los Angeles in 1902; the French science-fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, had also debuted in 1902, and the read more

Standing Back from Horror: Distancing the Reader in Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

          Of all Randall Jarrell’s poems, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is by far the best known and most frequently anthologized. This short poem has come to represent the atrocities of war for generations of post-World War II h read more

From Hannibal to Hollywood: Mark Twain on Film

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

 By the time Samuel Langhorne Clemens died in 1910, the world was already witnessing the rise of film as a major medium. The first permanent movie theater in the United States had been built in Los Angeles in 1902; the French science-fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, had also debuted in 1902, a read more

Standing Back from Horror: Distancing the Reader in Randall Jarrell’s “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

          Of all Randall Jarrell’s poems, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” is by far the best known and most frequently anthologized. This short poem has come to represent the atrocities of war for generations of post-World War II h read more

From Hannibal to Hollywood: Mark Twain on Film

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 21, 2012

By the time Samuel Langhorne Clemens died in 1910, the world was already witnessing the rise of film as a major medium. The first permanent movie theater in the United States had been built in Los Angeles in 1902; the French science-fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, had also debuted in 1902, and the read more

Gothic Angels: The Dead, Good Girl in Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” and Alice Cooper’s “Cold Ethyl”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 20, 2012

With so many representations of the femme fatale in art, music and literature, a man might consider himself duly warned against the seductive charms of the destructive woman, but being forewarned is no assurance that a man will entirely escape the shame and suffering of betrayal from the one he love read more

Gothic Angels: The Dead, Good Girl in Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” and Alice Cooper’s “Cold Ethyl”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 20, 2012

With so many representations of the femme fatale in art, music and literature, a man might consider himself duly warned against the seductive charms of the destructive woman, but being forewarned is no assurance that a man will entirely escape the shame and suffering of betrayal from the one he love read more

Gothic Angels: The Dead, Good Girl in Robert Browning’s “Porphyria’s Lover” and Alice Cooper’s “Cold Ethyl”

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 20, 2012

With so many representations of the femme fatale in art, music and literature, a man might consider himself duly warned against the seductive charms of the destructive woman, but being forewarned is no assurance that a man will entirely escape the shame and suffering of betrayal from the one he love read more

Music, Sex, and Sweetness in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1955)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 5, 2012

Jayne Mansfield's legacy has been a doubtful one, most often noted for its tragic ending and Mansfield's failure to eclipse the fame of fellow blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. That's a shame, too, because she really shines in the 1956 musical comedy, The Girl Can't Help It. Far from being a mere de read more

Music, Sex, and Sweetness in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1955)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 5, 2012

Jayne Mansfield's legacy has been a doubtful one, most often noted for its tragic ending and Mansfield's failure to eclipse the fame of fellow blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. That's a shame, too, because she really shines in the 1956 musical comedy, The Girl Can't Help It. Far from being a mere de read more

Music, Sex, and Sweetness in THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1955)

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 5, 2012

Jayne Mansfield's legacy has been a doubtful one, most often noted for its tragic ending and Mansfield's failure to eclipse the fame of fellow blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. That's a shame, too, because she really shines in the 1956 musical comedy, The Girl Can't Help It. Far from being a mere de read more

How to Write Reviews

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 29, 2012

People often assume that writing a review of something is a very simple process. You watch/read/attend the subject in question, and then you give your opinion about it, right? There's a lot more to it, though, if you want to do it right. The steps aren't particularly hard to follow, but they do requ read more

How to Write Reviews

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 29, 2012

People often assume that writing a review of something is a very simple process. You watch/read/attend the subject in question, and then you give your opinion about it, right? There's a lot more to it, though, if you want to do it right. The steps aren't particularly hard to follow, but they do requ read more

How to Write Reviews

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 29, 2012

People often assume that writing a review of something is a very simple process. You watch/read/attend the subject in question, and then you give your opinion about it, right? There's a lot more to it, though, if you want to do it right. The steps aren't particularly hard to follow, but they do requ read more

Representations of England and George III in 'Schoolhouse Rock'

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 6, 2012

             Imagine, if you will, the scene of my sophomore survey of American literature. Thirty-some odd students, most of them engineering or nursing majors, filled the room with an absolutely palpable weight of boredom and apathy. I ha read more

Representations of England and George III in 'Schoolhouse Rock'

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Mar 6, 2012

             Imagine, if you will, the scene of my sophomore survey of American literature. Thirty-some odd students, most of them engineering or nursing majors, filled the room with an absolutely palpable weight of boredom and apathy. I ha read more
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