Virginia Brackett, PhD
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Journal Articles
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“The Artist/Intellectual as Politician.” Selected Papers from the Eighteenth Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf. (June, 2009): 215-20.
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“Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray as Secular Scripture.” The Wildean 32 (Jan. 2008): 43-56.
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“Inspiring Student Self Motivation. Insight: A Collection of Faculty Scholarship. Vol. 2. (2007): 26-31.
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“Avoiding the Ambiguous: Romantic Archetypes in Barbara Brooks Wallace’s Peppermints in the Parlor.” Mosaic: a Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. (June 2001).
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“Putting the Flowers In.” Arachne. 7.1 (June 2000). 5-20.
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“Sharp Necessities.” Women & Language. 19.2 (Fall 1996): 7-13.
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“ ‘The Countesse of Lincolne’s Nurserie’ as Inspiration for Anne Bradstreet.” Notes and Queries 42.3 (October 1995): 364-365.
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“Subversion of the Femme Fatale in Detective Fiction: Dashiell Hammett’s Woman in the Dark and other Mysteries.” Essays in the Arts and Sciences 24 (October 1995): 33-45.
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“Michael Drayton as Creative Source for Elizabeth Cary’s History of Edward II.” Notes and Queries 41.4 (December 1994): 517-519.
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Books - Author
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Facts on File Companion to Mary Shelley. New York: Facts on File (2012)
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How to Write About the Brontës. New York: Facts on File (2008).
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The Facts on File Companion to 16th and 17th-Century British Poetry. New York: Facts on File (2008) Booklist “Editor’s Choice, Reference Sources, 2008”
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The Facts on File Companion to the British Novel: Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. New York: Facts on File, 2005.
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The Contingent Self: One Reading Life. Purdue University Press, 2001.
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Encyclopedia of Classic Love and Romance Literature. Denver: ABC-Clio, 1999.
Books - Editor
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Critical Insights: Mary Shelley. Salem Press, 2016.
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Critical Insights: Historical Fiction. Salem Press, 2018.
Books-Contributions
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“Christine de Pizan.” New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement. Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Learning (2011).
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“ ‘The Necklace’ by Guy du Maupassant. Masterplots. 4th ed. New York: Salem Press (2011).
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“Inspiring Student Self Motivation.” (reprint, Insight: A Collection of Faculty Scholarship, 2007) The Vigor of Intrinsic Motivation. Icfai UP (June 2009).
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“Sandra Cisneros.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Fiction.
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“Sandra Cisneros.” Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature. Ed. Mary R. Reichardt. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
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“Francis Beaumont,” “George Farquar,” “John Ford,” “Cyril Tourneur.” Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution 1600-1720. Ed. Christopher Baker. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.
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“Christine de Pizan.” Catholic Women Writers. Ed. Mary R. Reichardt. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.
Online Publications
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Lessons supporting the PBS Series, “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow”: “Understanding History through the Literary Reviews of Invisible Man”
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“Zora Neale Hurston: Fighting Jim Crow through the All Black Community”
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Lessons supporting the Masterpiece Theater’s American Collection Educators’ Site: “Comprehending, Interpreting and Analyzing Henry James’ The American”
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Research Articles
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Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Second Revised Edition. Salem Press (2000)
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“Feminist Long Fiction.”
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“Michael Ondaatje.”
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Issues and Identities in Literature. Salem Press (1996)
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“Adolescent Experience in Literature.”
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Beacham’s Popular Fiction. Beacham Publishing: (1996 & 1998)
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Discussion of J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey
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Biography plus discussions of four books: Pat Conroy
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Biography plus discussions of three books: Jim Thompson
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Update of Previous Entry plus one book discussion: Bobbie Ann Mason
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Update of Previous Entry: Maxine Hong Kingston
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Research Guide to Literature and Biography for Young Adults. Beacham Publishing, 1994.
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Reviewed: To Take a Dare (Crescent Dragonwagon and Paul Zindel)
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The Divorce Express (Paula Danziger)
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There’s a Bat in Bunk Five (Paula Danziger)
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Look Behind You (Lois Duncan)
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The Twisted Window (Lois Duncan)
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