About Me
My name is Rachel Jackson and I am an English Literature enthusiast. In 2023, I graduated from Virginia Military Institute with Distinction and Departmental Honors in English. I also earned concentrations in Literary Studies and Writing and Rhetoric. Currently, I am an English Masters student at Wake Forest University where I beginning to take steps into graduate level work. So here, you will find some of my previous work and my current curiosities. Some of my favorite areas of interest that I write about here are American Transcendentalism, Romanticism, and Victorian Gothic. When I am not studying or working, you can find me hiking, running, lifting, or trying out new crafty hobbies.
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Louisa May Alcott in Conversation with Margaret Fuller: Transcendentalist Feminism and Jo
I argue that Louisa May Alcott was influenced by Margaret Fuller’s Transcendentalist feminist philosophy regarding gender roles, male and female friendships, and marriage. This is then reflected in Jo from “Little Women.” Continue reading
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Civic Order, Rebellion, and Henry IV, Part I
Written in my Cultural Context: Shakespeare course with COL. Miller. Civic order and rebellion are topics that consumed Elizabethan era society and politics. The threat of rebellion from the common people consumed the gentry. In response, Queen Elizabeth and the nobility published a great deal of propaganda within the church in order to suppress insurrection, Continue reading
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Fall Into Madness
Written in my American Romanticism class with COL. Knepper during my 1st Class Year at VMI. The use of the tortured Romantic genius archetype in “Alone” and “The Fall of the Usher” contribute to the expression of Gothic elements in both works. The extreme emotional turmoil creates a feeling of uncanny in the reader, making Continue reading
Good Strong Words 