Thesiss

Pilgrimage is perhaps the most characteristic and compelling literary technique of the medieval period. In spite of the diversity of instantiations of pilgrimage in medieval literature, critics have examined pilgrimage almost exclusively as an allegorical apparatus signifying sp…

Situated in Maine rivers, I engage sites of memory present in places related to natural resources and research engagement. To address this, first I articulate an archeological analysis of Colonial American and early Maine history to describe land-based practices that shaped rive…