English @ SUNY Geneseo | Jenna Cecchini | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jmececchini/activity/ Activity feed for Jenna Cecchini. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 c16a7b96601f84a71c5d889ed44e4288 Jenna Cecchini commented on the post, Progression of Ideas of Consciousness in Victorian England , on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/19/progression-of-ideas-of-consciousness-in-victorian-england/#comment-1621 Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:22:05 -0500 Group 3 makes a compelling argument, but we in Group 1 disagree that Pip’s internal processing is determined entirely by the external pressures in his life. While they do play a large role in his development, they […]

]]> 0afd0b605a4793c7ef1cb049e9c44787 Jenna Cecchini commented on the post, Victorian Diseases and their Impact on Society, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/11/05/victorian-diseases-and-their-impact-on-society/#comment-1116 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:25:51 -0500 Group 1

As we have discussed in class at some length, Dickens uses disease primarily as an equalizer, shattering the concept of social class by demonstrating the pervasive nature of illness. However, this is […]

]]> 31e053fa46b416e200de305722f445ad Jenna Cecchini commented on the post, "The Novel of Purpose": Informing and Reforming Victorian England, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/22/the-novel-of-purpose-informing-and-reforming-victorian-england/#comment-689 Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:02:41 -0500 Group 1

In our presentation, we reference the work of Claybaugh. Her assessment of Dickens suggests that over the years, his narrative intent undergoes some change. Claybaugh asserts that after observing the […]

]]> 765d8c9696acf259602ed6064e185f56 Jenna Cecchini commented on the post, Negative Reviews and Criticism (Or Lack Thereof) on Dickens and A Christmas Carol, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/10/08/negative-reviews-and-criticism-or-lack-thereof-on-dickens-and-a-christmas-carol/#comment-578 Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:30:41 -0500 Group 1

As Group 5 mentioned, Grossman seems to propose that Dickens is equating morality with Christianity. However, we feel that this is not necessarily the case. Although this story is about a Christian […]

]]> 9d3587eb91c045136f5b2af78e205b84 Jenna Cecchini commented on the post, The Influence of A Christmas Carol on how Christmas Has Come to be Understood, on the site Nineteenth-Century Studies http://c19.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2014/09/24/the-influence-of-a-christmas-carol-on-how-christmas-has-come-to-be-understood/#comment-514 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:20:32 -0500 Dickens’ picture of Victorian England is a bleak one, indeed. His stories, set in hard times with some unbelievably unfeeling characters are enough to chill anyone’s heart (even at Christmas!). Fortunately, It […]

]]> fa31cf60f938518e31149c978eeebe8b Jenna Cecchini replied to the topic Why Dickens? in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/nineteenth-century-studies/forum/topic/why-dickens/#post-462 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 04:11:44 -0500 The first book that I was assigned to read in high school was Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. I had never been exposed to literature quite like it before, and I fell in love with it almost immediately. After that, I couldn’t stop reading Dickens! I tore through most of his other works and started reading other 19th century authors. I always tell…[Read more]

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