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Silas Deane: Revolutionary Or Profiteer?, Fred Gerard Flegal Dec 1976

Silas Deane: Revolutionary Or Profiteer?, Fred Gerard Flegal

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


El Machismo En Mexico Y Tres Novelas De Mariano Azuela, Enrique M. Santamaría May 1976

El Machismo En Mexico Y Tres Novelas De Mariano Azuela, Enrique M. Santamaría

American Studies ETDs

This dissertation surveys what several social thinkers have said about machismo and the manner in which the concept figures in Mariano Azuela's fiction. The word is a modern term, non-existent in Castillian dictionaries, which derives from the word macho. It is applied to certain individuals to describe characteristics of destructive and narcissistic behavior usually accompanied by an exaggerated and false show of force, boldness and masculinity.


Kate Chopin In Transition From Local To Naturalism, Roselyn Cornwell Hines Apr 1976

Kate Chopin In Transition From Local To Naturalism, Roselyn Cornwell Hines

Theses & Honors Papers

My thesis concentrates on Mrs.Katherine O'Flaherty Chopin, a Southerner who published between 1889 and 1899, and who, for years, was considered an obsolete Local Colorist. She is now enjoying a revival of interest which must be attributed to her importance as a writer who exhibited those precepts upon which modern literature is based - those found in the movements of Realism and Naturalism.

With literary roots in the Local Color mode,Mrs.Chopin's early works exemplify, to some extent at least, all of its principles. While she falters somewhat in the dominant literary technique, we find the Local Colorist's emphasis on geography, …


St George Tucker's Essay "For The Old Batchellor" In Praise Of Virginia Women: A Critical Edition, John Lee Hare Jan 1976

St George Tucker's Essay "For The Old Batchellor" In Praise Of Virginia Women: A Critical Edition, John Lee Hare

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Hemingway's Sub-Text In "The Sun Also Rises", Nigel Alastair Roy Cutting Jan 1976

Hemingway's Sub-Text In "The Sun Also Rises", Nigel Alastair Roy Cutting

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Fitzgerald's Schizoid Stahrr: America's Past, Present And Future In "The Last Tycoon", Rosalind Urbach Moss Jan 1976

Fitzgerald's Schizoid Stahrr: America's Past, Present And Future In "The Last Tycoon", Rosalind Urbach Moss

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Treatment Of Love And Marriage In Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd" And Henry James's "The Portrait Of A Lady", Susan Shepeard Jan 1976

The Treatment Of Love And Marriage In Thomas Hardy's "Far From The Madding Crowd" And Henry James's "The Portrait Of A Lady", Susan Shepeard

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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The Search For Truth: Narrative Technique In "Lord Jim" And "Absalom, Absalom!", Jacquelyn King Donegan Jan 1976

The Search For Truth: Narrative Technique In "Lord Jim" And "Absalom, Absalom!", Jacquelyn King Donegan

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Anatomy Of Pain In Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Emily Paul Miller Jan 1976

The Anatomy Of Pain In Emily Dickinson's Poetry, Emily Paul Miller

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Sound And The Fury: A Study Of Jason Compson And His Relationships With Women, Shari J. Fitzgerald Jan 1976

The Sound And The Fury: A Study Of Jason Compson And His Relationships With Women, Shari J. Fitzgerald

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


The Endless Journey: William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying And John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath: A Comparative Study, Sherri L. Lawrence Jan 1976

The Endless Journey: William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying And John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath: A Comparative Study, Sherri L. Lawrence

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Father And Sons In Bernard Malamud's The Natural And The Assistant, John Timothy Dailey Jan 1976

Father And Sons In Bernard Malamud's The Natural And The Assistant, John Timothy Dailey

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


A Criticism Of Elder Olson's Poetic Method, Ernest Edward Force Ii Jan 1976

A Criticism Of Elder Olson's Poetic Method, Ernest Edward Force Ii

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Joe Christmas: A Hero In Conflict In Faulkner's Light In August, Carole Booker Winkleblack Jan 1976

Joe Christmas: A Hero In Conflict In Faulkner's Light In August, Carole Booker Winkleblack

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.


Predestination As A Motif In Faulkner's Light In August, Virginia A. Riegel Jan 1976

Predestination As A Motif In Faulkner's Light In August, Virginia A. Riegel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.