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A Critical Appraisal Of The Fiction Of Jessamyn West, Ada Rutledge

English Language and Literature ETDs

This study of the fiction of Jessamyn West consists of an examination of a representative number of her published short stories and examines three books, The Friendly Persuasion, A Mirror for the Sky, and The Witch Diggers.

Social Problems In The Fiction Of Benjamin Disraeli, Harriet Uhler Simpson

English Language and Literature ETDs

The main purpose of this study is to present the political and social ideas which Benjamin Disraeli expressed through his fiction. His novels have been said to be a means whereby Disraeli clarified his ideas in his own mind before he attempted direct political or practical action. Since Disraeli was a statesman as well as a novelist, the question of whether or not, or to what extent, Disraeli's ideas were put into action is a more valid question, perhaps, than in the case of any other English author.

Character Types Of The Southwest As Delineated In New Mexico Fiction And Presented In Such Order As To Show The Development Of This State, Bonnidell Sisson Roberts

English Language and Literature ETDs

To present to the reader the development of New Mexico as portrayed in its widely varied character types, and to show its Empire Builders through the mirror of fiction is the goal in which this thesis has in view.

A secondary purpose will be accomplished if, by means of the excerpts presented, interest in reading the books in their entirety shall lead to a broader knowledge of the growing bibliography of Southwestern fiction.