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There Were Thirteen: A Pioneer Novel Of Western Kansas, Gwen Lane Funston Jul 1941

There Were Thirteen: A Pioneer Novel Of Western Kansas, Gwen Lane Funston

Master's Theses

In my thesis, I wish to present the story of my maternal grandmother as it is revealed in the lives of her thirteen children. I have been interested in the story since I can remember. My earliest memories are of sitting on Grandma’s lap and listening to tales of Indians on the warpath, of Kansas prairie sod houses and rattlesnakes, and of what my aunts, uncles, and my mother used to do when they were small. To avoid any possible embarrassment to living persons, I have fictionized the names of my characters. I have, however, retained all actual dates and …


A Study Of The Women Characters In The Long Plays Of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Katherine Schoendaller Jul 1941

A Study Of The Women Characters In The Long Plays Of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Katherine Schoendaller

Master's Theses

In this thesis I have given summaries and characterizations of the women characters in Eugene Gladstone O' Neill's plays of more than one act in the order of their writing. At the close of the summarizations and characterizations of the individual plays I have attempted to classify the women characters according to their personality types and their moral traits. All the plays with the exception of six, Bread and Butter, Servitude, Second Engineer or The Personal Equation, Now I Ask You, Ancient Mariner, and S.S. Glencairn are included in this study. These six plays were not available to me. I …


Tom Plumb, A Novel, Gwendolyn Dimmitt Jul 1941

Tom Plumb, A Novel, Gwendolyn Dimmitt

Master's Theses

This is a true story, as far as actual dates and the verification of the incidents is concerned. The writer has filled in the conversation and the human interest bits as it seemed the people of that day might have talked or acted. Mr. Plumb is a true character, and the story of his life is given according to the facts as the writer was able to find them. That Mr. Plumb was a typical, and yet individual character, is proved by the fact that one year before his death he was chosen by t h e Red Willow County, …


A Critical Study Of The Plays Of Maxwell Anderson, Maurine Bergland May 1941

A Critical Study Of The Plays Of Maxwell Anderson, Maurine Bergland

Master's Theses

This thesis is a survey of the life and writings of American playwright, Maxwell Anderson.


Expressionism In The Twentieth Century American Drama, Norbert Joseph Hruby Jan 1941

Expressionism In The Twentieth Century American Drama, Norbert Joseph Hruby

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Escapist Tendencies As Evidenced In The Poetry Of The Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats And Byron, Anita Marie Jochem Jan 1941

Escapist Tendencies As Evidenced In The Poetry Of The Romantic Poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats And Byron, Anita Marie Jochem

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Literary Versatility Of Oliver Goldsmith, Francis Kinkel Jan 1941

The Literary Versatility Of Oliver Goldsmith, Francis Kinkel

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Milton's Use Of The Epic Simile In Paradise Lost, Francis Louis Martinsek Jan 1941

Milton's Use Of The Epic Simile In Paradise Lost, Francis Louis Martinsek

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Francis Thompson The Poet Of Modern Catholicity, Marita O'Connell Jan 1941

Francis Thompson The Poet Of Modern Catholicity, Marita O'Connell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Henry James's Principles And Practice As A Craftsman Of Fiction, Wesley Francis Amar Jan 1941

Henry James's Principles And Practice As A Craftsman Of Fiction, Wesley Francis Amar

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Basis Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Social Thought And Poetry In The Living Conditions Of Early Nineteenth Century England, Nora Cawley Jan 1941

The Basis Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Social Thought And Poetry In The Living Conditions Of Early Nineteenth Century England, Nora Cawley

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Prepositions In Attic Prose As Illustrated By Xenophon, Anabasis V, And Thucydides Vi, Paul A. Woelfl Jan 1941

The Use Of Prepositions In Attic Prose As Illustrated By Xenophon, Anabasis V, And Thucydides Vi, Paul A. Woelfl

Master's Theses

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Coventry Patmore: Critic Of Literature And Art, Julitta Gaul Jan 1941

Coventry Patmore: Critic Of Literature And Art, Julitta Gaul

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Satirical Tendencies In Modern American Drama, Marie H. Kelly Jan 1941

Satirical Tendencies In Modern American Drama, Marie H. Kelly

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.