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"Nothingness/ In Words Enclose" : Supplementarity And The "Veil" Of Language In Samuel Beckett's Murphy And Watt, Justin P. Jakovac

Master's Theses

Samuel Beckett has asserted that language is a "veil" in which he must "bore one hole after another..., until what lurks behind it - be it something or nothing - begins to seep through." This thesis employs Derrida's assertion that language involves the play of differance and the supplementarity of the sign. Since the supplement, in Derrida's words, "fills and marks a determined lack," language calls attention to the gap of nothingness already present in the play of differance. Murphy and Watt present both the desire for "semantic succour" of the veil and the awareness - more fully …

Meredith's Women In Time : Diana Merion And Clara Middleton, Dana Sims Brewer

Master's Theses

In The Egoist and Diana of the Crossways, George Meredith joins the ranks of Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill in a slowly evolving cultural crusade to gain self respect, dignity, and independence for Victorian women.

Reaction To Religious Elements In The Poetry Of Robert Browning: An Introduction And Annotated Bibliography, Vincent P. Anderson

Master's Theses

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The Moral Of Ulysses, Charles Carlyle Cosby

Master's Theses

Many critics are confused about the total meaning of James Joyce's Ulysses. David Daiches in The Novel and the Modern World states that "critics can acclaim the style, the organisation, the complexity, the insight, the ingenuity, and many other separate aspects of the work, but what are they to say of the whole?" Daiches is obviously among those critics who pass Ulysses off as art for art 's sake. On the other hand, William M. Schutte points out that critics who have a good deal to say about Ulysses as a whole are unfortunately saying the wrong things. These critics …

Evan Harrington : George Meredith's Use Of Comedy As A Corrective To Sentimentality, Joyce Stanley Scott

Master's Theses

Because it leads an individual to increasing loss of perspective, George Meredith considered sentimentality a real tragedy. The deluded sentimentalist convinces himself that all his efforts and attitudes bear him steadily down the road of spiritual progress, when actually he is using his ideals of society as an excuse for willful blindness, a shifting of responsibility, and self-deception. The sentimentalist's primary concern is to cushion himself against hard fact instead of training himself for encountering it, and he accomplishes this by drugging himself against the perception of truth.

Characterization Of Stephen Dedalus In James Joyce's Stephen Hero And A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man, Reuben L. Musgrave

Master's Theses

Our main interest is in showing the new light given Joyce's works by the study of Stephen Hero, the new light in particular on the character of Stephen Dedalus.

The Village Revolt In American Literature, Gerald Kerr Wells

Master's Theses

This thesis will concern three facets of small town life: (1) The communities in thelr development have assumed certain general characteristics which apply to the small town regardless of its location and which are unique to a small town. (2) Within the community certain members have obtained social promenence because of their professional position. Their training in most instances was taken outside the town, and their statue was assured by the needs of the community. Among these are the minister, the teacher, the doctor, the newspaper editor, and the town magnate. (3) In small-town literature certain "characters" often appear. They …

Clerical Portraits In The Nineteenth Century British Novel, Doralee Forsythe Richardson

Master's Theses

Because there were only four recognized professions which a nineteenth century respectable English gentleman could enter and still maintain his family reputation--the army, the navy, and church, and the bar-- it is natural that clergymen should appear frequently in the novels of the period. Through the eyes of numerous novelists one can come to understand better the roles and the personalities of the men of cloth during the 1800's.

By way of limiting myself to a reasonable amount of material, I have chosen to concentrate on those novels in which a clerical scene provides the major characters and action. In …

A Survey Of The Novels Of Charles Brockden Brown, George C. Longest

Master's Theses

Before 1790 there had been little fiction written in America. Since Charles Brockden Brown was the first American to rely on his pen for an income, the term "Father of American Literature" belongs logically to him.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), Helen Levine Berkowitz

Master's Theses

Gerard Manley Hopkins' reputation as a poet has been almost wholly posthumous. He did not "arrive" in a critical way until the l930's when interest seemed to be centered more on the religious implications of his work than on the poetic. Today we are beginning to accept Hopkins as a major poet and to assess his virtues and limitations somewhat more objectively.

Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King

Master's Theses

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F. Scott Fitzgerald : His Materials And His Methods, Clifton Lanier Warren

Master's Theses

From the time I was first introduced to Fitzgerald's writing through a reading of This Side of Paradise, when I was a freshman in college, his subject matter and technique as a novelist have interested me intensely. After reading the first novel, I was not satisfied until I had voraciously read his other novels. With each reading of another of his books, my interest increased. Later, when Mizener's valuable biography appeared, I was introduced to Fitzgerald the man and have found his life as fascinating as his writings. However I felt that none of the books about Fitzgerald completely presented …

The Personal Relationship Of Alexander Pope And Jonathan Swift As Revealed By Their Mutual Correspondence, John F. Abel

Master's Theses

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The Gothic Short Story In American Periodicals From 1800-1850 With Especial Reference To The Lady Books, Clarence E. Brown

Master's Theses

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The Relationship Of Tractarianism And Pre-Raphaelitism, Mary Henrietta Henrietta

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of John Collop's Poesis Rediviva, Mary Ann Ida Gannon

Master's Theses

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The Realism Of Ellen Glasgow, Lucius Michael Kump

Master's Theses

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A Critical Evaluation Of Philip Barry's Plays, Elinor L. Brining

Master's Theses

This thesis is an examination of the works of American playwright Phillip Barry.

A Study Of The "International Situation" And Its Critical Function In The Work Of Henry James, With Particular Attention To Its Use And Culmination In The Ambassadors, Eva May Baskoff

Master's Theses

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Morality And Redemption In The Novels Of Sigrid Undset, Mariruth L. Renesch

Master's Theses

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Synge's Conception Of The Drama, Mary Laurette Spehn

Master's Theses

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The Philosophy Of Life Reflected In The Poetry Of Emily Jane Bronte And Christina Georgina Rossetti, M. Ildefonse Wagner

Master's Theses

The writer of this thesis became interested in the poetry of Christina Georgina Rossetti through the study of "The Blessed Damozel,” a poem by her brother Dante Gabriel. After receiving some helpful suggestions from her adviser, the writer decided to make a rather thorough and careful study of Miss Rossetti's poems. In the meantime, the adviser, Dr. Myrta E. McGinnis, head of the English Department, selected Dr. Clarice Short as director and guide for the study. Dr. Clarice Short suggested that the writer make an additional study of the poetry of Emily Jane Bronte to ascertain likenesses and unlikenesses in …

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.

The Literary Versatility Of Oliver Goldsmith, Francis Kinkel

Master's Theses

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Satirical Tendencies In Modern American Drama, Marie H. Kelly

Master's Theses

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The Influence Of The Spiritual Evolution Of Aubrey De Vere Upon His Poetry, Kathleen M. Garvey

Master's Theses

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Francis Thompson: Poet Of The Image, Joseph Francis Murphy

Master's Theses

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The "Oblique Light" Of George Meredith's Social Philosophy, Helen Leitenstorfer

Master's Theses

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Sherwood Anderson: An Appreciation Of His Life And Fiction, Kenneth Davenport

Master's Theses

It has been only in the past four decades that Americans have awakened to the fact that they could have a literature which is not dependent on any foreign country, particularly that of England. It has been only in this period of time that an interest has been awakened in the history of American letters and the reasons for their development along their specific lines. Without attempting to assign causes, it is at once in evidence that the literature of America, with only two exceptions, to the beginnings of realism is strongly tied to the literature of Europe, particularly to …

Criticism Of Family Life In Nineteenth Century English Fiction From Jane Austen To Samuel Butler, Theresa Mercedes Herbert

Master's Theses

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