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Brendan Behan’S France. Encounters In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés., Jean-Philippe Hentz Oct 2013

Brendan Behan’S France. Encounters In Saint-Germain-Des-Prés., Jean-Philippe Hentz

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

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Emaciated Identities In William Trevor's Short Story "Lost Ground" And Charlotte Brontë'S Jane Eyre, Catherine O'Brien Sep 2013

Emaciated Identities In William Trevor's Short Story "Lost Ground" And Charlotte Brontë'S Jane Eyre, Catherine O'Brien

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

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Mordred: Treachery, Transference, And Border Pressure In British Arthurian Romance, George Gregory Molchan Jan 2005

Mordred: Treachery, Transference, And Border Pressure In British Arthurian Romance, George Gregory Molchan

LSU Master's Theses

This study focuses on the question of how Mordred comes to be portrayed as a traitor within the British Arthurian context. Chapter 1 introduces the question of Mordred’s treachery. Chapter 2 charts Mordred’s origins and development in Welsh and British literature. Chapter 3 focuses on the themes of unity, kinship, loyalty, adultery, and incest that emerge in connection with Mordred’s character. Chapter 4 deals with the idea that Mordred’s treacherous characteristics have been transferred upon him in the course of the British Arthurian narrative’s development. Chapter 5 discusses the possibility that Mordred’s development is in part due to Geoffrey of …


A Critical Evaluation Of Philip Barry's Plays, Elinor L. Brining Jul 1947

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.


The Philosophy Of Life Reflected In The Poetry Of Emily Jane Bronte And Christina Georgina Rossetti, M. Ildefonse Wagner Sr. May 1944

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

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 unlikeness in …


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. He has made his place in the American theatre and in the higher theatres of dramatic poetry. His plays will live and in some measure accomplish that which he has set out to do, which was to make the American theatre a living thing, for he believes that only through its theatre will a nation be known in generations to come.


Sherwood Anderson: An Appreciation Of His Life And Fiction, Kenneth Davenport May 1937

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 …


The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1924 --, Phi Sigma Jan 1924

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1924 --, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact archives@colum.edu for more information and to view the collection.