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Delights Of The Night And Pleasures Of The Void: Vampirism And Entropy In Nineteenth-Century Literature., Michael James Dennison
Delights Of The Night And Pleasures Of The Void: Vampirism And Entropy In Nineteenth-Century Literature., Michael James Dennison
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This dissertation explores the figure of the vampire in the nineteenth century as a metaphor of disorder, especially as interpreted through the root metaphor of the second law of thermodynamics, also known as entropy. The theoretical approach used in the reading of several vampire texts is an entropy theory of literature, a mostly aesthetic approach of relevance to a comparatist study on vampirism and entropy. Chapter One considers the female vampire in one of her earliest nineteenth-century incarnations, the seductive Clarimonde of Theophile Gautier's La Morte amoureuse. Chapter Two is a study of the vampire women in Edgar Allan Poe's …
With The Flavor Of The South: The Influence Of The Southern Tradition On The Writings Of Shirley Ann Grau., Judy Ann Tarver
With The Flavor Of The South: The Influence Of The Southern Tradition On The Writings Of Shirley Ann Grau., Judy Ann Tarver
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Since before the time of the so-called Southern Renaissance of the 1920's, critics have been debating the existence and the value of a literature of the South. Although they agree on little else, most would concur that such a literature would share certain characteristics: a belief in the importance of community and the past; a tendency to prefer myth, or a perception of reality, to reality itself; a religious sensibility, especially a pervading sense of sin and guilt; an emphasis on place; and the use of elements of the Gothic. For thirty-five years Shirley Ann Grau has been writing fiction …
Hawthorne's Conception Of History: A Study Of The Author's Response To Alienation From God And Man., Lloyd Moore Daigrepont
Hawthorne's Conception Of History: A Study Of The Author's Response To Alienation From God And Man., Lloyd Moore Daigrepont
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The Family Motif In Thomas Wolfe's Drama And Fiction., John Ruffin Pleasant Jr
The Family Motif In Thomas Wolfe's Drama And Fiction., John Ruffin Pleasant Jr
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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