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A Critical Study Of The Novels Of John Fowles, Katherine M. Tarbox
A Critical Study Of The Novels Of John Fowles, Katherine M. Tarbox
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation offers a prismatic view of John Fowles's novels. My approach accords with his major theme: that true perception is "seeing whole." My readings involve, first, a close textual analysis which demonstrates how Fowles uses patterning, counterpoint, symbol and image clusters to suggest the nature of reality. I also examine extensively Fowles's use of rhetoric. The study of his artistry inevitably leads to a discussion of his themes. I have considered Fowles's theory of history, his feeling that individual self-awareness is the key to the evolution of the species, and that one's personal freedom should be unassailable.
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The Embrace Is All: Galway Kinnell's Poetry, 1950 - 1985, James William Robinson
The Embrace Is All: Galway Kinnell's Poetry, 1950 - 1985, James William Robinson
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation contains two major parts: an essay and an extensive bibliography. The essay discusses Kinnell's poetry in order to illuminate his major themes and describe his poetics. The bibliography provides virtually complete lists of primary and secondary materials. Both essay and bibliography owe much to a study of the Charles G. Bell Collection at Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire. The collection contains letters and drafts sent by Kinnell to Bell over a 33-year period. Notes on the Bell Collection appear in an appendix to the dissertation.
The essay, first major part of the dissertation, examines Kinnell's poetry and …