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Drummond Of Hawthornden And The Divine Right Of Kings, Charles L. Hamilton Sep 2020

Drummond Of Hawthornden And The Divine Right Of Kings, Charles L. Hamilton

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Browning’S "Childe Roland” In Light Of Ruskin’S Modern Painters, Tom Truss Jr. Sep 2020

Browning’S "Childe Roland” In Light Of Ruskin’S Modern Painters, Tom Truss Jr.

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Milton’S Adam As A Lover, Dudley R. Hutcherson Sep 2020

Milton’S Adam As A Lover, Dudley R. Hutcherson

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Notes On Political Poems Ca. 1640, Charles L. Hamilton Sep 2020

Notes On Political Poems Ca. 1640, Charles L. Hamilton

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Shakespeare And The Holy Rosary, Allen Cabaniss Sep 2020

Shakespeare And The Holy Rosary, Allen Cabaniss

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Tennysonian Aspects Of Maud, Tom J. Truss Jr. Sep 2020

Tennysonian Aspects Of Maud, Tom J. Truss Jr.

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Some Recent Interpretations Of Chaucer’S Hous Of Fame, Donald C. Baker Sep 2020

Some Recent Interpretations Of Chaucer’S Hous Of Fame, Donald C. Baker

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Revision In The Beaumont And Fletcher Play: Wit At Several Weapons, James E. Savage Sep 2020

The Effects Of Revision In The Beaumont And Fletcher Play: Wit At Several Weapons, James E. Savage

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Milton's Eve And The Other Eves, Dudley R. Hutcherson Sep 2020

Milton's Eve And The Other Eves, Dudley R. Hutcherson

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Chaucer's "Sir Thopas": Meter, Rhyme, And Contrast, A. Wigfall Greene Sep 2020

Chaucer's "Sir Thopas": Meter, Rhyme, And Contrast, A. Wigfall Greene

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents, Journal Editors Sep 2020

Table Of Contents, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Dedication To David Horace Bishop, Journal Editors Sep 2020

Dedication To David Horace Bishop, Journal Editors

Studies in English

Professor Emeritus of English, Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School.


Cover Pages, Journal Editors Sep 2020

Cover Pages, Journal Editors

Studies in English

No abstract provided.


Little Girl In The Country: A Children's Book, Holly Mcginnis May 2020

Little Girl In The Country: A Children's Book, Holly Mcginnis

Honors Theses

A Work of Children’s Literature to Address Realities of Childhood in the Southern United States

This thesis investigated the intersection of life’s realities and children’s literature. Representation is an oft-talked-about area of children’s literature. It is coming to light that many groups are underrepresented in writings for children, and recent works are attempting to broaden the types and backgrounds of characters to represent the diversity of readers and authors. This thesis is the author’s attempt to accurately represent the types of students she encountered in student teaching experiences in the Oxford-area. Using inspiration from her own childhood and knowledge of …


"Monsters In Suburbia": Women's Bodies, Monstrosity, And Motherhood In The Mere Wife, Claire M. Bonvillain May 2020

"Monsters In Suburbia": Women's Bodies, Monstrosity, And Motherhood In The Mere Wife, Claire M. Bonvillain

Honors Theses

This thesis explores themes of monstrosity in Maria Dahvana Headley's novel The Mere Wife in connection with issues of women's bodies and feminism. It analyzes prominent female characters in the novel and the relationships of their bodies to patriarchal authority, showing how and why bodies are deemed monstrous. It discusses the role that motherhood plays in patriarchal society, as well as explores alternatives that the novel offers to this system.


More Than A Language: A Detailed Look At The English Major, Hannah Woods May 2020

More Than A Language: A Detailed Look At The English Major, Hannah Woods

Honors Theses

This thesis analyzes the perceptions of the English Major in order to come up with suggestions for the Univeristy of Mississippi English Department with the purpose of increasing enrollment in the English Program. The last decade has seen a large decrease in the number of English Majors throughout the country, and this decrease has been reflected in the University of Mississippi. This thesis looks at recent opinions of the English Major in society, including popular criticisms of the major and responces from the English community. It was found that the two main criticisms of the English Major are that graduates …


Religion In George R.R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" Franchise, Sydney A. Craven May 2020

Religion In George R.R. Martin's "A Song Of Ice And Fire" Franchise, Sydney A. Craven

Honors Theses

This thesis is a study of religion in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise. Specifically, George R.R. Martin's use of medievalisms, his interpretation of the Middle Ages, when creating the religions in A Song of Ice and Fire.


Playing To Win: The Marriage Market In Jane Austen’S Northanger Abbey, Sense And Sensibility And Emma, Caroline Elizabeth Nall May 2020

Playing To Win: The Marriage Market In Jane Austen’S Northanger Abbey, Sense And Sensibility And Emma, Caroline Elizabeth Nall

Honors Theses

This thesis aims to analyze the implications of the marriage market in Jane Austen’s novels Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility and Emma. In these books, the main focus will be on Isabella Thorpe, who is actively participating in the “game” of the marriage market, Charlotte Palmer, who has won the “game” of marriage, and Miss Bates, who has lost the “game” of marriage. The historical context of these situations, taking place in eighteenth and nineteenth century England, has been taken into account. Austen has created characters to demonstrate the many aspects of a female’s life and how it relates …


The Hair You Wished To Comb, Sarah Barch May 2020

The Hair You Wished To Comb, Sarah Barch

Honors Theses

This thesis is a collection of poems exploring gender and trauma in Greek mythology by retelling classical stories in a female voice.