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English Language and Literature

University of the Pacific

1969

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John Donne : English Master Of Gongorism, Dorothy Gayle Hightower Jan 1969

John Donne : English Master Of Gongorism, Dorothy Gayle Hightower

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The title of this thesis, JOHN DONNE: ENGLISH MASTER OF GONGORISM, may seem perplexing to some, presumptuous to others. However, the purpose of this thesis will be to present evidence, through a textual study of the poetic style of both John Donne (1572-1631) and Don Luis de Göngora (1561-1627), which will verify the assumption that Donne was poetically influenced by Góngora.


An Analysis Of The Fourth Voyage Of Gulliver's Travels And Its Relevance To The Twentieth Century, Angelo Rodriguez Jan 1969

An Analysis Of The Fourth Voyage Of Gulliver's Travels And Its Relevance To The Twentieth Century, Angelo Rodriguez

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Any work of art, by definition, is so designated because it speaks to all generations, irrespective of time or place, and regardless of artistic, political, economic, or ideological fads. To accept a work as art with anything less than these universalities is blind acceptance and pure idolatry. Each generation must determine the validity of the label art by determining the relevance of the work to its own generations. Unless a work of art can successfully meet such a test, the label is no more than a gentleman's agreement among self-designated arbiters of taste. Two recent critics, writing on the philosophy …