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Though My Gross Blood Be Stain'd: Bleeding Bodies And Power Dynamics In Shakespeare's The Tragedy Of Coriolanus And The Rape Of Lucrece, Lindsey Katherine Dee Wedow Jan 2015

Though My Gross Blood Be Stain'd: Bleeding Bodies And Power Dynamics In Shakespeare's The Tragedy Of Coriolanus And The Rape Of Lucrece, Lindsey Katherine Dee Wedow

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Early modern literature is replete with references to blood. These references appear in the contexts of class and gender distinction, medical information, religious significance, and more. Upon looking into the Galenic model of medicine utilized in early modern England, it becomes clear that blood, while one of the four humors of the body, held a place of special significance amongst the rest. Thus in reading the works of Shakespeare we are able to see how he often handles blood as a substance that holds special qualities and as such plays an important role in human lives. This paper examines two …


Horatian Themes And Phrases In The Lyrics Of Father James Balde, S.J., James Aloysius Voss Jan 1950

Horatian Themes And Phrases In The Lyrics Of Father James Balde, S.J., James Aloysius Voss

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An Analysis Of Macbeth According To Scholastic Aesthetics, William George Topmoeller Jan 1949

An Analysis Of Macbeth According To Scholastic Aesthetics, William George Topmoeller

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The Religious Element In The Poetry Of Matthew Arnold In Relation To The Victorian Era, Mary Maristella Wagner Jan 1949

The Religious Element In The Poetry Of Matthew Arnold In Relation To The Victorian Era, Mary Maristella Wagner

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The Position Of John Donne's Sermons In Early Seventeenth Century Prose, Raymond L. Zeitz Jan 1949

The Position Of John Donne's Sermons In Early Seventeenth Century Prose, Raymond L. Zeitz

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A Tracing Of The Melancholy In The Poetry Of John Keats, James J. Zigerell Jan 1949

A Tracing Of The Melancholy In The Poetry Of John Keats, James J. Zigerell

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The Moral Problem In The Novels Of George Meredith Its Intellectual Basis And Its Aesthetic Validity, M. Aloise Jones Jan 1947

The Moral Problem In The Novels Of George Meredith Its Intellectual Basis And Its Aesthetic Validity, M. Aloise Jones

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An Analysis Of The Objective-Subjective Elements In John Milton's Dramatic Poem Samson Agonistes, Louis S. Kaluzsa Jan 1947

An Analysis Of The Objective-Subjective Elements In John Milton's Dramatic Poem Samson Agonistes, Louis S. Kaluzsa

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The Art Of Description In Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Newman Hinks Jan 1947

The Art Of Description In Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Newman Hinks

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Francis Thompson And His Relationship To The 1890'S, Mary J. Kearney Jan 1947

Francis Thompson And His Relationship To The 1890'S, Mary J. Kearney

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Influence Of The Book Of Common Prayer On Samuel Johnson's Spirituality As Manifested In His Prayers And Meditations, John J. Miday Jan 1947

Influence Of The Book Of Common Prayer On Samuel Johnson's Spirituality As Manifested In His Prayers And Meditations, John J. Miday

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A Study Of Robert Louis Stevenson's Theory Of Setting And Of His Use Of Setting In His Fiction, Margaret Mary O'Toole Jan 1947

A Study Of Robert Louis Stevenson's Theory Of Setting And Of His Use Of Setting In His Fiction, Margaret Mary O'Toole

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The Grotesque Artist - Robert Browning, Oral Marguerite Hagerty Jan 1944

The Grotesque Artist - Robert Browning, Oral Marguerite Hagerty

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Metaphysical Concepts In The Work Of Thomas Hardy, Mary Leo Hogan Jan 1944

Metaphysical Concepts In The Work Of Thomas Hardy, Mary Leo Hogan

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The Role Of The Junior English Schools In The Development Of The Drama, Roger T. Jones Jan 1944

The Role Of The Junior English Schools In The Development Of The Drama, Roger T. Jones

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The Poetic Principles Of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Joseph Grady Jan 1944

The Poetic Principles Of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Joseph Grady

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The Influence Of Fabian Society On English Social Literature From 1884-1914, Catherine Mahoney Jan 1942

The Influence Of Fabian Society On English Social Literature From 1884-1914, Catherine Mahoney

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The Basis Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Social Thought And Poetry In The Living Conditions Of Early Nineteenth Century England, Nora Cawley Jan 1941

The Basis Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Social Thought And Poetry In The Living Conditions Of Early Nineteenth Century England, Nora Cawley

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Matthew Arnold's Writings On Education In Relation To His Idea Of Culture, Mary Brunell Jan 1940

Matthew Arnold's Writings On Education In Relation To His Idea Of Culture, Mary Brunell

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Shelley As A Critic Of Society And Politics, Mary Ursula Vogel Jan 1940

Shelley As A Critic Of Society And Politics, Mary Ursula Vogel

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Two Utopias: A Comparison Of The Republic Of Plato At St. Thomas More's Utopia, Charles August Weisgerber Jan 1940

Two Utopias: A Comparison Of The Republic Of Plato At St. Thomas More's Utopia, Charles August Weisgerber

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The Allegorical Interpretation Of The Owl And The Nightingale, Alphonse Mattlin Mattlin Jan 1939

The Allegorical Interpretation Of The Owl And The Nightingale, Alphonse Mattlin Mattlin

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Francis Thompson: Poet Of The Image, Joseph Francis Murphy Jan 1939

Francis Thompson: Poet Of The Image, Joseph Francis Murphy

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Francis Thompson: The Man And The Poet In Sister Songs, Paul Lynch O'Connor Jan 1938

Francis Thompson: The Man And The Poet In Sister Songs, Paul Lynch O'Connor

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Environment As A Factor In The English Novel, 1850-1914, John S. Gerrietts Jan 1937

Environment As A Factor In The English Novel, 1850-1914, John S. Gerrietts

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Realism In English Renaissance Fiction, Helen Stokes Jan 1937

Realism In English Renaissance Fiction, Helen Stokes

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A Comparison Of The Country Squires In Addison And In Fielding, John G. Sheridan Jan 1937

A Comparison Of The Country Squires In Addison And In Fielding, John G. Sheridan

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The Idylls Of The King And The Arthurian Legend, Daniel Patrick O'Donohue Jan 1937

The Idylls Of The King And The Arthurian Legend, Daniel Patrick O'Donohue

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English Religious Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century As Influenced By The Catholic Spirit, Mary Mida Jun 1926

English Religious Poetry Of The Nineteenth Century As Influenced By The Catholic Spirit, Mary Mida

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Since we are now entering upon the second quarter of the twentieth century, it follows that the perspective thus offered gives ample scope for an authoritative report on the literary output of the preceding century, in the special field chosen - English Religious Poetry. The older English poets wrote from an established point of view, that is, their human creed and their idea of man coincided, while the modern English poets voice the protest or the defense of those who have little in common save the genius of the Bard. This has led to a certain recklessness in the matter …