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How A Book Changed A Nation [2022], Teodora Buzea
How A Book Changed A Nation [2022], Teodora Buzea
Master's Theses
“We don’t believe in vampires.”
I didn’t bother to turn away from the TV to look at my parents. On screen, a crew of young men were interviewing an old woman. She spoke only Romanian, and a too-perfect female voice spoke for her in English. I could see the confident fear in her expression as she exclaimed that vampires were indeed real and that she was always scared of them. She wasn’t alone. All of Transylvania were aware of the existence of vampires. Truly, these young men— ghost hunters and cryptologists—were right to come here to this haunted nation. The …
Gender, Othering, And Loki 2015, Amanda Munson
Gender, Othering, And Loki 2015, Amanda Munson
Master's Theses
With many enigmatic characters and engaging stories, Norse literature and mythology have had a formative impact on English literature from the early Middle Ages in poetry like the Edda and many Icelandic sagas. A lot of scholarship has been done on Nordic myth and literature, including character studies on many figures, especially Odin and Thor. However, it is difficult to find studies of the figures who make up the "other" in Nordic tales, such as the trickster Loki. While Loki plays a significant role in many tales, his position as the "other" in general Norse mythology and folklore is perhaps …
"Persephone's Contemporary Dilemma: Consent, Sexuality, And "Female Empowerment." [2015], Cassandra Elizabeth Cerjanic
"Persephone's Contemporary Dilemma: Consent, Sexuality, And "Female Empowerment." [2015], Cassandra Elizabeth Cerjanic
Master's Theses
Greek mythology never strays very far from Western imagination. Though every few years literature involving the infamous Gods tapers off into the back of our collective minds, a resurgence soon follows. The late Romantic literary movement (as popularized by Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelly, and John Keats) depended heavily upon Greco- Roman mythology to help illustrate characters that existed somewhere between the shadow of imagination and the truth of humanity. Perhaps in an attempt to harken back to Romanticism, contemporary poetry has once again given life to the Greek Gods. Mythological characters can be seen throughout the works of modern …
Demosthenes And The Theoric, Robert A. Wild
The Stem-Vowel Quantity Of The Nouns, Adjectives And Verbs Used By Virgil And Horace, Emmett Bienvenu
The Stem-Vowel Quantity Of The Nouns, Adjectives And Verbs Used By Virgil And Horace, Emmett Bienvenu
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A Study Of Virgil's Sympathy For Human Suffering In The Aeneid, J. Paul O'Brien
A Study Of Virgil's Sympathy For Human Suffering In The Aeneid, J. Paul O'Brien
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Sallust's Catiline: History Or Political Pamphlet?, Robert Henry Schmidt
Sallust's Catiline: History Or Political Pamphlet?, Robert Henry Schmidt
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The Meaning Of Physis In Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides, Edward R. Sunshine
The Meaning Of Physis In Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides, Edward R. Sunshine
Master's Theses
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Thucydides' Account Of The Athenian Empire In The Light Of Contemporary Coinage , J. A. Brinkman
Thucydides' Account Of The Athenian Empire In The Light Of Contemporary Coinage , J. A. Brinkman
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The Ultimate Norm Of Morality In The Tragedies Of Sophocles, Paul Francis Conen
The Ultimate Norm Of Morality In The Tragedies Of Sophocles, Paul Francis Conen
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Pompey, The Man, As Delineated By Cicero In His Correspondence, In The Light Of Other Ancient Testimony, Edward Francis Stace
Pompey, The Man, As Delineated By Cicero In His Correspondence, In The Light Of Other Ancient Testimony, Edward Francis Stace
Master's Theses
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An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Flavius Josephus With Special Reference To The Jewish War (Books I To Vii), Chester S. Goldstein
An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Flavius Josephus With Special Reference To The Jewish War (Books I To Vii), Chester S. Goldstein
Master's Theses
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Virgil's Choice Of Aeneas In The Light Of His Purpose In Writing The Aeneid, John Patrick Beall
Virgil's Choice Of Aeneas In The Light Of His Purpose In Writing The Aeneid, John Patrick Beall
Master's Theses
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The Alliterations In Virgil's Aeneid With Special Reference To Books I-Vi, Mary Rosia Thoma
The Alliterations In Virgil's Aeneid With Special Reference To Books I-Vi, Mary Rosia Thoma
Master's Theses
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An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of St. John Chrysostom With Special Reference To Selected Homilies On The Gospel According To St. Matthew, Henry A. Toczydlowski
An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of St. John Chrysostom With Special Reference To Selected Homilies On The Gospel According To St. Matthew, Henry A. Toczydlowski
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A Study Of The Origins Of Cicero's Consolatory Writings And Their Effectiveness In The Author's Own Life, Charles J. Brannen
A Study Of The Origins Of Cicero's Consolatory Writings And Their Effectiveness In The Author's Own Life, Charles J. Brannen
Master's Theses
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Aristotelian Elements Of Tragedy In The Fourth Book Of The Aeneid, Timothy A. Curtin
Aristotelian Elements Of Tragedy In The Fourth Book Of The Aeneid, Timothy A. Curtin
Master's Theses
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An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of St. Thomas Becket By Herbert Bosham (Part Two), M. Ann Kathleen Fisher
An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of St. Thomas Becket By Herbert Bosham (Part Two), M. Ann Kathleen Fisher
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Horace's Picture Of A Poet, Henry St. C. Lavin
Seneca's Concept Of A Supreme Being In His Philosophical Essays And Letters, Robert James Koehn
Seneca's Concept Of A Supreme Being In His Philosophical Essays And Letters, Robert James Koehn
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An Annotated Translation Of The Letters Of John Of Salisbury, John Francis O'Connor
An Annotated Translation Of The Letters Of John Of Salisbury, John Francis O'Connor
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Carmina Burana: An Annotated English Translation Of No. Ccii Of Codex Lat. 4460 Of The Staatsbibliothek Of Munich: Ludus Scenicus De Nativitate Domini, Alphonsus L. Pakenham
Carmina Burana: An Annotated English Translation Of No. Ccii Of Codex Lat. 4460 Of The Staatsbibliothek Of Munich: Ludus Scenicus De Nativitate Domini, Alphonsus L. Pakenham
Master's Theses
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An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of Saint Thomas, The Archbishop Of Canterbury By William, A Monk Of Canterbury, Mary Annette Bocke
An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of Saint Thomas, The Archbishop Of Canterbury By William, A Monk Of Canterbury, Mary Annette Bocke
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The Historicity Of Plato's Apology Of Socrates, David J. Bowman
The Historicity Of Plato's Apology Of Socrates, David J. Bowman
Master's Theses
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The Irony Of Homer, John J. Canavan
Aeschylus And Aristotle's Theory Of Tragedy, Daniel J. Campbell
Aeschylus And Aristotle's Theory Of Tragedy, Daniel J. Campbell
Master's Theses
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Dramatic Unity In The Ajax Of Sophocles, Edward E. Cincoski
Dramatic Unity In The Ajax Of Sophocles, Edward E. Cincoski
Master's Theses
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An Annotated Translation Of The Correspondence Of John Of Salisbury: Letters 136-175, Daniel V. Harkin
An Annotated Translation Of The Correspondence Of John Of Salisbury: Letters 136-175, Daniel V. Harkin
Master's Theses
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Annotated Translation Of The Life Of Saint Thomas, Archbishop Of Canterbury By John Of Salisbury And Alan Of Tewkesbury, Mary De Chantal Biala
Annotated Translation Of The Life Of Saint Thomas, Archbishop Of Canterbury By John Of Salisbury And Alan Of Tewkesbury, Mary De Chantal Biala
Master's Theses
No abstract provided.
The Episodes In Virgil's Aeneid, James E. Busch