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How A Book Changed A Nation [2022], Teodora Buzea Dec 2022

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 Dec 2015

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 Dec 2015

"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 Jan 1967

Demosthenes And The Theoric, Robert A. Wild

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The Stem-Vowel Quantity Of The Nouns, Adjectives And Verbs Used By Virgil And Horace, Emmett Bienvenu Jan 1965

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 Jan 1964

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 Jan 1964

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 Jan 1964

The Meaning Of Physis In Aeschylus, Sophocles, And Euripides, Edward R. Sunshine

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Thucydides' Account Of The Athenian Empire In The Light Of Contemporary Coinage , J. A. Brinkman Jan 1958

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 Jan 1954

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 Jan 1951

Pompey, The Man, As Delineated By Cicero In His Correspondence, In The Light Of Other Ancient Testimony, Edward Francis Stace

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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 Jan 1951

An Analysis Of The Rhetoric Of Flavius Josephus With Special Reference To The Jewish War (Books I To Vii), Chester S. Goldstein

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Virgil's Choice Of Aeneas In The Light Of His Purpose In Writing The Aeneid, John Patrick Beall Jan 1950

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 Jan 1949

The Alliterations In Virgil's Aeneid With Special Reference To Books I-Vi, Mary Rosia Thoma

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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 Jan 1949

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 Jan 1948

A Study Of The Origins Of Cicero's Consolatory Writings And Their Effectiveness In The Author's Own Life, Charles J. Brannen

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Aristotelian Elements Of Tragedy In The Fourth Book Of The Aeneid, Timothy A. Curtin Jan 1947

Aristotelian Elements Of Tragedy In The Fourth Book Of The Aeneid, Timothy A. Curtin

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An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of St. Thomas Becket By Herbert Bosham (Part Two), M. Ann Kathleen Fisher Jan 1947

An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of St. Thomas Becket By Herbert Bosham (Part Two), M. Ann Kathleen Fisher

Master's Theses

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Horace's Picture Of A Poet, Henry St. C. Lavin Jan 1947

Horace's Picture Of A Poet, Henry St. C. Lavin

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Seneca's Concept Of A Supreme Being In His Philosophical Essays And Letters, Robert James Koehn Jan 1947

Seneca's Concept Of A Supreme Being In His Philosophical Essays And Letters, Robert James Koehn

Master's Theses

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An Annotated Translation Of The Letters Of John Of Salisbury, John Francis O'Connor Jan 1947

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 Jan 1947

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 Jan 1946

An Annotated Translation Of The Life Of Saint Thomas, The Archbishop Of Canterbury By William, A Monk Of Canterbury, Mary Annette Bocke

Master's Theses

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The Historicity Of Plato's Apology Of Socrates, David J. Bowman Jan 1946

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 Jan 1946

The Irony Of Homer, John J. Canavan

Master's Theses

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Aeschylus And Aristotle's Theory Of Tragedy, Daniel J. Campbell Jan 1946

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 Jan 1946

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 Jan 1946

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 Jan 1945

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

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The Episodes In Virgil's Aeneid, James E. Busch Jan 1945

The Episodes In Virgil's Aeneid, James E. Busch

Master's Theses

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