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Kentucky Autobiography And Kentucky Culture., William F. Keirce
Kentucky Autobiography And Kentucky Culture., William F. Keirce
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis is to trace the historical development of autobiographical writing in Kentucky; to analyze the literary and philosophical characteristics of these works and, by this means, to divide these writings into several categories; and, finally, to reveal by an interpretation of these autobiographies, certain cultural aspects of Kentucky life and society. As thus stated, the intentions of this study are several; but, actually, all these aims are inseparably related part. of a single general problem which is to investigate Kentucky autobiographical writing as a whole in order to better understand the individual works in that literature.
Imagery In The Poetry Of Langston Hughes, Maple Louise Allen
Imagery In The Poetry Of Langston Hughes, Maple Louise Allen
Graduate Thesis Collection
Now, it is the purpose of this dissertation to present a study of the imagery in the poetry of Langston Hughes with special emphasis upon (1) its sources, (2) its types, (3) its functions, and, (4) its imprtance as a factor in evaluating Hughes' poetic contributions to society.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Sacramentalist And Incarnationist, Helen V. Barry
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Sacramentalist And Incarnationist, Helen V. Barry
Graduate Thesis Collection
It is the purpose of this dissertation to reveal Gerard Manley Hopkins as an incarnationist and sacramentalist, and to show how these doctrines manifested throughout his poetry affected the entire scope of his verse and completely colored his attitude toward life-- toward his own existence and that of his fellow man, and especially toward natural phenomena.