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Forces Within And Without: Lily Bart's Movement Towards Epiphany In The House Of Mirth, Seta Ghazarian
Forces Within And Without: Lily Bart's Movement Towards Epiphany In The House Of Mirth, Seta Ghazarian
Theses Digitization Project
The House of Mirth's main character, Lily Bart, is charaterized a fated character, incapable of exerting free will. With the help of Lawrence Selden and Gerty Farish, she realizes that, for the most part, she has lived and acted according to what others expect of her.
The California Dream Denied: Narrative Strategy And The California Labor Dilemma, Joseph Notarangelo
The California Dream Denied: Narrative Strategy And The California Labor Dilemma, Joseph Notarangelo
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis explores the relationship between differing interpretation of the California Dream and the narrative strategies through while [sic] they are expressed in three California labor novels during three different decades of California literature.