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Flipping The Castle: Evolution Of Gothic Spaces In The Domestic Sphere, Kate Lucas
Flipping The Castle: Evolution Of Gothic Spaces In The Domestic Sphere, Kate Lucas
Undergraduate Honors Theses
"Flipping the Castle" explores topics of domesticity in Gothic literature over the course of three centuries. The Gothic is a genre with roots in 18th century British literature, but more broadly, it can be described as horror that has a social function, and it is the birthplace of some of the most successful narratives in horror fiction. The aspects of the Gothic this research is concerned with is its themes of unchecked masculine aggression versus repressed femininity, its ability to adapt over time, and its preoccupation with setting, specifically the home, whether that be a medieval castle, a haunted house, …
“Garden-Magic”: Conceptions Of Nature In Edith Wharton’S Fiction, Jonathan Malks
“Garden-Magic”: Conceptions Of Nature In Edith Wharton’S Fiction, Jonathan Malks
Undergraduate Honors Theses
I situate Edith Wharton’s guiding idea of “garden-magic” at the center of my thesis because Wharton’s fiction shows how a garden space could naturalize otherwise inadmissible behaviors within upper-class society while helping a character tie such behavior to a greater possibility for escape. To this end, Wharton situates gardens as idealized touchstones within the built environment of New York City, spaces where characters believe they can reach self-actualization within a version of nature that is man-made. Actualization, in this sense, stems from a character’s imaginative escape that is enabled by a perception of the garden as a kind of natural …
Between Fact And Fiction: Writing By American Women In A Transnational Context, Hilary Jennifer Marcus
Between Fact And Fiction: Writing By American Women In A Transnational Context, Hilary Jennifer Marcus
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Drawing on poststructuralist theories of gender, nation and modernity, this dissertation is an interdisciplinary exploration of American experimental women's writing and their linkages to and explorations of colonial and U.S. imperialist histories. "Between Fact and Fiction: Writing by American Women in a Transnational Context" considers experimental literary texts by women writing from diverse spaces across places and times as cultural texts that can provide important insights for understanding transnational politics of power and possibilities for disrupting power. The project examines a broad range of experimental literary texts by women including Gertrude Stein, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, …
The First Thing Out The Window: Race, Radical Feminism, And Marge Piercy's "Woman On The Edge Of Time", Kimberly Lynn Mann
The First Thing Out The Window: Race, Radical Feminism, And Marge Piercy's "Woman On The Edge Of Time", Kimberly Lynn Mann
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Celebrity And The National Body: Encounters With The Exotic In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Caroline Carpenter Nichols
Celebrity And The National Body: Encounters With The Exotic In Late Nineteenth-Century America, Caroline Carpenter Nichols
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This project uses the remarkable careers of anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing, stunt reporter Nellie Bly, anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis, as well as literary texts by Davis and Henry James, to frame a set of questions about the politics and implications of cultural crossover at the end of the nineteenth century. Through their work as participant observers of racial, ethnic and social Others, these reporters, reformers, and authors were gradually transformed into charismatic exotics. More than simply mediating between a mainstream (usually white, middle-class) audience and a more exotic people or place, these individuals …
Emily Dickinson's And Christina Rossetti's Portrayals Of Goblins And Their Threat To Feminine Integrity, Miki Jean Hazard
Emily Dickinson's And Christina Rossetti's Portrayals Of Goblins And Their Threat To Feminine Integrity, Miki Jean Hazard
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Katherine Anne Porter's "Old Mortality" And Virginia Woolf: A Study In Feminism, Rebecca S. L. Waite
Katherine Anne Porter's "Old Mortality" And Virginia Woolf: A Study In Feminism, Rebecca S. L. Waite
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress
Tar Baby And The Black Feminist Literary Tradition, Priti Chitnis Gress
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Does "Little Women" Belittle Women?: Female Influence In Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women", Anjali Prasad
Does "Little Women" Belittle Women?: Female Influence In Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women", Anjali Prasad
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Revisions And Evasions: Flannery O'Connor, Southern Literary Culture, And The Problem Of Female Authorship, Katherine Hemple Prown
Revisions And Evasions: Flannery O'Connor, Southern Literary Culture, And The Problem Of Female Authorship, Katherine Hemple Prown
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
A look at the early manuscripts of Flannery O'Connor's two novels, Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away, reveals that she worked hard to remove any traces of feminine sensibility or perspective from her work, hoping to distinguish it as superior to the efforts of other southern "penwomen." Both novels underwent a long and difficult transformation from stories centered upon the exploits of a diverse group of characters to novels whose sole focus was on a few male protagonists. Eager to develop her art within a framework acceptable to southern New Critical authorities like John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, …
Milk Enough For All: The African-American Woman's Quest For Identity And Authority In Toni Morrison's "Beloved", Amy Carol Ghaemmaghami
Milk Enough For All: The African-American Woman's Quest For Identity And Authority In Toni Morrison's "Beloved", Amy Carol Ghaemmaghami
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
An Isolating And Repressive Force: The Image Of The Southern Lady In The Work Of Lee Smith, Deborah Rae Wesley
An Isolating And Repressive Force: The Image Of The Southern Lady In The Work Of Lee Smith, Deborah Rae Wesley
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Representation And Resistance: A Feminist Critique Of Jean Toomer's "Cane", Elaine Margaret Sisson
Representation And Resistance: A Feminist Critique Of Jean Toomer's "Cane", Elaine Margaret Sisson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Transitional Women In The Southern Works Of Constance Fenimore Woolson, Carol Ann Mcgowan Stanton
Transitional Women In The Southern Works Of Constance Fenimore Woolson, Carol Ann Mcgowan Stanton
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.