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England's Fairest Creatures, Madison Hart

MSU Graduate Theses

Set in 1616 Jacobean England, surrounding a tragic chamber pot incident, the place setting of the small fishing town of Lechlade, England, begins our story. From generations of fisherman, Elias Eaton, is the first Eaton not to bear a son. Instead, his fierce daughter in her mid-twenties, Julia, our protagonist, helps her father at the docks daily. Although Julia is a champion for women of her time, she dreams of there being something more out there for her than the town that has shackled Eatons for centuries. Julia’s mother, Sybil, is the daughter to the town baker. Her literate father …

The World Is Your Oyster, Aliya Uteuova

The Catch

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The Purple, May 1926

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Apple Blossoms
• The Last Cigarette
• Regeneration
• Stonewalls
• The Bird's Song
• The Fate of My Ship of Dreams
• Visions of Spring
• The Rain
• The Mourner
• Undertones
• Laughter
• Solvitur Arris Giems
• Fantasy on a May Evening
• Le Premier Baiser
• To Grandmother On Mother's Day
• My Friend the Book
• The Capulets at Home
• The Poppy
• The Lighthouse Birds
• Under the Rose
• Editorials
• Alumni Notes
• Purple Patches
• Athletics
• Advertisements
• Images; The Purple Staff, Holy Cross Faculty

The Purple, February 1922

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

• Table of Contents For February, 1922
• Advertisements
• Hamlet
• The Rendezvous
• A Song
• The Dramatic Development of Hamlet
• Dream Ships
• Winter-Weary
• The Mystery of Gormo
• Nebuchandnezzar
• The Weekly Week
• City of Homes
• Matches
• Hamlet
• The Moral Significance of Hamlet
• In Memoriam
• Communications
• Under the Rose
• Editorial
• College Chronicle
• Athletics
• Images; Hamlet Characters

Phantastes Chapter 14: Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare

German Romantic and Other Influences

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), The Winter’s Tale, published in 1623 in the First Folio.

Phantastes Chapter 20: The Faithful Shepherdess, John Fletcher

German Romantic and Other Influences

John Fletcher (1579-1625) was a contemporary of William Shakespeare and followed him as main playwright for the King’s Men. The Faithful Shepherdess (produced in 1608, probably published in 1609) is also important for Fletcher’s definition of tragicomedy, which highlights the importance of near-death to the genre.

Phantastes Chapter 22: The Revenger's Tragedy, Cyril Tourneur

German Romantic and Other Influences

Cyril Tourneur (1575-1626) was an English dramatist, a contemporary of Shakespeare; Tourneur was also a soldier and politician. The Revenger’s Tragedy (1607), as its name implies, is a revenge tragedy, and comments on the battle to avenge the destruction by the giants that lead to the brothers’ deaths. Literary critics now believe that the play was written by Thomas Middleton (1580-1627).