Twinship And Marriage In The Comedy Of Errors,
2020
Chapman University
Twinship And Marriage In The Comedy Of Errors, Kent R. Lehnhof
English Faculty Articles and Research
This article proposes that Shakespeare uses twinship and marriage in The Comedy of Errors to reflect on the importance of individuality and interrelation in the formation of identity. Specifically, this article shows how The Comedy of Errors sets the twin relation against the marital relation, ultimately implying that marriage—imperfect, everyday marriage—has as much subjective impact as the extraordinary bond between identical twins. As amazing as it might be to see two persons sharing "one face, one voice, one habit," The Comedy of Errors suggests that the twin relation does not surpass in significance the equally marvelous relation whereby husband and …
Cosmological Models And The Christian Faith In John Milton's Paradise Lost,
2020
Harding University
Cosmological Models And The Christian Faith In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Jacob R. Taylor
Tenor of Our Times
In this work the author argues that John Milton justifies the intelligibility and priority of Christian faith against modern revolutions of science in his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton argues against scientists who choose to believe modern astronomy over cosmology. He argues that Christian faithfulness stands firm despite the crumbling of its medieval cosmological basis. This endurance of the faith is the primary scientific theme of the epic English poem.
"Founding Its Empire On Spells Of Pleasure": Brunonian Excitability, The Invigorated English Opium-Eater, And De Quincey's "China Question",
2020
University of Denver
"Founding Its Empire On Spells Of Pleasure": Brunonian Excitability, The Invigorated English Opium-Eater, And De Quincey's "China Question", Menglu Gao
English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship
What light can De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) shed on its author's later advocacy of the First Opium War? To what degree did De Quincey's and other contemporaneous accounts of opium use in Britain influence metaphorical connections between bodily energy and national power in the 1830s and 1840s? Placing Confessions alongside John Brown's 1780 treatise, Elements of Medicine, this essay argues that De Quincey "nationalized" opium-eating by transforming mental exceptionality in British Romanticism into a medical body's connection with internal energies and external stimuli from China and "the Orient." The essay concludes that opium serves in …
“Is [He] A Man? If So, Is He Mad? And If Not, Is He A Devil?”: The Influence Of Culture Versus Experience On The Brontë Sisters’ Perception Of Mental Illness,
2020
Liberty University
“Is [He] A Man? If So, Is He Mad? And If Not, Is He A Devil?”: The Influence Of Culture Versus Experience On The Brontë Sisters’ Perception Of Mental Illness, Catrina May Mehltretter
Masters Theses
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë each presented a different perspective on mental illness within their novels. The primary reason for this difference in perspective can be found in their different responses to their brother Branwell’s poor mental state. As Branwell’s health deteriorated mentally and physically, his sisters ended up becoming his primary caregivers, giving them a unique insight into mental illness that would have been unusual for the time period, given the tendency to send any mentally ill family members away to asylums. Still, this shared experience impacted each of the sisters differently, likely due to the different relationship each …
An Architectural Reading Of Kristeva, Woolf, And Shakespeare,
2020
Boise State University
An Architectural Reading Of Kristeva, Woolf, And Shakespeare, Bailey M. Graham
English Literature Student Projects and Publications
Julia Kristeva’s seminal theories of the signifying process and the abject illuminate texts that challenge readers’ expectations. Kristeva’s psychoanalytic and linguistic ideas build analytic links between texts as seemingly disparate as Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando and William Shakespeare’s late 1590s play Titus Andronicus. In this portfolio, I will apply Kristeva’s distinction between the semiotic and the symbolic to elucidate the multiple meanings of nature in Woolf’s Orlando, as well as utilize Kristeva’s notion of the abject to analyze the narrative breakdown of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. In doing so, I will trace the development of Kristeva’s ideas …
The White Album As Neo-Victorian Fiction Of Loss,
2020
CUNY New York City College of Technology
The White Album As Neo-Victorian Fiction Of Loss, Lucas Kwong
Publications and Research
Although much has been written about the Beatles' celebration of Victorian culture on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, little scholarship, if any, has focused on the White Album’s relationship to the late Victorian period. This paper examines the White Album through the lens of what Victorian studies scholar Stephen Arata has called “fictions of loss,” a body of late Victorian texts depicting intertwined processes of “national, biological, [and] aesthetic” decline. Through examining songs like "Helter Skelter" and "Revolution Number 9," I argue that the White Album deserves consideration alongside Dracula and She as a “fiction of loss,” …
The Narrative Of Courtship: Literary And Biological Constructions And Their Impact On Women,
2020
DePauw University
The Narrative Of Courtship: Literary And Biological Constructions And Their Impact On Women, Drew Harris 20
Honor Scholar Theses
No abstract provided.
Friend Or Foe: Chaucer’S Depiction Of Women In Troilus And Criseyde,
2020
DePauw University
Friend Or Foe: Chaucer’S Depiction Of Women In Troilus And Criseyde, Vanessa Balis 20
Honor Scholar Theses
Often considered the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1340s-1400 CE) produced a number of famous poems during his lifetime, the most famous arguably being The Canterbury Tales. But another of his works, Troilus and Criseyde, is often considered the best example of both his poetic ability and his creative use of sources.1 In this thesis, I will be considering whether Chaucer supports or subverts a patriarchal social structure, specifically by looking at his representation of women in Troilus and Criseyde in comparison to his source Giovanni Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato. Instead of resorting to the assumptive rhetoric of …
Hamlet As Music: A Study In The Semantics Of Symphonic Poetry,
2020
Southeastern University - Lakeland
Hamlet As Music: A Study In The Semantics Of Symphonic Poetry, Mckenzie C. Alons
Selected Honors Theses
Symphonic poetry, a widely overlooked genre in musico-literary scholarship, provides a unique focal point into the relationship between music and extramusical texts. Invented by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century, symphonic poems (or ‘tone poems’) interpret literary texts or ideas through short orchestral works. Thus, the symphonic poem invites close analysis of the semiotic relationship between music and literature. Using Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Liszt’s Symphonic Poem No. 10 (“Hamlet”), this thesis examines the relationship between the Shakespearean tragedy and Lisztian symphonic poetry. This focus is a microcosm for the musico-literary relationship and, henceforth, an undiscovered niche that involves disciplines as …
Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (2019) By John M. Bowers,
2020
University of Oxford
Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (2019) By John M. Bowers, Nelson Goering
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review by Nelson Goering of Tolkien's Lost Chaucer (2019) by John M. Bowers
Introducing Gower Shorts,
2020
Western Michigan University
Introducing Gower Shorts, Eve Salisbury, Georgiana Donavin
Accessus
This essay provides an introduction to a special issue of Accessus, entitled "Gower Shorts," slightly expanded and revised versions of conference papers presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo in 2018-19 and the Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago in 2019.
The Friendly Monster And The Complacent Queer: Assimilationist Approaches To Modern Adaptations Of Frankenstein's Creature,
2020
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
The Friendly Monster And The Complacent Queer: Assimilationist Approaches To Modern Adaptations Of Frankenstein's Creature, Cassandra Karn
Women's and Gender Studies: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Monsters have been representations of othered communities since before the creation of the novel, so the Creature in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein should be no exception. The Creature defies binaries and rages against social injustice, making him a queer figure of resistance. However, modern adaptations of the Creature attempt to assimilate the Creature into the larger culture, removing both its queerness and its resistance. This unqueering brings into question how othered populations become accepted, and the cost paid for such acceptance.
On Ways Of Studying Tolkien: Notes Toward A Better (Epic) Fantasy Criticism,
2020
University of Arizona
On Ways Of Studying Tolkien: Notes Toward A Better (Epic) Fantasy Criticism, Dennis Wilson Wise
Journal of Tolkien Research
This article examines major academic approaches used in the study of J.R.R. Tolkien. It argues that certain themes from political philosopher Leo Strauss, by helping us to develop a new theoretical lens, can elucidate several politically salient aspects of Tolkien's work, including thymos and his dialectic between ancient and modern. Four previous (though flawed) Straussian interpretations of Tolkien are highlighted. Finally, by analyzing the tensions that arise when pairing critical theory and its attendant bias against nature with Tolkien and epic fantasy, this article argues for the timeliness of a Straussian lens for studying fantasy and Tolkien alike.
Fire And Snow: Climate Fiction From The Inklings To Game Of Thrones By Marc Dipaolo,
2020
Florida Atlantic University
Fire And Snow: Climate Fiction From The Inklings To Game Of Thrones By Marc Dipaolo, Jamie Campbell Martin
The Goose
Review of Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones by Marc DiPaolo
"Members One Of Another": Heteroglossic Utterances As Critiques Of Injustice In Charles Dickens’S Bleak House,
2020
Liberty University
"Members One Of Another": Heteroglossic Utterances As Critiques Of Injustice In Charles Dickens’S Bleak House, Cale Baker
Masters Theses
Charles Dickens often dealt with societal injustice within his work, and he often used the different languages—the language of the poor, the rich, the religious, the political—of various social strata to expose the disparity between the high and the low social classes. Within Bleak House, Dickens inserts different voices common to Victorian London through his third-person narrator to highlight the upper class oppression of the poor. To see Dickens’s insertion of these different voices, I use Mikhail Bakhtin’s work on heteroglossia and dialogism as a framework for understanding how Dickens inserts these different voices to specifically expose injustice. Additionally, I …
A Comparative Genre Analysis Of Malaysian And English Court Of Appeal Judgements,
2020
Universiti Malaya
A Comparative Genre Analysis Of Malaysian And English Court Of Appeal Judgements, Chamil Ahmad Zaki
Student Works (2020-2029)
This genre-based research examines and compares the rhetorical structures of Malaysia and England and Wales Court of Appeal judgements. This comparative genre study is motivated by a statement by the former Malaysian Judge of the High Court, Dato’ Syed Ahmad Idid and Umar A. Oseni (2011) in a writing guide book that presents a standard model to write legal judgements that can be adapted to all legal jurisdictions across the world. Normativity statements about the dos and don’ts on how to write judgements are valid and essential to the legal practices but this normative approach does not necessarily describe the …
Music In Tolkien's Works And Beyond (2019), Edited By Julian Eilmann And Friedhelm Schneidewind,
2020
University of Glasgow
Music In Tolkien's Works And Beyond (2019), Edited By Julian Eilmann And Friedhelm Schneidewind, William Sherwood
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review, by Will Sherwood, of Music in the Works of Tolkien and Beyond (2019) edited by Julian Eilmann and Friedhelm Schneidewind
Dyed In Mummy: The Stratford Festival’S Modern Orientalist Approach To Shakespeare’S Othello,
2020
Northern Michigan University
Dyed In Mummy: The Stratford Festival’S Modern Orientalist Approach To Shakespeare’S Othello, Daisy E. Lupa
Conspectus Borealis
No abstract provided.
Tolkien And The Classics (2019) Edited By Roberto Arduini, Giampaolo Canzonieri And Claudio A. Testi,
2020
The University of Glasgow
Tolkien And The Classics (2019) Edited By Roberto Arduini, Giampaolo Canzonieri And Claudio A. Testi, Luke Shelton
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review, by Luke Shelton, of Tolkien and the Classics (2019), edited by Roberto Arduini, Giampaolo Canzonieri and Claudio A. Testi
Postcolonial Urban Vernacular Narratives In Contemporary Britain,
2020
CUNY Graduate Center
Postcolonial Urban Vernacular Narratives In Contemporary Britain, Kathryn N. Moss
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation explores the ways in which three postcolonial writers in Britain (Samuel Selvon, James Kelman, and Suhayl Saadi) have used the vernacular as a medium for third person narrative fiction. In doing so, they have emphasized the legitimacy, beauty, and utility of languages sometimes considered debased and ugly even by their own speakers. I argue that this shift from the margins to the center of dialect or minority language in fiction is a radical—and relatively recent—one, beginning in the mid-twentieth century. By utilizing the vernacular as a medium for third person narratives, these authors are bringing non-prestige vernacular voices …
