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Walt Whitman: The Man Behind The Words, Sara Duke

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Walt Whitman is often considered to be one of the greatest American poets. His ways of writing were unconventional, inappropriate to a degree (according to Victorian standards), yet they intrigued readers not only of the New World, but also those of the Old World. But his writing was not the only thing he was known for. The “Good Gray Poet” was also known for being gentle and warm-hearted, with a striking face and piercing blue eyes. He was welcoming to his neighbors, visitors, and passers-by on the street.

This thesis seeks to understand the man behind Leaves of Grass. …

Robert Burns’S Politics And The French Revolution, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A sympathetic survey of Burns's changing political ideas before, during and after the French Revolution

Preface, Patrick Scott

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A brief introduction to Ross Roy's Selected Essays with a note on editorial procedure

Details On Printed Volume: Prelims, Dedication, Abbreviations, Contents Page, Patrick Scott, Elizabeth Sudduth, Jo Durant

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

Consolidated prelims pages from the print edition of this book, giving seties and publication information (including ISBN), the dedication to Lucie Roy (1924-2018), abbreviations, and contents page.

Robert Burns: A Self-Portrait, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

An essay looking at Burns as he portrays himself in his letters, notable for looking at how different correspondents bring out different aspects of his character.

The Bible In Burns And Scott, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

Surveys and compares the use of Biblical reference and allusion in two major Scottish writers, Robert Burns and Walter Scott

Editing Robert Burns In The Nineteenth Century, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

Surveys and assesses the major Burns editors from James Currie and Robert Cromek, through Allan Cunningham and Robert Chambers, to Scott Douglas, and the Chambers-Wallace and Henley-Henderson editions.

Robert Burns And The Brash And Reid Chapbooks, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A survey and discussion of the poems and songs by Robert Burns included in one of the major Scottish late-18th century chapbook series, published by Brash and Reid of Glasgow, and collected in their series Poetry Original and Selected.

Robert Burns And The Merry Muses Of Caledonia, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

An introduction for a reprint of the first edition of The Merry Muses of Caledonia, collection of (sometimes) bawdy songs, including some by Burns, first printed in 1799, probably in Edinburgh, for the Crochallan Fencibles. an Edinburgh social club to which Burns belonged.

Addenda To "Publications By G. Ross Roy: A Checklist", Patrick Scott

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

The original checklist of Ross Roy’s published writings, 1954-2011, compiled by Patrick Scott and Justin Mellette, appeared in Robert Burns and Friends, ed. Scott and Simpson (2012), 162-180. The list here notes a few earlier items retrieved from Ross Roy’s own files and updates the checklist to cover more recent publications, through 2015.

Sources And Acknowledgements, Patrick Scott

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A consolidated list with the pubication history of each essay, original publication venue, copyright status (which is G. Ross Roy, and Estate of G. Ross Roy/Studies in Scottish Literature unless otherwise specified), and where permission from the original publisher(s) or their successors.

Where Have All The Rebels Gone? Ideology And Conformity In Young Adult Dystopian Literature, Meghan I. Rimmasch

Theses and Dissertations

By employing the critical studies of adolescence from Nancy Lesko, Roberta Trites, and Maria Nikolajeva and the study of positive and negative symbols of rebellion examined by Robert Lindner through Leerom Medovoi, I will interrogate the popular notion that female protagonists in dystopian Young Adult Literature (YAL) are strong, self-aware rebels who are positive role models to YA readers. Using the didactic nature of dystopian literature, I will examine how adult authors consciously (or unconsciously) set ideological standards for their YA readers through the female protagonists and how these standards are not as empowering as they initially seem. To address …

The “Sighan, Cantan, Grace-Proud Faces”: Robert Burns And The Kirk, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A sympathetic examination of Burns's kirk satires and his attitude to religion.

Robert Burns And “Clarinda”, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A sympathetic introduction to Burns's relationship with Mrs Agnes (Nancy) McLehose, and their correspondence under the names "Sylvander" and "Clarinda"

“Tam O’ Shanter”, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A short introduction to the background and history of one of Burns's greatest and most dramatic poems

"Auld Lang Syne", G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A short introductory account of the background, sources, and music, of one of the best-known Burns songs.

Poems And Songs Spuriously Attributed To Robert Burns, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A broad-ranging discussion of poems not written by Burns that have been wrongly attributed to him by later writers and editors, with quoted examples.

"The Mair They Talk, I'M Kend The Better": Poems About Robert Burns To 1859, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

A broad-ranging discussion, with quoted examples, of the many poems written to and about Burns from his lifetime up to the centenary of his birth in 1859.

Editing Burns's Letters In The Twentieth Century, G. Ross Roy

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

Discusses the history of Burns's letters, the major groups and collections, their editors, and the editions done by J. deLancey Ferguson (1931) and Ross Roy himself (1985).

Collecting Burns: A Conversation, G. Ross Roy, Patrick Scott

Selected Essays on Robert Burns by G. Ross Roy

Illustrated transcript of extended interview made in which Ross Roy discusses the development of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns, at the University of South Carolina, with comments on some important individual items and the story of how he acquired them. Interview videotaped in December 2008, at the University of South Carolina; first shown at a plenary session at the University of Glasgow’s Robert Burns 250th Anniversary conference, January 2009, and again during the South Carolina conference in April. The illustrations here are selected from those in the published catalogue of the Roy Collection by Elizabeth Sudduth (University …