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Sinclair Lewis : Leader Of The Conflict With Conformity In Three Novels (Main Street, Babbitt, And Arrowsmith) 1920-1925, Albert Edwin Davenport

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and discuss the conflict with conformity in three novels of Sinclair Lewis from 1920 to 1925. It is also the intention of this paper to identify Sinclair Lewis as the leader of the conflict - with - conformity movement of this period.

A Study Of Henry James' Development Of The Narrator As A Technical Device In Three Selected Works, Robert Melvin Tarleton

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem or point of view, or angle of vision, Is one that deeply concerned Henry James all through his writing career. It will be the aim of this study to define James' position on point of view and the use of a narrator, and then, by reference to the works under question, to see how subtly he uses the limited omniscient or the restricted multiple point of view in his early novels and the intensely concentrated single "centre" of consciousness perspective In his later ones. To this writer's knowledge there has been no critical analysis of this specific technique …

Through A Glass Darkly : The Literary Reputation Of Henry James, Linda Goodman Lewis

Master's Theses

In the course of any artist's career there usually are changes in the attitudes towards him. If he is developing, the changes should be a fact, especially if the times are changing also. If the artist does not show any differences during his career, there is little point in his creating the first product.

William Butler Yeats' Contribution To The Celtic Renaissance In Ireland, Marian Marsh Sale

Master's Theses

The story of Ireland's Literary Revival is the story not only of the life and death of the Gaelic language in Ireland and the attempt to revive it as the national medium of speech, but also of the rise, during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, of modern Anglo-Irish literature, which gave to Irish letters the right to be judged independently of English literature. The formation of this new medium of national literary expression was the result of the interaction of the work of certain translators and folklorists with that of those writers who sought to restore the Gaelic …

Clerical Portraits In The Nineteenth Century British Novel, Doralee Forsythe Richardson

Master's Theses

Because there were only four recognized professions which a nineteenth century respectable English gentleman could enter and still maintain his family reputation--the army, the navy, and church, and the bar-- it is natural that clergymen should appear frequently in the novels of the period. Through the eyes of numerous novelists one can come to understand better the roles and the personalities of the men of cloth during the 1800's.

By way of limiting myself to a reasonable amount of material, I have chosen to concentrate on those novels in which a clerical scene provides the major characters and action. In …

Cabell's Rational Morality As Expressed Through The Dream-Vision Technique In Jurgen, Ruth Macdonald Stevenson

Master's Theses

The various parts of this study deal with various episodes in Jurgen, episodes in which Jurgen progresses from one region to another and from one set of circumstances to another with no very immediately apparent relationship between any two of his adventures. This apparent lack of unity is deceiving. What witness, if we are perceptive, is not an aimless progression to region after region but a series of related allegories, each of which concerns it­self with some aspect of reality, the moral values involved therein, and man's "reasonable" adjustment to these realities. The unity of this thesis rests upon the …

The Treatment Of The Arthurian Material In Tennyson's Idylls, Margaret Bishop

Theses

This thesis examines instances of Arthurian themes in the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, specifically the Idylls of the King. It includes a historical sketch of the Arthurian epic, along with concentrations on specific aspects of Arthurian lore, such as the coming of Arthur, Lancelot and Elaine, the quest for the Holy Grail, and Arthur's death.

Love And Isolation In Hawthorne's Fiction, Betty L. Dixon

Graduate Thesis Collection

Modern critics and biographers often cite the need for a new study of Hawthorne and his wife, for a study of sex and sex symbolism in Hawthorne, and for a study of the love element in general in his works. Such aspects of his fiction have been all but totally overlooked by earlier critics who confined their comments largely to the sin and isolation of the characters. This paper cannot hope to satisfy any one of these needs, but does undertake to look at Hawthorne's treatment of the remedial effects of heterosexual love in lives where such love operates, and …

Boyhood In Penrod, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, And The Catcher In The Rye, Susanah J. Mayberry

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Lights And Shadows - 1962, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

The Symbolism Of The Holy Grail : A Comparative Analysis Of The Grail In Perceval Ou Le Conte Del Graal By Chretien De Troyes And Parzival By Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Karin Elizabeth Nordenhaug

Honors Theses

Both works, Chretien's and Wolfram’s, are literary masterpieces of the Middle Ages. The story of the Grail can be placed along side of Dante's Commedia in symbolical content. Like most medieval writings the Grail romances are full of allegory, remote allusions to symbolic relationships, and striking analogies, all of which leave us with a sense of wonder and amazement. First of all we wonder whether or not a connection, which we might find symbolical was put there accidentally or not; we wonder whether we are seeing too much or too little symbolic value. It is characteristic of the authors never …

The Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway : An Examination Into The Relationship Between His Fictional World And The Diction Used In Creating It, William Hantover Jacobs

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It will be the purpose of this study to begin such a consideration by treating but one aspect of Hemingway’s art, that of the relationship between Hemingway’s view of the world, as seen in his short stories, and the diction he uses to create this fictional world. In effect, the problem resolves itself around these three basic questions: (1) What is the world like that Hemingway creates in his short stories?; (2) What is the diction like that he uses to portray this world?; and finally and most importantly, (3) How well suited is the diction for revealing Hemingway’s fictional …

The Influence Of Economics Upon The Voice Of John Steinbeck: Some Evidence From Selected Readings, Bernard Earl Eagleton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

T.S. Eliot: A Study Of His Dramatic Theory, Jeanne A. Flood

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Historical Survey And Annotated Bibliography Of Studies In Periodical Articles On The English Mystery Cycles, Mary Charles Kielpinski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Concept Of Skepticism And His Doctrine Of The Infinitude Of The Private Man, Donal Francis Mahoney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford: "The Importance Of Living The Truth" As Its Unifying Theme, Donald Joseph Racky

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Critical Orientation Of T. S. Eliot, Honora Remes

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Advisors Of The Age Of Reason: The Periodical Essays Of Steele, Addison, Johnson, And Goldsmith, Carol Meyers

Honors Projects

The periodical essay of the eighteenth century invited men of the Age of Reason to pour into it their talent and thought; it was a form in which they could make their points briefly and effectively; it was flexible, and was eventually familiar enough to be well-received. The form itself reflected the common-sense practicality, restraint and moderation that the periodical writers were advocating.

Arthur Miller's Concept Of Tragedy, Howard James Stark

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In recent years, Arthur Miller has been the subject of much critical debate. Numerous critics have stated that his plays are not true tragedies because they do not meet the requirements for tragic drama. Several other critics, however, attempting to some to Miller’s defense, have stated just the opposite. So far, the situation has not been resolved; and there appears to be little chance that it will, considering the manner in which both Miller’s defenders and sensors have been approaching the problem. First, they have been brandishing a term which does not carry the same meaning for each of them. …

The Condor's Quill : An Analytical And Historical Study Of The Style Of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Eleanor Burgess Kramer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In commencing the study of the style of Moby Dick, the student is confronted with several questions. Most important, perhaps, is the question of how much the style has contributed to the importance of the book, to the great adulation accorded it by many critics during the last quarter century.

Did Melville’s peculiar ways of expressing his ideas have some particularly timely appeal to the post-WWI Generation? It is a highly mannered style, unique as that of Tristram Shandy. Yet while Sterne’s book was greatly enjoyed by the author’s contemporaries, Moby-Dick aroused very little contemporary interest. Was the style of …

A Study Of Needs And Interests Of Seventh Grade Home Economics Students Of The Vigo County School Corporation To Provide A Basis For A Home Economics Curriculum, Reta Mcconchie Newman

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A Study Of Needs And Interests Of Seventh Grade Home Economics Students Of The Vigo County School Corporation To Provide A Basis For A Home Economics Curriculum, Reta Mcconchie Newman

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Lessons In Analytical English, Bertrand Field Richards

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Le Grand Translateur: The Theory And Practice Of Ezra Pound In Selected Translations, Peter H. Ohlin

English Language and Literature ETDs

The present study does not pretend to be a definitive study of Pond's translations. It will, however, try to outline the main points about Pound as a translator. It will discuss, first of all, Pound's statements about translating as a craft as well as on his own translations and those of others, and try to define--if only tentatively--Pound's major principles of translations. It will discuss specifically some of Pound's translations, chosen not always because they are the most representative, but because the present writer is able to examine them. This part will include translations from the German, from the Anglo-Saxon, …

A Follow-Up Study Of The Drop-Outs At Bristow, Oil Township, And Cannelton High Schools In Perry County, Indiana, From 1956 To 1960, Alfred E. Snyder

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Milton And Socinianism, Joseph Johnson Collins

Master's Theses

The seventeenth century was a period of enormous scholarship and erudition. In the wake of the Reformation and the Humanist movements great interest was awakened in the field of Biblical scholarship, Many of the scholars, lay­ men, and divines began to devote much of their time and energy to the new Biblical exegesis. The doctrine which was receiving much attention during this period suggested that one might assure that the strongholds of the reformed religion were sufficiently fortified through improved trans­lation and qualified Biblical exegesis.

This was the era which produced John Milton 's method­ ical and learned tractate of …

A Critical Study Of John Milton's On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity, Daniel Patterson

English Language and Literature ETDs

One can hardly avoid, in writing a critical study of John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, the sense of having been preceded by a sizable vanguard of scholars. Upon Virtually every tree there is a blaze, in nearly every trail a footprint. But without the successes, failures, guesses and assertions of those who have gone before him, the aspiring critic of so complex a poem might return without ever having sighted his quarry. Criticism of Milton's Hymn has not been remarkable for any deviation from the common patterns of literary scholarships during the past centuries. In fact, …

A Study Of Workable Plans For The Merger Of School Libraries In School Consolidation, Hilda Louise Brackwinkle

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"Chronometricals And Horologicals”: The Key To A Basic Theme In The Fiction Of Herman Melville, James Llewellyn Thorson

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

My aim is to study several of Melville’s major works of fiction in the light a pamphlet called “Chronometricals and Horologicals”, which purports to be by one Plotinus Plinlimmon in Melville’s novel Pierre: or The Ambiguities. In my view of Melville’s works, this pamphlet is as near a statement of the author’s philosophy (as dramatized in his works) as can be formulated. I do not maintain that a study of the relationship of the pamphlet to the works will reveal the whole “truth” about the “meaning” of Melville’s fiction, but I do think that it will show a significant …