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Then And Now, Louise Pound

Department of English: Faculty Publications

I HOPE this microphone works. If you have to listen to me I hope you can hear me. Once before at a gathering of a learned society, seeing an upright gadget before me, I talked with extreme care directly into it for half an hour, moving neither to the right nor to the left, only to find as I went down from the platform that it was a lamp.

For half a century I have belonged to the MLA. My name first appears in the Proceedings for 1906, printed in 1907. Apparently I joined in a historic year. Percy Waldron …

Traditionalism In The Novels Of Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, And Willa Cather As Controlled By Their Personalities, Margaret Aldridge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather are often mentioned together as traditionalists, the supposition being that their common interest was inspired by similar forces; all women, all of the same era, all greatly appreciative of many of the same values, and all doing most of their outstanding work during their middle and late years.

It has become a convenience of criticism and scholarship to consider authors as belonging to certain schools. It has also been a convenience to study the origins of these schools as social phenomena having more to do with a direction of society as a whole …

Some Plebeian Characters In Shakespeare: Their Sources And Use, Clarissa Flenniken

Masters Theses

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A Critical Analysis Of The Epic Hero In Paradise Lost, Joseph Matthew Kuntz

Master's Theses

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Milton's Doctrine Of Chastity : An Interpretation Of Comus, Philip C. Rule

Master's Theses

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The Winters Tale: A Christian Tragedy, Howard Gray

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of The Philosophy In The Poetry Of Edwin Arlington Robinson, Jock Wilson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Comparison Of The Adjustment Of Amish And Non-Amish Children In Van Buren Township Schools, Clarence R. Stuffle

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A Study Of The Provisions For Family Life Education In The Public Secondary Schools Of Indiana, Mary Ann V. Stephens

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Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

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Angelo In Measure For Measure : Psychological Probability Of His Repentance, John Aloysius Diamond

Master's Theses

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The Artistic Probability Of Chaucer's Criseyde, Edward Bolande Smith

Master's Theses

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Webster's Dramatic Characterization In The White Devil And The Duchess Of Malfi With Special Reference To Aristotle's Poetics, Mary Jane Grogan

Master's Theses

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Milton's Literary Reputation During The Victorian Era., Calvin Huckabay

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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Emily Dickinson's Approach To Poetry, Donald E. Thackrey

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

One of the most fascinating aspects of any poet is his conception of his art. Many poets have written extensively on the theory of art around which they orient their poetry. Others have clearly revealed their theories by writing criticism of other authors. Emily Dickinson, however, left no critical essays, no elucidation of her artistic principles. It is quite probable, indeed, that she did not consciously concern herself to any extent with poetic theory. She may have written, and written in her unique way, through an instinctive need which would admit of no plodding deliberation or stylistic experimentation. Still, such …

A Study Of Chaucer's Influence On English Literature Through Dryden, Elder Blair Apperson

Master's Theses

Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest poets of our English literature. If Shakespeare stands apart as our greatest, then it is John Milton who must dispute with Chaucer the honor of second place. Milton undoubtedly surpasses Chaucer in the grandeur of his imagination and the sublimity or his poetic style; but "he cannot equal him in the range and variety of his art." On one hand we have Chaucer, the grave and serious poet.always keenly conscious that "our human life is a shifting quicksand of mutability, that lasting happiness can never be our earthly portion;" whereas we have but …

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

The Literary Development Of Stephen Crane., James B. Colvert

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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F. Scott Fitzgerald : His Materials And His Methods, Clifton Lanier Warren

Master's Theses

From the time I was first introduced to Fitzgerald's writing through a reading of This Side of Paradise, when I was a freshman in college, his subject matter and technique as a novelist have interested me intensely. After reading the first novel, I was not satisfied until I had voraciously read his other novels. With each reading of another of his books, my interest increased. Later, when Mizener's valuable biography appeared, I was introduced to Fitzgerald the man and have found his life as fascinating as his writings. However I felt that none of the books about Fitzgerald completely presented …

A Study Of The Imaginal Qualities Of Poetry Based On Descriptive Passages Of Milton And Coleridge, John Sebastian Gerrietts

Dissertations

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Bradley's Theory Of Tragedy : Analysis And Critique, Thomas William Charbeneau

Master's Theses

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Fall And Resurgence Of Art In Chaucer's Troilus And Criseyde, Frederick Paul Chenderlin

Master's Theses

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In Defence Of Lycidas : A Study Of Emotion In Milton's Elegy, Robert Joseph Fox

Master's Theses

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A Study Of The Philosophical Thought And Background In Hamlet, Thomas E. Porter

Master's Theses

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An Analysis Of Techniques Involved In Addition Of Two One-Figure Numbers, Robert Norman Kreager

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Tennessee Williams And The Tragic Tradition, Edgar E. Macdonald

Master's Theses

This thesis is an attempt to ascertain to what extent Tennessee Williams has accepted or rejected traditional precepts, concepts, and symbolism in the theatre.

Inasmuch as his dramas reanimate certain older forms with newer freedom, it is thought by many that he is changing the direction of the modem theatre. Just as Ibsen at one time rebelled against the conventions of romanticism, thereby founding a new school of thought in drama, today Tennessee Williams is leading a revolt against tho restrictions of realism. It is hoped that an analysis of his work at this time will help to determine the …

The Matter And Purpose Of G.B. Shaw's Saint Joan--A "Play Of Ideas", Jerome B. Coll

Master's Theses

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The Date And Sequence Of The Terrible Sonnets Of Gerard M. Hopkins, S.J., John Diedrich Gerken

Master's Theses

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The Meaning Of "Imagination" In William Wordsworth's Prelude, Henry Robert Lynch

Master's Theses

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The Character Of Robinson Jeffers: A Study In “Inhumanism”, Betty Jean Evans

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

When one reads many of the long narrative poems of Robinson Jeffers, one wonders at the characters who act out their lives against a backdrop of the contemporary California coastal region. The characters live isolated lives as ranchers, farmers, and farm women; they go about the business of eking out an existence, of cultivating their land, of caring for their livestock. Often, they commit horrible, unnatural acts and always, they or their families are involved in episodes which result in death or injury. Although these characters do not have the stature of an Oedipus or a Medea, their lives and …