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Comparison Between Shakespeare's Richard Iii And The Historical Richard Iii, M. De Lourdes Foy

Bachelors’ Theses

The end and aim of the writer of this thesis is to make a study of Shakespeare's Richard III as well as the historical Richard III. The point at issue is to see wherein and how far Shakespeare has disregarded historical facts and personages.

In order to carry out a work of this nature it is necessary to make a thorough study and analysis of the vast drama that completes a series of historical plays written by the "Bard of Avon". It is not only necessary to have a thorough understanding of the play but 1a also expedient to become …

The Principal Women Of Barrie's Plays, Mary Flavia Hale

Bachelors’ Theses

Quite frequently in history, a playwright - like Sophocles, or Shakespeare, or Moliere - has become a man of letters; but not often has the process been reversed and an instance been revealed of a man of letters who has become a playwright. Nearly all of the great English poets of the nineteenth century tried to write plays - Scott, Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Tennyson; and there is not a good playwright among them. Browning, of course, affords us the most striking instance in the nineteenth century of the failure, as a dramatist, of a really great man of …

Club Work In The High School, Burlin F. Downing

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Extra-Curriculum Activities Of Garfield High School Of Terre Haute, Indiana, Homer Powell

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A Socio-Economic Study Of The Marital Status Of Teachers In Terre Haute And Vigo County, H. W. Fontaine

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A Study Of Certain Comparable Data Concerning Salaries Of Principals And Coaches In City, Town, And Township High Schools Of Indiana For The School Years 1930-31 And 1934-35, Marcus Williams

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Irving Babbitt As Critic And Humanist, C. Carroll Hollis

Bachelors’ Theses

To become legendary while living is, generally speaking, unfortunate. Such as Irving Babbitt's lot. Probably his death will gradually evoke a legend of a more accurate and objective kind. He was by many regarded as a conscientious pedant, and was never what might be called "popular". It must be admitted that his gift was of a nature that has always made for unpopularity.

William Dean Howells, His Realism And Relation To Our Contemporaries, Joseph Dzwinel

Bachelors’ Theses

In Howells novels v,e find liberalism, a deep sympathy with the "little man", hatred of plutocracy, and abundance of esthetic virtue, and a critique of industrial capitalism by which we are coming to test Howells mental calibre. The novels with all their virtues, ease of style, urbanity, irony, humanity, sharp dissent from the ideas and practices of our commercial world, lend themselves very gracefully to study of their influence on contemporary literature and contemporary reading tastes. The purpose of this study is to show these influences.

Geneva Thorne : A Narrative Poem And A Picture Of Pioneer Life Revealing The Grave Foundations Of Culture In Kansas And The Slight Structure Built Thereupon, Olive Van Metre

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This thesis is a narrative poem about frontier life in Kansas. This thesis is not submitted with the thought that it will add one jot to the known facts of Kansas history; but it is offered in the hope of stirring appreciation for a type of pioneer who helped to lay the corner stone of Kansas. This type has always, in the telling of old tales, been left unsung; the still and even tenor of their lives does not attract attention. Yet they were here. and the contributed the richest blood that Kansas boasts today. To the youngest generation of …

Friedrich Wilhelm Koenig: A Study In Biography And Background Based On Documentary Evidence And Family Tradition, Paul King

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

It was my first intention to write a biography of my grandfather. This was to be an entirely creative piece of work, based on his Army discharge, an account of his death and burial in the local paper, and the traditions of the family. Because his life after 1875-when he left the 5th Cavalry was so closely connected with the history of Hays, the biography was to stop short, twenty-three years before his death. Hays City from 1875 to 1898, the people, the colorful English colonists east in Victoria, the Russian-Germans, the change of troops at the fort, the fort …

The Literature Of Spanish South America : Its Background, Development And Characteristics, Catherine E. Lewis

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The scope of this work is to be confined to those nations on the continent of South America which use as their national tongue the Spanish language. This excludes consideration of Brazil, whose language is Portuguese and which possesses a rich literature of its own. Another country is omitted, Paraguay, not from oversight, but because this inland republic is so backward in culture and development that it possesses nothing which can be dignified with the term national literature. Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela - these are the countries of Spanish America with which this discussion will …

The Implications Of The Vocabularies Of The Preprimers, Primers, And First Readers In The Recent Reading Series In The Selection Of Kindergarten Activities, Hilma Reid Emmitt

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The Biological Terminology Required For The Intelligent Reading Of High School Classics, Sister Mary Joan Kirchner

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A Study Of Byron's Oriental Tales, Winifred H. Kexel

Bachelors’ Theses

While numerous editions of the poems of Lord. Byron, biographies of him, and his letters and journals are available, there has been little mention made of that portion of his poetry known as ’The Oriental Tales.’ It seems rather strange that this has been neglected, coming as it did at one of the critical periods of his life, and being, in itself, a series of very fine narratives.

The Revival And Adaptation Of The French Forms Of Verse By Dobson, Swinburne, And Gosse, Caroline Bayer

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to discover what French forms certain writers brought into English poetry, how they chanced to bring them in and to what poetic use and purpose they adapted them.

The Art Of Upton Sinclair, Ralph L. Kozlowicz

Bachelors’ Theses

The intention of this thesis is to discuss the art of Upton Sinclair. With the conception of art in literature as we know it, in mind, and also a general idea of the type of writing Mr. Sinclair has done, the orthodox association of art and literature in this case seems hardly compatible. Many critics question the existence of any art at all in Sinclair’s writings, and in their interpretation call it by other names. If his works had cause in effecting a desired result, there should be no reason to bar his writings from the category of art. His …

Typical Women Characters In Three Of Gerhart Hauptmann's Naturalistic Dramas, Florence Cohen

Bachelors’ Theses

Innumerable papers dealing with various phases of Hauptmann's works have been written. Many, if not, all of them emphasize the story of his Dramas, the construction from the standpoint of naturalism, etc. Few, if any, however, have stressed Hauptmann as a character delineator, nor have they emphasized his treatment of the women. It is for this reason that the writer wishes to discuss three of Hauptmann 's Naturalistic Social Dramas emphasizing the treatment of the women with special regard to heredity and environment.

And/Or--Its Use And Abuse

West Virginia Law Review

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Ophelia's Crime Of Felo De Se, John W. Draper

West Virginia Law Review

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Thomas Edward Brown's Narrative Poetry, Kenneth Reynders Erfft

Master's Theses

This thesis presents a study ot the narrative poetry of Thomas Edward Brown. A sincere effort has been made to keep the original aspects of the study free from those prejudices which spring from an admiration for a writer like Brown. My aim has bean to stress those aspect of Brawn's narrative work upon which he claim or distinction as a writer or narrative poetry depend.

Alice Meynell: Her Literary Ideas And Her Relation To The English Essay, Gena Pauline Principati

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is offered as a study of Alice Christina Meynell, her literary ideas in regard to prose, and her relation to the English essay. For the most part the illustrations have been selected from material which is available. Several of the quotations are contained in her unpublished works; some other quotations could not be attributed to any author, as they were spoken by Alice Meynell to her intimate friends. This paper was prepared after an examination of the available prose work of Mrs. Meynell and after reading several articles and books and chapters in other books on criticism.

The History And Treatment Of The English Drama During The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries, Leonard Francis Sommers

Bachelors’ Theses

Thia chapter will deal with the earlier sources of information about the dramatic companies. The provincial towns of England are the best sources of information about the English companies of drama. Reference to the drama usually appeared in the Court books of the corporation, also in the account books, or even letter-books. The reason for this is not hard to understand, for when a dramatic company visited a provincial town, their first duty was to present their license to the Mayor and also to his court of Aldermen, so that they could obtain permission to play. It is obvious therefore, …

Oliver Goldsmith And His Relation To The Theory Of British Drama In The England Of His Time, Willella Stats

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to discover the relationship of Oliver Goldsmith to the sentimental movement in progress in the England of his time. The author has endeavored to present a clear picture of the times with reference to the theatres, the type of audiences, and popular tastes. In a general way the writer has gone into the period before Goldsmith, which is known as the period of the Restoration and before that into the age of Puritanism. Under the heading of Restoration Drama is included a discussion of the Comedy of Manners and its chief adherents, Etherege, Wycherly, …

The American Short Story From 1925 Through 1930, James A. Papin

Bachelors’ Theses

Reaction from the war, from its hysteria, its horror, brought on changes in morals and manners. The bars were down. Hide bound morality was considered old fashioned. Abandon was the watch word of the age. Old standards, accepted during the nineties, were cast aside, and recklessness, spice, zest, replaced conservative conduct. As the height of the change was reached in the latter twenties, the reaction took a definite form. What had been reaction for reactions sake, now became a crystallized reaction with definite limits. "If our younger writers were simply content to raise a standard of revolt against tradition, their …

Humanitarianism And Social Reform In The Novels Of George Gissing, Jeanne Antoine

Bachelors’ Theses

Today when the improvement of slum districts is a government aim both in Europe and America the study of the slums of London in the late nineteenth century through the eyes of George Giesing is most apt.

Herrick & His Horatian Influence, Maude Wright

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Much has been written concerning Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a Roman poet and satirist born two thousand years ago, and Robert Herrick, and English lyrist of the seventeenth century. Notable literary histories of the two languages, criticisms of the writings of each of the two men and his contemporaries, short biographical studies of the two authors, discussions in literary and classical magazines, and many treatises on the Horatian influence have been written, but no individual parallel of these two authors has been issued.

As it has been pointed out above, no parallel of the two authors in question has been issued. …

The Sun In The Poetry Of Francis Thompson, Walter Buchanan Dimond

Master's Theses

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English Homilies And English Miracle Plays, Anthony J. Achee

English Language and Literature ETDs

A priest who is also a student of English literature is naturally interested in the manifestations of the religious spirit as it has appeared in our literature. Acquaintance with a few finely poetic passages in the homilies of Aelfric led me to suspect that perhaps our ancient homiletic literature was worthy of more attention than it seemed to have received at the hands of scholars. Consequently, when the opportunity for producing an original study presented itself, the field was waiting for me; that of the early English homilies.

The Treatment Of Lancelot In English Literature From 1100 To 1900, Norma Koch

Graduate Thesis Collection

In the treatment of the character of Lancelot in the Arthurian romance I have tried to show the different conceptions of each author studied. The first section presents the group of romances dealing with the idea of Lancelot as an individual lover. At first he was merely a knight of prowess; then he becomes the lover of the queen. This association adds to his prestige as an outstanding character.

The Metrics, Imagery And Philosophy Of Robert Frost, Gertrude Warner

English Language and Literature ETDs

The metrical study, based on Frost's blank verse only, was made for the purpose of determining the quality of his blank verse, and the effect produced by the use of substitutions, feminine endings, run-on lines, and end-stop lines. The metrical tables have been compiled after a careful study of 1811 lines of Frost's blank verse. Ten of what are commonly considered among his best poems in blank verse were used as a basis for the study. The metrical findings in the blank verse of each of the five books of the author's poetry have also been tabulated. A final table …