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Types Of Children In Dickens' Novels., J. T. Highfield Mrs.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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A Study Of The Principle Of Poetic Justice In The Tragedies Of The Age Of Elizabeth Exclusive Of Shakespeare, Alberta Amalia Reibenstein

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A complete study of the principle would take into consideration other literary types besides the drama, but since, historically, the drama takes precedence over those other types, and since the first important controversy on the subject arose in England in connection with tragedy, I have considered it best to limit the material undertaken here to that form of dramatic art. Further than that, the study will be limited to some of the leading tragedies of the Elizabethian age, excluding those of Shakespeare, for it was the use or misuse of poetic justice in these plays which formed the basis of …

A Study Of The Tragic Elements In Shakespeare's Comedies, Dorothy Corson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In a study of the tragic elements in Shakespeare's comedies, it is necessary to distinguish between the tragic and the comic and to note their relationship, before considering the subject proper.

The Metrics And Imagery Of Edwin Arlington Robinson As Exhibited In Five Of His Blank Verse Poems, Elsie Ruth Dykes-Chant

English Language and Literature ETDs

Almost all of Edwin Arlington Robinson's poetry is divided metrically, into three types: blank verse, sonnets, and quatrains. The metrical analysis that follows is based on his blank verse. The real intent is to compare the earlier blank verses with the later, to analyze the relation between subject matter and form, and to note in general, the sources from which he gleaned his figures of speech. The following analysis is based on a study of some 13,000 lines of his blank verse.

Certain Aspects Of Pioneer Life As Presented In The Modern Novel, Elta Louise Livoni

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The term pioneer simply means one who pushes ahead to remove obstacles and to prepare the way for others who are to follow. Nevertheless, when we speak of the pioneers in American history, we are really speaking of three different types of men who have only a little in common.

All pioneers leave behind them settled communities and highly civilized life and push out into an unknown and. unsettled country;y. Also, all pioneers are seekers, but they do not all seek the same things, Some are seeking adventure. These are the explorers, the pioneers seized with the wanderlust, those who …

A Psychological Approach To Public Speaking, Charles S. Costello

Master's Theses

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An Evaluation Of The Shavian Theatre As A Criticism Of Life, Marie Louise Heipp

Bachelors’ Theses

Shaw's plays usually develop a single idea on which he hammers until it is beaten into shape. It is the aim of the writer to take the ideas Shaw has built his dramas upon and consider them as a criticism of life from the ec­onomic, moral and social point of view.

To attempt to write this thesis means to go over ground that has been covered repeatedly. Indebtedness is acknowledged for the following books which have been of most value in the preparation of this thesis: Chesterton: George Bernard Shaw; Shanks: Bernard Shaw; Various mag­azine articles. The plays …

Shakespeare's Genius Was Essentially A Dramatic One, Marie Valentine Prudeaux

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in 1929, argues that Shakespeare's genius was essentially a dramatic one, examining his life, artistic development, and dramatic works across four periods of composition. A biographical account of Shakespeare's life at Stratford-on-Avon and London opens the study, followed by an analysis of the qualities that distinguish his genius, including originality, insight into character, and the power to portray emotion.

Prudeaux draws on the critical tradition of Dryden, Hazlitt, Johnson, Pope, and Schlegel, among others, to organize Shakespeare's dramatic output into four periods, characterized in the thesis as "In the Workshop," "In the World," "Out …

The Rise Of The Short Story In American Letters, Mary M. Barra

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Like all other nations America too has had her birth in the literally world. Her beginning has not been less forceful than other nations. We find that English literature, undivided in the past, at the end of the nineteenth century has four divisions: British, American, Canadian, and Australian. The British is still the most important since it has the greatest literary background. But the steadily growing American literature ranks second to it. We glory in this heritage as much as the British because we feel that it belongs to us as well, and prize this tremendous possession

A Comparison Of The Professional Success Of Members And Non-Members Of The Men's Societies In The Indiana State Teachers College, W. Edward Fisher

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Ibsen's Influence On British Dramatists, Elva Acklam

Bachelors’ Theses

In preparing this thesis I found that one must have an understanding of philosophy, sociology, biology and economics to appreciate the modern drama, and in the reading of the plays I found my knowledge in these subjects broadened. The dramatists and their characters' views on these branches of learning are most interesting, especially those in Bernard Shaw's prefaces.

The labor of the essay was simplified when I found that the reading of a play of Ibsen's or the others gave almost as much pleasure as witnessing it on the stage. Copious stage directions giving character analysis, situations, and literary descriptions …

The Problem Of Extra-Curricular Activities In A Modern High School, Goldie Vivian Bril

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Cicero And Immortality: A Study Based On The First Tusculan Disputation, Marion Sullivan

Bachelors’ Theses

In order to discover the real source and principle of his actions, we shall have to view somewhat superficially, however, that philosophy which Cicero professed to follow as the general view of his life. This, as he often declares, was drawn from the Academic Sect, winch derived its origin from Socrates, and its name from the famous gymnasium, or place of exercise, in the suburbs of Athens, called The Academy.

A Recent Theory Of Ballad-Making, Louise Pound

Department of English: Faculty Publications

Professor Gordon Hall Gerould's article entitled "The Making of Ballads"' is an attractive essay, written in the fluent and polished manner that we are accustomed to expect from this scholar. It has charm of style, and its positions, taken as a whole, may be termed accepted positions. Because of its literary quality, because it brings together in one paper what has hithert been stressed in scattered places, and because of its appreciation of the poetical quality of those English and Scottish ballads sough out by the notable collectors of the earlier nineteenth century and made available in the volumes of …

The Universality Of Shakespeare, Cecilia Fessler Nuss

Bachelors’ Theses

In this essay it is my purpose to examine and analyze the life and works of Shakespeare to find whether or not he is Universal. Of course, it will be impossible in a work of this kind to consider all the author's works, but I shall look for particular passages, scenes, and characters, and from these to observe whether the alleged statement, that Shakespeare's powers are all-reaching and all-pervading, is actually true.

Impressionism In Nineteenth Century English Criticism, Margaret Mary Goggins

Bachelors’ Theses

Impressionism in Nineteenth Century English Criticism with a Study of the Works of William Hazlitt, Walter Pater, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Romance And Walpole, Mary Mercedes Tintel

Bachelors’ Theses

In studying romantic literature we realize that ro¬ mance is not merely a nassing whim, but a lasting, fundamental trait in human nature. In some cases ro¬ mantic authors have nermitted their hearts to run away with their heads to such an extent, that sane readers have turned away in disgust at the wild extravagance of this false romanticism. But true romance is always with us. It is not a matter of any particular century, but a product of all times and of all nations. Our age is no exception to the rule. Among modern English writers who are inspired …

The History Of The Evolution Of Shorthand, Selma O. Preuss

Bachelors’ Theses

One manifestation of man's superiority over the rest of the animal kingdom consists in the power of communicating thought by means of speech. At first when all mankind dwelt together, a spoken language was sufficient to meet the demands. When, however, the human race began to disperse over the earth, another means of communication was found necessary. Consequently, the art of writing was introduced, crude at first, but gaining in ease, grace, and speed through the ages, until it reached the acme of its perfection. To the literary art the whole commonwealth of other arts must bow down am resign …

The Style And Diction Of Cicero In His Orations, Mary Bede

Bachelors’ Theses

Of all great men of antiquity Cicero stands out pre­eminently in the modern world. And pausing we may ask, "ls this imperishable glory his because he saved Rome from the revolutionary movement of Catiline? Or because he very nearly outrivalled Demosthenes in the second Philippic? Or because he ran atheism to the ground in the De Natura Decorum?" And we answer sagely, "It is because of none of these." His literary fame rests solely on the fact that through him Latin prose reached the full height of its splendor.

Influence Of Ibsen On The Technique Of The Modern English Drama, Gertrude Ruth Okray

Bachelors’ Theses

During the latter part of the nineteenth century we have a revival of the drama in England. A new movement sweeps the country which is paralleled in all the countries of Europe, and in America. It was a current of naturalistic thought, and was due in part to the spreading of the theory of causo-mechanical evolution. New ideas in regard to life and its problems were brought forth. Of the advocates of the new ideas peculiar to the period, I believe that Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, was one of the most prominent. Without doubt his plays are the first …

Diction In Certain English Neo-Classic And Romantic Writers, Helen Alice O'Neill

Bachelors’ Theses

It is a truism that literary form changes with the changing ideas and emotions of different literary eras. Neo-classic regularity commences the age of rationalism and Intellectual enlightenment. A certain formalism limits the freedom of literary speech and characterizes our age of mere opinion and chaos. The Neo-claasic and Romantic eras in English literature are from the viewpoint of form diametrically opposite. In other aspects they are not so widely different but in form and expression we find a distinct variance.

The Dramatic Technique Of Ben Jonson, Theodore James Hodan

Bachelors’ Theses

"Barring Shakespeare, Jonson is by far the moat significant literary figure of his time,--- leaving be­ hind him a name in the popular drama, second alone to that of Shakespeare." In this vein does Felix E, Schelling speak of the master about whom this thesis is woven, Ben Jonson. In the course of this thesis we will endeavor to set forth the technique, in its various phases of the dramas of Jonson.

A Correlation Between The Scholastic Record Of Graduates Of Indiana State Teachers College And Their Yearly Financial Success After Graduation, Ransom Bramblet

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A Comparison Of The Professional Success Of Sorority Members Versus Non-Sorority Members Of Indiana State Teachers College, Ruth Mcclain, Ruby Krausbeck

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The Treatment Of Arthurian Legend In Contemporary Literature, Mary C. Mcneely

Graduate Thesis Collection

One of our richest literary heritages is the Arthurian Legend. It has been the source of inspiration for great literary works and promises not to be soon exhausted. Through the individual interpretations of various masters the legend was widened in scope and enriches until its present comprehensive variety was reached.

Literature As Journalism, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Dramatic Criticism: Its Place In The American Theater And A Discussion Of Its Exponents, Rowena M. Devine

Bachelors’ Theses

Criticism is as essential to the theater as it is to literature, art or music. It is a connecting link between the theater and the theater-goer. Most authorities today concede that without criticism the theater would wane in popularity.

St. Nicholas Began The Age Of Children's Literature, Claudia Harney

Bachelors’ Theses

A magazine destined to be an outstanding one in the field of children's literature was put before the public in December 1873. "St. Nicholas," Scribner's illustrated for girls and boys, first entered the homes during the month when the coming of its namesake is awaited eagerly. The first issue introduces itself in these words.

A Critical Study Of The Spirit And Ideas Of Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Edna Louise Goeden

Bachelors’ Theses

A study of Anglo-Saxon poetry is necessarily limited. The centuries which have elapsed since these poems were first set down, the ravages of war, of fire, and especially of ignorant men have served to destroy most of this early English literature. Moreover, much of that which has come down to us is fragmentary and incomplete.

The Magazine In America Before 1850, Domingo J. Thill

Bachelors’ Theses

The magazine in America has never been made a subject of exhaustive and definite research. Though the study is interesting and informative few have cared to resign themselves to it because of the evidently meager returns and the scarcity of accurate material. An occasional remark concerning the DIAL or the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW is all that is heard about the magazines previous to 1850. The trials and tortures of the magazines and their sponsors have been forgotten more readily than is deserved. This essay-thesis attempts to bring back to the attention of the reader the problems and misfortunes that confronted …