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Keys To The Universe, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Shakespeare Rare Print Collection, Seymour Eaton

As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library

Edited by Seymour Eaton

The Love Of Landry, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Recovering from a strong bout with pneumonia, Dunbar spent time in Colorado attempting to recoup his health. One result of his time there was his second novel, The Love of Landry. The heroine, much like Dunbar, is in Colorado to recuperate and falls in love with a cowboy. Like his previous novel, his second attempt did not find favor with critics, and many focused on what they considered a weak presentation of characters.

The Strength Of Gideon, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Dunbar's second collection of short stories echoed his works of poetry in that it was a combination of works full of sentimental humor and works that told of the harsher sides of the African-American experience, both before and after emancipation. Critics tended to promote the sentimental stories at the expense of his harsher accounts of that experience. Later critics, however, suggest these stories demonstrate Dunbar's criticism of racial inequality in American society.

The Sympathy And Understanding Of O. Henry, M. Bernard Rheude

Bachelors’ Theses

After all, the true test of a good story is not whether the teacher in English approves of it or not, or whether the critics in the magazines let it pass or not, but whether or not it appeals to the reader, - to the individual reader, and to groups and nations of readers. It seems to me, that now-a-days there is altogether too much unreality, if not dishonesty, in literary criticism. And this dishonesty and unreality have been injected into the minds of boys and girls by responsible professors of English in our high schools particularly. In the classroom, …

The Necessity Of Tradition In Literature, A. F. Jaeger

Bachelors’ Theses

"'Art is instinct working upon an unbroken chain of tradition. The difficulty of our period is to reawaken the perception of beauty in people who have no longer the natural eye of tradition to perceive it with. Yolk art is dead now, killed, with the tradition of it by Commerce. It was once alive. The proof of artistic tradition lies in its artistic. The kings, the statesmen, the soldiers of the ages disappear, but the art of ages remains." (From "People and Things"--:Masaingham) Literature, like any other art cannot cut itself off from tradition. The influence of the past critically …

Tennyson's Debt To The "Morte D'Arthur", Sally Rodman Thompson

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Summary and critique of Alfred Lord Tennyson's blank verse poem, “The Idylls of the King” with discussion of the credit due to Sir Thomas Mallory’s “Morte D’Arthur” which inspired Tennyson's work.

Creative Criticism, Edith Keay

Manuscript Thesis Collection

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Lyrics Of The Hearthside, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Several of the poems in Lyrics of the Hearthside had appeared previously in magazines such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Century Magazine, and Cosmopolitan Magazine. The book also contains one of Dunbar's most famous poems, "Sympathy," which later inspired the title to Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Many of the covers of Dunbar's published works reflect the tone of the works inside. Here, for example, the cover design incorporates cotton, connecting with Dunbar's descriptions of plantation agriculture and life.

Poems Of Cabin And Field, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Illustrated with Photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and Decorations by Alice Morse.

Folks From Dixie, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Dunbar's first collection of short stories was published in 1898. Much like his earlier books of poetry, Dunbar's stories examined the lives of African-Americans both before and after emancipation. While his poetry tended to portray more sentimental situations, this collection of stories offered a harsher look at the realities of the situation, especially regarding racial prejudice. His first work of fiction was well-received, which encouraged him to publish more.

The Uncalled, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

The Uncalled was Dunbar's first novel, and many consider it to be semi-autobiographical in nature. The book told the story of fictional pastor Frederick Brent, a man plagued by childhood family issues whose adventures in the ministry proved less than successful. The book was much criticized as being dull and unengaging.

Significance Of Figures In Hawthorne, Lulu Brevoort

Manuscript Thesis Collection

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The Ideal Woman As She Is Represented By The Best English Writers From Chaucer's Time To The Present, Emma C. Stradling

Manuscript Thesis Collection

A study of various English writers' representations of the "Ideal Woman."

The English And American Short-Story, Bona Thompson

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Wordsworth And Goethe, Mabel H. Tibbott

Manuscript Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

James Lane Allen: His Art, His Humanity, George W. Knepper

Manuscript Thesis Collection

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The Romaunt Of The Rose: Additional Evidence That It Is Chaucer's, Louise Pound

Department of English: Faculty Publications

THERE are five poems included in modern editions of Chaucer's works that are now generally recognized as not his. These are The Cuckoo and the Nightingale, The Complaint of a Lover's Life, The Flower and the Leaf, The Court of Love, and Chaucer's Dream. One other long work, the Englislh version of the famous French poem of the thirteenth century, Le Roman de la Rose, which has come down to us as translated by Chaucer, is now the subject of much dispute.

In conclusion, it would seem that henceforward it is for those who pronounce the translation spurious to …

Charles Lamb., May Brown

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Biographical sketch of British essayist Charles Lamb (1775-1834).

Lyrics Of Lowly Life, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar Books

Lyrics of Lowly Life contains primarily works from Dunbar's two previous books, Oak and Ivy and Majors and Minors. The book was supported financially by Henry A. Tobey and Charles A. Thatcher, two gentlemen from Toledo, Ohio, who had also assisted with the funding of Majors and Minors. The book also contained an important introduction, written by William Dean Howells. The success of this book prompted Dunbar to travel on a six-month reading tour of England.

To Joseph S. Ford - December 21, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - December 15, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - December 14, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Joseph S. Ford - December 10, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 26, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Chauncey G. Hubbell - November 14, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 11, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Harry De Forest Smith - November 10, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To Arthur R. Gledhill - November 3, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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To George W. Latham - October 31, 1895, Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson Letters and Transcriptions

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