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The Reality That Lies Behind Appearances In Virginia Woolf's Novel The Waves, Bahira Sami

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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To Grips, Mike Shearer

English Language and Literature ETDs

To Grips, presented here in part, is a novel based somewhat on the character of Dorothy Parker but projected beyond Parker's lifespan. Josie Palmer, the central character, is turning eighty years old and is forcing herself through a transformation involved with what are the themes of the novel: aging, privacy, and individualism.

Black Folk Culture In The Fiction Of The Harlem Renaissance, Judy Schreiner

Culminating Projects in English

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s was a period which fostered the development of a black literature that drew heavily upon the black folk culture. Novels representative of this literature are Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes, One Way to Heaven by Countee Cullen, Home to Harlem by Claude McKay, The Walls of Jericho by Rudolph Fisher, God Sends Sunday by Arna Bontemps, and Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neale Hurston.

Various aspects of black folk music are presented in the fiction. The traditions of minstrelsy are utilized in characterizations of a city dandy and two endmen. Dance traditions are …

Land Of Faerie: The Disappearing Myth, Caroline Geer

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses various theories for the origins of fairies (and tales about them) in myth, history, and religion.

The High Towers Of Lorraíne, Renée Haynes

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

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The Shaman As Hero And Spiritual Leader: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking In Watership Down And Shardik, Edgar L. Chapman

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Focuses mainly on Shardik, calling it “a demanding novel which explores the possible ways of responding to the emergence of the transcendental and mythic into ordinary existence.” With Watership Down, it justifies the importance of intuition, mystical, and transcendental experience.

The Literary Banquet And The Eucharistic Feast: Tradition In Tolkien, James Lynch

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines the importance of shared meals in Tolkien’s works and relates them to feast days and the Eucharist in Christianity. Identifies “a series of important parties, feasts, and banquets [...] which in differing degrees suggest the ambiance of the Last Supper or the more general Eucharist feast.”

Some Elements Of Myth And Mysticism In C.S. Lewis’ Novel Till We Have Faces, Jean Marie Chard

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Study of symbolism in Till We Have Faces, and its sources in various mystical traditions, alchemy, and psychology.

Endymion, Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

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How The Isle Of Ransom Reflects An Actual Icelandic Setting, Mara Hasty

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Notes the resemblance between Morris’s Isle of Ransom in The Glittering Plain and the actual geography, social structure, and climate of Iceland.

Levels Of Symbolic Meaning In Pearl, Laurence J. Krieg

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Using Tolkien’s translation, examines three levels of meaning in the Middle English poem. Calls it a poem “into which is woven an intense and organic symbolism of the Christian doctrine of death and eternal life.”

Letters, David Murphy, Grace Harris, Anthony Moses, Numenor Regent, Jeanne Wardwell, Alexei Kondratiev, Mark Thompson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

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The Honour And Glory Of A Mouse: Reepicheep Of Narnia, Mark Bailey

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Despite the fact that Lewis viewed pride as “the central issue in Christian morality” and it is a great sin in Narnia, the character of Reepicheep escapes condemnation because his pride is “a proper sense of dignity and worth” and his motives generous.

A Note On Charles Williams’ The Place Of The Lion, Michael Haykin

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers why Williams refers to a non-existent Gnostic tradition in a conversation between Anthony and Mr. Richardson. Is this mere error or purposeful?

Reviews, George Colvin, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Lee Speth

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Middle Earth. Simulations Publications Inc., Rob Mosca, Linda Mosca and Richard Berg, Howard Barasch. Reviewed by George Colvin.

J.R.R. Tolkien, A Biography. Humphrey Carpenter. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Longing for a Form, Essays on the Fiction of C.S. Lewis. Peter J. Schakel, ed.. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land. Raylyn Moore, Preface by Ray Bradbury. Reviewed by Lee Speth.

"The Northern Literature" And The Ring Trilogy, Mariann Russell

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines “the northern spirit” in Tolkien’s fiction, the tension between the spirit of “uttermost endurance in the service of indomitable will” and the prideful desire for reputation.

The Quest, Mary M. Stolzenbach

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

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A Word From Mistress Ellwood, Gracia Fay Ellwood

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

An Inklings Bibliography (7), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Founder's Focus, Glen Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Star Calls, Gracia Fay Ellwood

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.

Precarious Sanctuaries: Protection And Exposure In Faulkner's Fiction, Philip M. Weinstein

English Literature Faculty Works

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Cinematic Auguries Of The Third Reich In Gravity's Rainbow, David Cowart

Faculty Publications

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Ua68/1 Forum, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Archives Records

WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters faculty newsletter regarding research and publication. This newsletter includes:

• Mounce, Robert. Harvard & the Core Curriculum
• Heldman, James. Some Thoughts on English 183

Literary Criticism And Composition Theory, Steven J. Mailloux

English Faculty Works

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William Faulkner And The Meaning Of History, Allen C. Lovelace

Theses & Honors Papers

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Mythcon 9 - "Derynicon", The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

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Robert Penn Warren And The Romance, Ann C. Conner

Theses & Honors Papers

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Sing No Sad Songs For Me : A Study Of The Influence Of The Oxford Movement Upon Christina Rossetti As Evidenced In Her Poetry, Debbie J. Brown

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Christina Rossetti was largely influenced by the religious reformation known as the Oxford Movement; this study attempts to record that influence by discussing the etiology and the doctrines of the Movement in relationship to Christina's life and her poetry. A cursory review of the topics of Miss Rossetti's poetry, based on her work published in The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina Rossetti, is included, in addition to a more in-depth evaluation of selected poems. A partial biographical study is offered, which relies primarily upon William Rossetti's Memoir to the Poetical Works and The Family Letters of Christina Georgina Rossetti. The …

Ahab’S Humanities, Marian Barger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In Herman Melville’s Moby Dick Captain Peleg declares, “Ahab has his humanities.” Although many facets of Ahab’s character have been explored, his humanities have not been discussed at length. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “humanities” as “human attributes; traits or touches of human nature or feeling; points that concern man, or appeal to the human sensibilities.” This definition is vague; the specific qualities which should be included must be enumerated, since the humanities of one culture may not be the same as those of another. Ahab has been associated with two cultures – The Western, Christian tradition and the Near …