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James Beattie's The Minstrel (1771, 1774): Its Influence On Wordsworth, E. H. King

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Arthur E. Mcguinness. Henry Home, Lord Kames (No. 82 Of Twayne's English Author Series, Ed. Sylvia E. Bowman). New York. Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1970. 160 Pp. No Price., Vincent M. Bevilacqua

Studies in Scottish Literature

No abstract provided.

Defoe's Theory Of Evil, Jeanette Martin Bass

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

The Knit Of Identity In Some Fiction By Elizabeth Bowen, Vi Christensen Mullin

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Major Themes In The Works Of Ernest Dowson, Alison Charles Phillips

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

The Uses Of Processions In Shakespeare's Plays, William F. Sodini

English Theses & Dissertations

No abstract.

Structures Of Dialect In Short Stories And Poetry Of Jesse Stuart, David G. Littleton

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by David G. Littleton on July 18, 1970.

The Language Structures If Epic As Seen In The Gone With The Wind And Water Of Life, Judith Yvonne Chandler

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Judith Y. Chandler in June of 1970.

A Critical Study Of The Dramas Of Four Major Romantic Poets, Earl Murphy Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Since little critical attention has been given to the dramas of this period, it would seem that further examination of them would be of value. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to investigate the dramas of the major Romantic poets in order to provide a new critical perspective on their plays specifically and Romantic drama generally. From this it is hoped useful conclusions can be drawn. The study will be limited to the plays of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, and George Gordon, Lord Byron. John Keats has been omitted from this group because his only …

Domestic Imagery In Tennyson's In Memoriam, Ruth Clark

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The vehicle Tennyson uses to explore the thematic ambiguities of love/indifference; faith/doubt; hope/despair; and life/death is domestic imagery, specifically images which involve the home or house and those images of personal relationships which move the poet from despair to a tentative faith.

The initial chapter of this work will present a general view of Tennyson and In Memoriam by which the subsequent study of the elegy's domestic imagery may be brought into focus. In addition to a discussion of the occasion of the poem, pertinent critical material will be evaluated in terms of value to this discussion of imagery. After …

Mother Of Mankind: Milton's Treatment Of Eve In Paradise Lost, Mary Swanks

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Although many critics have dealt with their general impressions of the character of Eve or have traced specific passages concerning her to the Bible or to rabbinical tradition, no one critic has made a detailed study of the way in which Milton portrays Eve from prelapsarian innocence through the fall to her ultimate reconciliation with Adam and with God. This study is concerned with Milton's complete portrait of Eve and with the way in which he uses the themes of women's inferiority, of the hierarchy of nature, and of the virtue of reason over passion to explain the fall of …

Critical Issues In The Religious Content Of The Poetry Of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Problems & Resolutions, Jo Anne Gabbard

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to investigate a limited number of the most influential and interesting studies dealing in depth with the question of Hopkins' religion and its resultant influence on his poetic talent, and to attempt to resolve some of the points of dispute. some of the studies investigated argue that Hopkins was hindered in his poetic endeavors by his religion, while others attempt to prove that his religion enhanced his poetry. The present study is not intended as an evaluation of individual works; its purpose is rather to present the pertinent and relevant ideas projected in each …

Imagery In Meredith's Modern Love, Beverly Belden

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

George Meredith's Modern Love deals with a formula for achieving happiness in life by a man whose marriage has failed. His marital breakup serves as a catalyst for the husband's internal journey which, through intense self questionings, leads him to a fuller understanding of himself and his purpose within the harmony of nature. Definite overt action and external events are secondary in the sonnet sequence. Indeed, the major portion of the work is conveyed by images which reveal the husband's developing psychological states. As Lionel Stevenson says of Modern Love in the standard biography of Meredith,

. . . the …

Prince Caspian, By C.S. Lewis. Reviewed By Glen Goodknight., Glen Goodknight

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Masking And Disguise In The Plays Of Etherege, Wycherley, And Cosgreve., John Ellison Carroll

English Language and Literature ETDs

Masks and disguises permeate the plays of Etherege, Wycherley, and Congreve. Previous studies of these elements have not considered some of their more significant literary and theatrical uses. Indeed, the mask is usually dismissed as a social phenomenon of the Restoration. However, like material disguise, the mask provides the plays with spectacle and serves numerous other dramaturgic functions--structural, thematic, symbolic, and satiric. A detailed study of the uses of these devices can increase the reader's or spectator's understanding of the three dramatists' plays.

The Consistency Of John Dryden's Literary Criticism In Theory And Practice., Elmer Joseph Cole Jr.

English Language and Literature ETDs

While many studies have investigated relationships between aspects of John Dry den's literary theory and his practice as a poet, and others have examined specific problems in his literary theory, there have been no significant attempts to analyze his practical criticism as a means of determining the theoretical foundations of his criticism. This study attempts to determine the relationships between Dryden's practical criticism and his general statements of literary theory.

Dryden's criticism emphasizes the dual ends of instruction and delight as the principal function of liter­ature. He uses this principle in close conjunction with the concept of the imitation of …

The Organic Unity Of Henry David Thoreau's A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers., Gail Baker

English Language and Literature ETDs

Most scholars have failed to consider Henry David Thoreau’s A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers as a unified work of art. Rather they have dismissed it as a weak first book, lacking the depth of thought and artistry of Walden. This study attempts to analyze the kind of book A Week is and to show that its organic unity develops from Thoreau’s belief in the independence of man and nature.

From Drama To Novel: A Study Of Fielding's Development., Connie Capers

English Language and Literature ETDs

Many critics have noted the influence that Henry Fielding's years as a dramatist had on his career as a writer of prose fiction. However, none of these critics has attempted any detailed analysis of that influence. This dissertation will discuss the influence by examining in detail the narrator; the burlesque of form, fable, and language; the comical and farcical elements of the dramatized scenes; and marriage as a satiric object in the plays and prose fiction. Each had its beginnings in the plays, and each finds its way into the prose fiction. My hypothesis is that Fielding's prose fiction shows …

Man's Relationship To The Land In Four Novels By John Steinbeck: To A God Unknown, Of Mice And Men, The Grapes Of Wrath, And East Of Eden, Marie Parsons

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, English by Marie Parsons in May of 1970.

The Archetypal Significance Of Tamar Caulwell In Robinson Jeffers' "Tamar", June Wilson

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Division of Languages and Literature at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by June Wilson in May of 1970.

A Graphemic Analysis Of An Old English Text: The Parker Manuscript, The Laws Of Alfred & Ine, Mary Reiss

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study may be considered an exercise in graphemic analysis. It proceeds from the point of view that writing is an independent manifestation of language. As such, the writing system of a language may be subject to a descriptive analysis based upon methods similar to those used in the analysis of spoken language systems. The purpose of such a description is to determine the distinctive and non -distinctive elements of the system.

Chapter V of this study is a graphemic analysis of one section of the Parker Manuscript. This analysis is based upon the principles discussed in Chapter II …

Some Paradoxical Elements In The Fiction Of Carson Mccullers, Rona Bozarth

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Since the death of Carson McCullers in 1967, there has been no revival of interest in her work, and there has been little critical study done in regard to it. All of McCullers' stories have Southern settings, and most are set in her native Georgia. She uses folk materials (as do Faulkner, Welty and Warren), but the limitations which these impose are transcended, and the fiction becomes an "examination of universal moral circumstances."¹ McCullers does not exploit local color, which, as Robert Penn Warren has noted, is often "incomplete and unphilosophical."² Rather than treating locale for its own …

Political Influence Of The Ku Klux Klan In The 1925 Indiana General Assembly, Harvelyn S. Norton

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Diterpene And Gibberellin Synthesis By Certain Fusarium Species And Bacteria, Chao-Ying Kuo

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Critical Study Of William Nevill's The Castell Of Pleasure; The Delusions Of Amor., Thomas Hardy Miles

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

Few English poems have been neglected more than William Nevilll's The Castell of. Pleasure. Following Henry Pepwell' s reprint ( 1518) of Wynkyn de Worde' s original edition, the poem has been reprinted only twice. Scholarly criticism of the poem is even rarer than are its editions.

The Greater Trumps, By Charles Williams. Reviewed By Glen Goodknight., Glen Goodknight

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

An Interpretation Of The Essence Of Oedipus In Myth And Drama, Mary Katherine Palmore

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Henry David Thoreau's Interest In Myth, Fable And Legend, Richard Francis Fleck

English Language and Literature ETDs

This study, I believe, has shown a number of things about Thoreau as a folklorist which have not been seen before. He was America's first comprehensive folklorist not only in terms of collecting vast amounts of folktales, folkpoems, legends and myths but also in terms of theorizing on the formation of folklore. Thoreau made literary use of his folklore knowledge by creating pieces imitative of anonymous folklore as well as by couching his style with indigenous and European mythological and legendary allusions. While some critics have discussed Thoreau's collecting of folklore in his published writings and his attempts at imitation …

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.

Ivy Leaves 13, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The Spring 1970 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Mary Beth Matthews, Jim Taylor, Gail Rada, Stanley Horton, Rose Thompson, Sonny Smith, Sally Arant, Buzz Pedicord, Joanne Gresham, Faye P. Cowan, Margaret Everhart, R.S. Moore, Marietta McCown, Dr. Paul Talmadge, W.F. West, Jr., and M.B. Wilson.