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Samuel Johnson And The Journals Of The Romantic Period., Dorothy Iris George Jan 1950

Samuel Johnson And The Journals Of The Romantic Period., Dorothy Iris George

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Edwin Arlington Robinson With Special Attention To His Shorter Poems, Lucile Willowby Jan 1950

A Study Of Edwin Arlington Robinson With Special Attention To His Shorter Poems, Lucile Willowby

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of the present study is to ascertain the principles of poetry to which Robinson adhers, to determine his position in relation to the imagists, and to discuss in some detail the technical qualities of his shorter poems.


A Comparison Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Criticism Of Shakespeare's Heroines, Grace Mcleod Gartman Jan 1950

A Comparison Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Criticism Of Shakespeare's Heroines, Grace Mcleod Gartman

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The nineteenth century critics appraised Shakespeare's heroines by standards different from those of the twentieth; consequently the two ages reached different conclusions. The purpose of this paper is to point out just what these differences are.

A paper of this scope had to be narrowed in some ways. Otherwise a formidable array of heroines would have been enumerated, but little depth of research could have been shown. In the general conclusion the result would have been the same, as I have discovered through wide reading. To limit the subject only the most famous heroines could be included. The process of …


The Place Of The Cowboy Novel In American Literature : A Study Of Its Development From 1900 To 1940, Ferol Egan Jan 1950

The Place Of The Cowboy Novel In American Literature : A Study Of Its Development From 1900 To 1940, Ferol Egan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Therefore, it is the main purpose of this thesis to arrive at some conclusions in regard to one aspect of cowboy fiction - the cowboy novel. In the main, this study will attempt to place the cowboy novel in its proper position in American literature, While doing this, it will try to show that there are two distinct schools of cowboy novels - the romantic and the realistic; and that of these two schools, the realistic tends to produce novels of a higher literary quality.


Horatian Themes And Phrases In The Lyrics Of Father James Balde, S.J., James Aloysius Voss Jan 1950

Horatian Themes And Phrases In The Lyrics Of Father James Balde, S.J., James Aloysius Voss

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Lowell The Political Satirist: A Study Of His Use Of Literature As A Medium For His Political Thought, 1846-1867, De Lourdes Bragg Jan 1950

Lowell The Political Satirist: A Study Of His Use Of Literature As A Medium For His Political Thought, 1846-1867, De Lourdes Bragg

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Hamlet's Concept Of Christian Womanhood, The Major Motive-Force For His Actions, Charles J. Cagney Jan 1950

Hamlet's Concept Of Christian Womanhood, The Major Motive-Force For His Actions, Charles J. Cagney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Comic Principles Of The Tractatus Coislinianus As Exemplified In The Savoy Libretti Of William Schwenk Gilbert With Emphasis On Patience And Iolanthe, Mary Sheila Cannon Jan 1950

The Comic Principles Of The Tractatus Coislinianus As Exemplified In The Savoy Libretti Of William Schwenk Gilbert With Emphasis On Patience And Iolanthe, Mary Sheila Cannon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Theistic Problems In The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill, Robert C. Dressman Jan 1950

The Theistic Problems In The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill, Robert C. Dressman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of The Treatment Of Joan Of Arc In Selected Literary Works, Harriet Johns Sep 1949

A Comparative Study Of The Treatment Of Joan Of Arc In Selected Literary Works, Harriet Johns

English Language and Literature ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to make a comparative study of the treatment of Joan of Arc in selected literary works to determine how far and in what ways interpretations vary according to the spirit of the age and the author's own particular interests and biases. It will be shown that the author's dominant purpose in writing and the reasons for his interest in Joan do affect his presentation of her to a large extent. It will also be shown that as a rule the author reflects the zeitgeist of his age or a reaction against it. The importance …


Aspects Of Mark Twain As A Social Critic, Thomas A. Erhard Sep 1949

Aspects Of Mark Twain As A Social Critic, Thomas A. Erhard

English Language and Literature ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to look at a representative sampling of Mark Twain criticism and see to what extent Twain was considered a social satirist, (2) to look at Twain's own works and determine whether or not he was a social critic, (3) to see how far he carried his social criticism, and (4) to note the purposes for which his social criticism was employed. The latter part of the study has been broken up into several broad phases of Mark Twain's contemporary scene which might have been expected to provoke his criticism: War, Westward Expansion …


An Evaluation Of The Twentieth Century British And American Criticism Of Sir Walter Scott's Major Narrative Poems, Roseanna Burke Sep 1949

An Evaluation Of The Twentieth Century British And American Criticism Of Sir Walter Scott's Major Narrative Poems, Roseanna Burke

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Study Of Performance Of County Scholarship Students At Indiana State Teachers College For The Ten Year Period Ending June 1949, James H. Watts Aug 1949

Study Of Performance Of County Scholarship Students At Indiana State Teachers College For The Ten Year Period Ending June 1949, James H. Watts

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of The Marking System Of The Perry County Elementary Schools, Cecil C. Foster Aug 1949

An Investigation Of The Marking System Of The Perry County Elementary Schools, Cecil C. Foster

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Survey Of Current Practices In Judging Debate And The Formulation Of A Model Ballot, Joseph Martin Marcinko Aug 1949

A Survey Of Current Practices In Judging Debate And The Formulation Of A Model Ballot, Joseph Martin Marcinko

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Functions, Purposes, And Recent Developments Of Adult Education, Walter J. Wolpert Aug 1949

Functions, Purposes, And Recent Developments Of Adult Education, Walter J. Wolpert

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Development And Evaluation Of An Experimental Reading Program (Readiness) For Visually Handicapped Children, Lottie Mae Tierce Hamilton Aug 1949

The Development And Evaluation Of An Experimental Reading Program (Readiness) For Visually Handicapped Children, Lottie Mae Tierce Hamilton

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A History Of The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, Irvin Fred Marutz Aug 1949

A History Of The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, Irvin Fred Marutz

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Financing The Purchase Of Uniforms For The High School Bands, Orchestras, And Choruses In The Public Schools Of Indiana, Walter Anderson Aug 1949

Financing The Purchase Of Uniforms For The High School Bands, Orchestras, And Choruses In The Public Schools Of Indiana, Walter Anderson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Travels Of Lord Byron, Maxwell Rock Schools Aug 1949

The Travels Of Lord Byron, Maxwell Rock Schools

Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this work to present a concise manner the record of the travels of Lord Byron. His travels are the most important part of his life, because he spent the major part of his adult life in foreign lands, and his journeys are responsible for his great poetic creations.


A Suggested Program For The Use Of Films In A 6-6 School With An Enrollment Of Three Hundred, Joseph Hoopingarner Aug 1949

A Suggested Program For The Use Of Films In A 6-6 School With An Enrollment Of Three Hundred, Joseph Hoopingarner

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Insecurity And Its Causes As One Factor In The Personality Development Of The Preadolescent, Charlotte K. Reynolds Aug 1949

A Study Of Insecurity And Its Causes As One Factor In The Personality Development Of The Preadolescent, Charlotte K. Reynolds

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A History Of The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, Irvin Fred Maurtaz Aug 1949

A History Of The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, Irvin Fred Maurtaz

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Out-Of-School Radio Listening Habits Of The Intermediate Grades In Princeton, Indiana, Dorothy Romerhausen Johnson Aug 1949

Out-Of-School Radio Listening Habits Of The Intermediate Grades In Princeton, Indiana, Dorothy Romerhausen Johnson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Discriminative Study Of Accounting Terminology, Charles F. Nagy Aug 1949

A Discriminative Study Of Accounting Terminology, Charles F. Nagy

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Training And Professional Outlook Of Business Education Teachers, Charles C. Modesitt Aug 1949

A Study Of The Training And Professional Outlook Of Business Education Teachers, Charles C. Modesitt

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Status Of Journalism In Kansas High Schools And Colleges, Leland E. Heinze Jul 1949

The Status Of Journalism In Kansas High Schools And Colleges, Leland E. Heinze

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The main purposes of this survey are to compare the journalism curriculums in Kansas high schools and colleges with the requirements of Kansas newspaper publishers and their demand for trained journalists.


A Study Of The Effects Of Inflation On Teachers' Salaries In Indiana And A Comparison With Other Occupations, Dick T. Morgan Jul 1949

A Study Of The Effects Of Inflation On Teachers' Salaries In Indiana And A Comparison With Other Occupations, Dick T. Morgan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Why Do High School Students Not Take A Greater Interest In City Government, Leslie J. Evinger Jul 1949

Why Do High School Students Not Take A Greater Interest In City Government, Leslie J. Evinger

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Effects Of Inflation On Teachers' Salaries In Indiana And A Comparison With Other Occupations, Dick T. Morgan Jul 1949

A Study Of The Effects Of Inflation On Teachers' Salaries In Indiana And A Comparison With Other Occupations, Dick T. Morgan

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.