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Lingampally, Mackenzie Anne Jaggi
Lingampally, Mackenzie Anne Jaggi
Theses and Dissertations
Lingampally is a multigenerational family story that follows a single mother, Amulya Goli, as she navigates raising Vasanth, her self-assured, reckless son, in the Christian faith in a small village in Hyderabad, India. Absent a father figure, Vasanth struggles to know himself and embrace his manhood. In a tumultuous series of events, Amulya's past indiscretions return demanding justice, and she must sacrifice all that she loves to ensure her family's future. She secures the funds that allow Vasanth, his wife Boomika, and their sons Nikki and Hari to emigrate to Plymouth, England in the winter of 2001 to start a …
Finished, Shayla Frandsen
Finished, Shayla Frandsen
Theses and Dissertations
Sixteen-year-old Tiny Sinclair begins her first year at Charity Ambrose Finishing School in 1953 already feeling like an outcast: her mother, a glamorous movie star, is dead, and her father is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Communist. All her classmates seem to have it so easy: beautiful Betty is an elegant and popular socialite, while Diane, the richest girl in school, is dangerous and mysterious (and, for some reason, hell-bent on ruining Tiny's life). When a classmate is found dead and Tiny becomes the number one suspect, the situation seems to go from bad to worse. Determined to clear …
"Arguing The Point" In Marryat's Midshipman Novels, Jessica Johnson
"Arguing The Point" In Marryat's Midshipman Novels, Jessica Johnson
Theses and Dissertations
Rebels haven’t always been sexy. In fact, throughout history “fighting the power” has often revealed the ugliest side of human nature. Of course, sometimes rebellion is necessary, even if it isn’t pretty, but it should never be considered lightly. So, under what circumstances is rebellion against authority—particularly a governing authority—morally sound? Is mutiny ever justified? Such questions are difficult, perhaps impossible, to answer, but literature can be a powerful tool for dissecting them. Captain Frederick Marryat (1798-1848), often called the father of naval fiction, used his novels to air these and other morally ambiguous questions for an early Victorian readership. …
Herr Im Hause, Margarethe Von Bülow
Irdische Liebe, Frieda Freiin Von Bülow
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!, Helene Böhlau
Band 1. Inhalt Der Bände, Helene Böhlau
"History Real Or Feigned": Tolkien, Scott, And Poetry's Place In Fashioning History, Kaleigh Jean Spooner
"History Real Or Feigned": Tolkien, Scott, And Poetry's Place In Fashioning History, Kaleigh Jean Spooner
Theses and Dissertations
Most critics of The Lord of the Rings correlate Tolkien's work to ancient texts, like Beowulf, the Elder Edda, and medieval romances. While the connection between these traditional materials and Tolkien is valid, it neglects a key feature of Tolkien's work and one of the author's desires, which was to fashion a sort of history that felt as real as any other old story. Moreover, it glosses over the rather obvious point that Tolkien is writing a novel, or at any rate a long work of prose fiction that owes a good deal to the novel tradition. …
Ali: A Novel, Joshua Sabey, Stephen Tuttle
Ali: A Novel, Joshua Sabey, Stephen Tuttle
Journal of Undergraduate Research
When I was in high school, my family hosted an Iraqi student named Ali. He eventually went AWOL (absent without leave) and we were able to help him get political asylum. Since then I have built friendships and collected stories from several other Iraqi students that I have now compiled into a book.
Matched; Crossed; Reached. The Matched Trilogy, William Morris, Ally Condie
Matched; Crossed; Reached. The Matched Trilogy, William Morris, Ally Condie
BYU Studies Quarterly
Ally Condie, a Latter-day Saint and graduate of Brigham Young University, is best known as the author of the Matched trilogy. These three books contain all the ingredients for a successful YA (young adult fiction) series: a plucky heroine, a love triangle, a dystopian setting. And a success it is: each volume has spent numerous weeks on various best-seller lists, Disney has optioned the film rights to the trilogy, and numerous fan sites and social media groups are active online. If it were just those ingredients alone, the trilogy would not be worth noting amid the outpouring of YA novels …
The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall, Angela Hallstrom
The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall, Angela Hallstrom
BYU Studies Quarterly
Brady Udall's The Lonely Polygamist, published in 2010, arrived amid a wave of pop-culture interest in the polygamist lifestyle: HBO's Big Love was gearing up for its finale; TLC's reality show Sister Wives had just hit the airwaves; and real-life stories of Warren Jeffs, child brides, and FLDS compounds were common tabloid fare. Although Udall had been at work on his novel for many years before polygamy became a hot cultural topic, some skeptical readers--Mormon and non-Mormon alike--wondered if the novel's intentions were more sensational than literary. Once reviews began rolling in, however, it became clear that The Lonely Polygamist …
Halldor Laxness And The Latter-Day Saints: The Story Behind The Novel Paradisarheimt, Fred E. Woods
Halldor Laxness And The Latter-Day Saints: The Story Behind The Novel Paradisarheimt, Fred E. Woods
BYU Studies Quarterly
On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Halldor Laxness's Mormon-themed novel Paradisarheimt (Paradise Reclaimed), BYU professor Fred E. Woods tells the story of how the Nobel-prize winning author became interested in the topic of Mormon Icelandic immigration to Utah. Woods shares correspondence between Laxness and Latter-day Saints, thus portraying the friendships that developed as Laxness visited Utah for book research and continued to write to his friends for more information. Woods compares stories of real Icelandic Mormon immigrants with the fictional characters in Laxness's novel. At the time of the book's publication, some Mormon readers felt that …
The Tree House, Philip A. Snyder, Douglas Thayer
The Tree House, Philip A. Snyder, Douglas Thayer
BYU Studies Quarterly
Douglas Thayer. The Tree House: A Novel. Provo, Utah: Zarahemla Books, 2009.
The Conversion Of Jeff Williams. By Douglas Thayer, Daniel Kay Muhlestein
The Conversion Of Jeff Williams. By Douglas Thayer, Daniel Kay Muhlestein
BYU Studies Quarterly
Douglas Thayer. The Conversion of Jeff Williams. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2003.
Man Down South, Joseph B. Plicka
Man Down South, Joseph B. Plicka
Theses and Dissertations
In this novella the main character, David Crumm, is getting older and decides not to wait around and die on his frozen ranch, but to retire to warmer climates. He leaves everything with his daughter, gets in his truck and drives south with his dog. In Florida, he accidentally hits and kills a migrant woman on her bicycle. The woman has a young son who survives the accident and, through a number of converging factors, David is compelled to personally take the boy back to his relatives in Nicaragua. The book then deals with David's experiences as he heads farther …
Casuistical Connections From Dunton To Defoe, John E. Fossum
Casuistical Connections From Dunton To Defoe, John E. Fossum
Theses and Dissertations
This master's thesis is primarily concerned with the philosophical conditions of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century England that encouraged the emergence of periodical literature and perpetuated the birth of the novel. While most connections between periodical literature and the novel are made on how the former created the readership that ensured the latter's success, I focus on how the epistemology unique to the advent of empirical science together with the growing prominence of casuistic thought created a space in which periodical literature could emerge and the early novel could flourish. I investigate the underlying assertion of a particular philosophical amalgam …
Baptists At Our Barbecue Robert F. Smith, Eric A. Eliason
Baptists At Our Barbecue Robert F. Smith, Eric A. Eliason
BYU Studies Quarterly
Robert F. Smith. Baptists at Our Barbecue. Murray, Utah: Aspen Books, 1996. 262 pp. Paperback. $9.95.
Die Ratsmaedschen Laufen Einem Herzog In Die Arme, Helene Böhlau
Die Ratsmaedschen Laufen Einem Herzog In Die Arme, Helene Böhlau
Prose Fiction
No abstract provided.
A Case Of Double Inscription: Carlos De Sigüenza Y Góngora's Infortunios De Alonso Ramírez, Lee H. Dowling
A Case Of Double Inscription: Carlos De Sigüenza Y Góngora's Infortunios De Alonso Ramírez, Lee H. Dowling
Quidditas
Among the early works of Latin American prose literature, Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora's Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez has attracted a relatively large share of critical attention. Much of this has stemmed from an interest in tracing the antecedents of the Latin American novel – the novel believed to represent a prestigious literary genre whose comparatively late appearance in Latin America has been the theme of much discussion. While such interest led a number of critics to reread Infortunios and other comparable early works with renewed interest, evaluations stemming from the search for a nucleus of characteristics derived from the …
Der Dorfdummerl, Lena Christ
Der Dorfdummerl, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Der Räuber Blasius, Lena Christ
Der Räuber Blasius, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Das Neue Hausregiment, Lena Christ
Das Neue Hausregiment, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Der Guldensack, Lena Christ
Der Guldensack, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Der Steinriegerbauer, Lena Christ
Der Steinriegerbauer, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Der Schatz Des Toten, Lena Christ
Der Schatz Des Toten, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Die Blaue Krugel, Lena Christ
Die Blaue Krugel, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Die Erbschaft, Lena Christ
Die Erbschaft, Lena Christ
Prose Fiction
This title is part of a compilation, Bauern. Bayerische Geschichten, found at https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophiefiction/17/
Brot Und Wein, Sophie Hoechstetter
Entpersönlichung, Ricarda Huch
Das Haus Ohne Tür Und Fenster, Thea Von Harbou