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The Domestication Of History In American Art: 1848-1876, Jochen Wierich
The Domestication Of History In American Art: 1848-1876, Jochen Wierich
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation traces the decline of history painting and its domestication in Other artistic forms in the United States. In the three decades between the Mexican-American War and the Centennial, the market for historical art went through a major transformation. Artists shifted from historical to contemporary subjects or represented historical themes in everyday-domestic settings. Monumental history painting, which was supported by art unions and private patrons during the antebellum period, came under critical attack and lost its status as a form of high art. Critical opinion turned especially against paintings of historical struggle and heroic sacrifice which seemed to be …
Carnival Morality: The Freedom Of Hawthorne's "The Marble Faun", Stephen Clawson Robertson
Carnival Morality: The Freedom Of Hawthorne's "The Marble Faun", Stephen Clawson Robertson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Ralph And Lily: Victims In A Boundary World, Regina Marie Lucas
Ralph And Lily: Victims In A Boundary World, Regina Marie Lucas
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Enduring Villain: Germans As Nazi Stereotypes In American Cinema, Christine Lokotsch Aube
The Enduring Villain: Germans As Nazi Stereotypes In American Cinema, Christine Lokotsch Aube
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Robe Of Eloquence: Speech And Power In The Life And Lectures Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Nelson
A Robe Of Eloquence: Speech And Power In The Life And Lectures Of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Nelson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Preserving Virginia's Vision Of The Past, Karen Merry Reilley
Preserving Virginia's Vision Of The Past, Karen Merry Reilley
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe
From Within The Frame: Storytelling In African-American Fiction, Bertram Duane Ashe
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The purpose of this study is to explore the written representation of African-American spoken-voice storytelling in five fictional narratives published between the late nineteenth century and the late twentieth century: Charles W. Chesnutt's "Hot-Foot Hannibal," Zora Neale Hurston's their Eyes Were Watching God, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Toni Cade Bambara's "My Man Bovanne," and John Edgar Wideman's "Doc's Story.".;Using Walter Ong's suggestion that the relationship between storyteller and inside-the-text listener mirrors the hoped-for relationship between writer and readership, this study examines the way these writers grappled with these factors as they generated their texts.;By paying attention to the teller/listener-writer/readership relationship, …
Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
Charlatans, Embezzlers, And Murderers: Revolution Comes To Virginia, 1765-1775, William E. White
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In 1774 Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, predicted that the social tensions in Virginia society would end the fomenting rebellion. For a decade the gentry had contended with a series of scandals that diminished their standing as the social, political and moral leaders of the colony. Three scandals, in particular, heightened freeholder scrutiny of Virginia leaders.;Richard Henry Lee quickly stepped to the forefront in 1765 and became the popular leader of the Stamp Act resistance. The revelation that he had applied for the position of Stamp Collector shocked many. He appeared as a self-interested charlatan. Then, in 1766, Speaker …
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: A History The American World War Ii Personal Narrative, 1942-1945, Hildy Michelle Neel
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation charts the publishing history, marketing, packaging, authorship, and reviewing of WWII personal narratives, explores connections between wartime narratives and issues of censorship, rationing, and the use of books as propaganda, and closely examines the main themes of twenty-five of the nearly two hundred written between 1942 and 1945. The books being assayed offered an insider's view of combat from every theater of war and every branch of the service as well as the Merchant Marines.;An offshoot of the documentary impulse of the Thirties, the personal narrative became an American publishing phenomenon during the next decade's war. In general, …
A Dinner At The Governor's Palace, 10 September 1770, Mollie C. Malone
A Dinner At The Governor's Palace, 10 September 1770, Mollie C. Malone
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A War Of Words: Satire And Song In The Pre-Revolutionary Virginia Gazettes, Mark Hunter Howell
A War Of Words: Satire And Song In The Pre-Revolutionary Virginia Gazettes, Mark Hunter Howell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Katherine Anne Porter's "Old Mortality" And Virginia Woolf: A Study In Feminism, Rebecca S. L. Waite
Katherine Anne Porter's "Old Mortality" And Virginia Woolf: A Study In Feminism, Rebecca S. L. Waite
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"To Go With An Ungloved Hand Was Impossible": A History Of Gloves, Hands, Sex, Wealth, And Power, Karen Northrup Barzilay
"To Go With An Ungloved Hand Was Impossible": A History Of Gloves, Hands, Sex, Wealth, And Power, Karen Northrup Barzilay
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Producing The Past: Museums, Reproductions, Consumers, And Authenticity, Melinda Grace Talbot
Producing The Past: Museums, Reproductions, Consumers, And Authenticity, Melinda Grace Talbot
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
In Search Of The Southern Identity: The Lady, The Farmwife, And The Nonslaveholders Of York County Virginia, 1850-1860, Chesley Homan Flotten
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
From Wilderness To Wonderland: Anglo-American Views Of Ohio Country Landscapes, Bradley Allen Hayes
From Wilderness To Wonderland: Anglo-American Views Of Ohio Country Landscapes, Bradley Allen Hayes
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
Plaids And Broadswords Of The Altamaha, Robert K. Weber
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
"Traveling The White Man's Road" : The Quest For Identity In Hampton's Indian Newspaper, 1886 1907, Eli T. Winkler
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.