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The Social And Political Philosophy Of Shelley As Revealed In His Poetry, Eulalie Imogene Powell Jan 1930

The Social And Political Philosophy Of Shelley As Revealed In His Poetry, Eulalie Imogene Powell

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"The interest in a study of the philosophy of Shelley does not lie in the hope of discovering anything new, since there is little in anyone's belief that is without historic parallel. Rather, the sources of such an interest are first, the medium of poetry through which Shelley expressed his belief, and secondly, the transference of these beliefs into the acts of his life. It is to a consideration of the first of these that this paper is limited. Biographical facts will be used only for the elucidation of the theories expressed in his poems. Briefly, the purpose of this …


The Concept Of Social Determinism As A Motivating Influence In Some Modern Tragedy, Arthur Lenox Bradford Jan 1929

The Concept Of Social Determinism As A Motivating Influence In Some Modern Tragedy, Arthur Lenox Bradford

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"The term, "social determinism", is a rather unfortunate designation for the absolute conditioning of human character by the aggregate of biologic and social influences...The central idea of this positivistic interpretation is that man, along with all other organic things, is the product of hereditary accidence and environmental contacts, that his psychic and physical constitutions (if there be such differentiation) are fashioned to the minutest detail by circumstance, and that his thoughts and the chemic impulses of his nature appear precisely according to his character which he has no hand in making"--Introduction, page 2-3.


The Origin And Development Of The Arthurian Story In English Literature To The Nineteenth Century, Nadine Matlock Sease Jan 1927

The Origin And Development Of The Arthurian Story In English Literature To The Nineteenth Century, Nadine Matlock Sease

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"It is the purpose of this paper to trace the story of the Arthurian romance from its origin to the nineteenth century with especial reference to the literature of the English language"--pages 1-2.