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Pearl Buck Reconsidered: The House Of Earth Trilogy, Qishu Li Dec 1992

Pearl Buck Reconsidered: The House Of Earth Trilogy, Qishu Li

Theses & Honors Papers

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An Illumination Of The Damned: Psychoanalytic Exploration Of Character Through American Naturalism In Harold Frederic's The Damnation Of Theron Ware, Steve Randall Spain Jr. Apr 1992

An Illumination Of The Damned: Psychoanalytic Exploration Of Character Through American Naturalism In Harold Frederic's The Damnation Of Theron Ware, Steve Randall Spain Jr.

Theses & Honors Papers

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Women Pioneer Diaries, 1820-1920: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Sonia Alvarez Wilson Apr 1992

Women Pioneer Diaries, 1820-1920: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Sonia Alvarez Wilson

Theses & Honors Papers

The works of twenty women whom participated in the westward expansion at some time between 1820 and 1920 are represented. The women have participated by immigration, emigration, homesteading, or simply living a trans-Mississippi community during the aforementioned time period. The work as a whole provides a variety of examples of the lifestyle and challenges of the period, which may highlight the uniqueness of each woman, while at the same time showing some common experience. Diaries have been selected to represent as many states as possible, in as many time periods as possible within the one hundred year time span, in …


The Heroic Journey Of Troilus And Cressida, Kelly A. Weatherman Apr 1992

The Heroic Journey Of Troilus And Cressida, Kelly A. Weatherman

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


Lee Smith's Protagonists: Moving Beyond Stereotypes Of Southern And Appalachian Women, Roxie Amos Johnson Apr 1992

Lee Smith's Protagonists: Moving Beyond Stereotypes Of Southern And Appalachian Women, Roxie Amos Johnson

Theses & Honors Papers

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Reader, Take A Letter: The Reappearance Of The Epistolary Form In Alice Walker's The Color Purple And Lee Smith's Fair And Tender Ladies, Carla S. Huskey Mar 1992

Reader, Take A Letter: The Reappearance Of The Epistolary Form In Alice Walker's The Color Purple And Lee Smith's Fair And Tender Ladies, Carla S. Huskey

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


The Manifestation Of Thomas Hardy's Agnosticism In Jude The Obscure And Other Works, Joy Fitzgerald Feb 1992

The Manifestation Of Thomas Hardy's Agnosticism In Jude The Obscure And Other Works, Joy Fitzgerald

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


Once Upon A Time: Storytelling And Reader-Response Theory In Donald Harington's Lightning Bug, Beth Camillo Jan 1992

Once Upon A Time: Storytelling And Reader-Response Theory In Donald Harington's Lightning Bug, Beth Camillo

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.


Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets And Kate Chopin's The Awakening: A Study In Literary Naturalism, J. Katherin Huffman Jan 1992

Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets And Kate Chopin's The Awakening: A Study In Literary Naturalism, J. Katherin Huffman

Theses & Honors Papers

During the 1890’s, two American novels, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) written by Stephen Crane and The Awakening written by Kate Choplin, deal with the lives and death of two surprisingly similar young women living in different social standing and regions. Even though the novels are written by opposite sexes with opposite setting and have quite culturally different protagonists, they share the Naturalistic themes of biological determinism, which is expressed through the use of animal imagery and animal symbolism. Crane does not allow Maggie to have positive aspirations, making her appear less human and …