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The Continuance Of Romance In American Fiction, Oliver James Benham

All Master's Theses

Critics recognize an important tradition of American romance in the nineteenth century, yet they pay little if any serious attention to the continuing tradition of romance in the literature of this century.

The Influence Of The Mixed Media Concept On Contemporary Literature And Music, Joe Kirby

Honors Theses

Probably the most exciting development in the fields of literature, art, music, and communications in the past twenty years is the mixed-media concept. The idea of using more than one artistic form in conjunction with others to produce a desired effect is not new, but only with the development of our modern electronic technology did this concept come to tremendously influenced the contemporary literary and musical world. More important, however, the development of new and hitherto undreamt of communications and transportation media has had a profound influence upon modern culture and civilization itself.

Marshall McLuhan, author of Understanding Media, …

"Poetry Reading With Allen Ginsberg And Others", Allen Ginsberg, Robert Bly, Robert Sund, Jon Anderson

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society and the New University Conference.

The Applied Axioms Of Social Psychology As Carried By The Language Of Alfred Eaton's Attitudes In John O'Hara's "From The Terrace", Henry P. Rogers

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Henry P. Rogers in January of 1969.

The Cabellian: A Journal Of The Second American Renaissance (Vol. I, No. 2, 1969)

The Cabellian: A Journal of the Second American Renaissance

James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) / Desmond Tarrant -- A Case of Literary Piracy? / Dorothy B. Schlegel -- The Storisende Edition: Some Liabilities / Edgar E. MacDonald -- A Three-Quarter-Length Portrait of Carl Van Vechten / James Ringo -- A Grand Old Bookman / Edward Wagenknecht -- The First Fifty Years of Jurgen / I. R. Brussel -- The Naming of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Cabell Library / Maurice Duke -- Dissertations on Cabell / Julius Rothman -- Book Reviews: Cabell, Ladies and Gentlemen / Julius Rothman -- Mayfield, The Constant Circle / Betty Adler -- Bond, Nightmares and Daydreams …

The Cabellian: A Journal Of The Second American Renaissance (Vol. Ii, No. 1, 1969)

The Cabellian: A Journal of the Second American Renaissance

Cabell’s Translation of Virginia / Dorothy B. Schlegel -- Vardis Fisher and James Branch Cabell: An Essay on Influence and Reputation / Joseph M. Flora -- The Unheeding South: Donald Davidson on James Branch Cabell / M. Thomas Inge -- Recent Acquisitions of the Cabell Library / Maurice Duke -- Tentative Checklist of Current Retail Values of Collectible Cabell Editions Supplement I – Cabelliana / Nelson Bond -- Cabelliana in Hawaii / Robert H. Canary -- Frances Joan Brewer’s Bibliography: Its Genesis / George E. F. Brewer -- Another Opinion of Ingénue Among the Lions / Edgar E. MacDonald -- …

Maurice Francis Egan: Writer, Teacher, Diplomat, Caroline Patrice Peck

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Literary Sociologist: John Steinbeck, Anne Nowlin

Honors Theses

John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in the town of Salinas, California. He lived most of his first forty years in the Salinas Valley, and it is generally agreed that the most significant biographical link between Steinbeck and his writings is this fact of his birth and growth to maturity in the valley. Here is the source of knowledge, love of nature and many of his characters, whether paisanos or migrant workers of Tortilla Flat and Grapes of Wrath, took form.

John Steinbeck's Method Of Characterization, Claudette Oliver

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Faulkner's View Of The Moral And Social Dissolution Of The South, Patricia Lindsay Kerr

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.