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Poetic Appropriations In Vergil’S Aeneid: A Study In Three Themes Comprising Aeneas’ Character Development, Edgar Gordyn
Poetic Appropriations In Vergil’S Aeneid: A Study In Three Themes Comprising Aeneas’ Character Development, Edgar Gordyn
Theses and Dissertations
In Vergil’s Aeneid, Aeneas’ character development into the leader of the new Roman race is depicted in light of three significant themes: the bees, whether they appear in the epic’s similes or in the prophetic vision in book 7, the theme of passion, particularly ira, and the theme of reason, whether in Aeneas’ spoken commands or in his increasingly purposeful actions in founding his intended city. These themes, I argue, are interdependent and together highlight Aeneas’ character development into a model Roman leader, as well as highlight significant depictions of Vergil’s vision of the model Roman state.
Ekphrasis And Skepticism In Three Works Of Shakespeare, Robert P. Irons
Ekphrasis And Skepticism In Three Works Of Shakespeare, Robert P. Irons
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation investigates the claim that “The truest poetry is the most feigning” by examining ekphrasis and its relation to skepticism in Shakespeare. Two fundamental claims comprise my argument: first, Shakespeare uses ekphrasis to acknowledge doubt in order that his poetry might become most true; second, ekphrasis is the unique means by which the spectators–at times both within and outside of the play– may question their own skepticism and additionally consider their role and place as audience.
In the introduction, after discussing key characteristics of ekphrasis conveyed in the Shield of Achilles, I argue that the spatial focus of Horace’s …
The Blithedale Romance: Sympathy, Industry, And The Poet, Matthew Chelf
The Blithedale Romance: Sympathy, Industry, And The Poet, Matthew Chelf
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Hysteria And The Performance Of Masculinity: A Feminist Reading Of James Joyce’S “A Painful Case”, Adam Quinn
Hysteria And The Performance Of Masculinity: A Feminist Reading Of James Joyce’S “A Painful Case”, Adam Quinn
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
The Sublime Experience: Individual Versus Collective Morality In William Faulkner’S Absalom, Absalom!, Erika Guynn
The Sublime Experience: Individual Versus Collective Morality In William Faulkner’S Absalom, Absalom!, Erika Guynn
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Contents, Tom Mack Ph.D.
Contents, Tom Mack Ph.D.
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.
Back Matter, Tom Mack, Ph.D.
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
The Oswald Review Undergraduate Research And Criticism In The Discipline Of English: Volume 16 Fall 2014
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Tom Mack Ph.D.
Front Matter, Tom Mack Ph.D.
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Dryden And Baroque Chamber Music, Dan Sperrin
Dryden And Baroque Chamber Music, Dan Sperrin
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.
Understanding Death In Brown And Poe: Backgrounds And Continuities, Anthony Cunder
Understanding Death In Brown And Poe: Backgrounds And Continuities, Anthony Cunder
The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English
No abstract provided.