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The Contemporary American Short Story (A Study Of The Best American Short Stories, 1950-1959), Gertrude Carrick Curtler Jul 1960

The Contemporary American Short Story (A Study Of The Best American Short Stories, 1950-1959), Gertrude Carrick Curtler

Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and review the contemporary short story by means of an intensive study of The Best American Short Stories of the past ten years. The obvious weakness of the project is that all these two hundred and forty-five short stories were selected as the best of each year by one person, Martha Foley. While she is generally respected as a critic, still her opinions are based on her own taste and judgement alone. It is possible that she leans too much toward avant­-garde stories, or even that she may prefer stories of one …


Actuality And Realism In The Poetry Of George Crabbe, Gerald Meredith Garman Apr 1960

Actuality And Realism In The Poetry Of George Crabbe, Gerald Meredith Garman

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It ia a generally accepted fact among critics that George Crabbe was a realist. It will be the purpose of this paper to examine this conclusion for its validity. More exactly, I shall compare the poetry of Crabbe with the historical records of his era and measure how closely Crabbe came to reproducing, realistically, his own times. The paper is really a study of Crabbe's realism as reflected in his poetry with a view toward questioning the verdict of the critics.

In this work I have attempted to dispel several misconceived notions about Crabbe's poetry, but the general conclusions will …


The Portrayal Of Historical Character In Browning's Poetry, Claudius Williams Griffin Apr 1960

The Portrayal Of Historical Character In Browning's Poetry, Claudius Williams Griffin

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Robert Browning is one of the most popular of the English poets, in his day and ours. There are Browning Societies and Browning lovers all over the world, from England and America to Africa and South America. He is also popular with scholars. There are at least twelve biographies, three handbooks to interpret his poetry, and six or more collections of his letters to his wife and friends. What accounts for Browning's popularity? He was not a lyric poet like Shelley, nor was he a nature lover like Wordsworth. Much of his poetry is difficult and requires careful reading. Some …


Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), Helen Levine Berkowitz Apr 1960

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889), Helen Levine Berkowitz

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Gerard Manley Hopkins' reputation as a poet has been almost wholly posthumous. He did not "arrive" in a critical way until the l930's when interest seemed to be centered more on the religious implications of his work than on the poetic. Today we are beginning to accept Hopkins as a major poet and to assess his virtues and limitations somewhat more objectively.


A Study Of Hypnotism In The Works Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Helen Lei Hsu Apr 1960

A Study Of Hypnotism In The Works Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Helen Lei Hsu

Master's Theses

I propose in this study to examine the uses of hypnotism in two of Hawthorne 's tales: "Ethan Brand" and "The Prophetic Pictures"; and three of Hawthorne's romances: Fanshawe, The House of the Seven Gables, and The Blithedale Romance. My aims are generally these: to investigate Hawthorne's interest in hypnotism with reference to the manifested popularity of hypnotism in his time; to identify Hawthorne's implication of hypnotism in the above tales and romances; and to analyze Hawthorne 's art of interweaving his themes with the practice of hypnosis.


The Critical Method Of F.R. Leavis, Ilene Schoenau Tello Jan 1960

The Critical Method Of F.R. Leavis, Ilene Schoenau Tello

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The Critical Theory Of John Keats, Rita Claire Callan Jan 1960

The Critical Theory Of John Keats, Rita Claire Callan

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Jeanne D'Arc In The Limelight: A Study Of The Maid In Modern Drama, Daniel Hannefin Jan 1960

Jeanne D'Arc In The Limelight: A Study Of The Maid In Modern Drama, Daniel Hannefin

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The Influence Of Music On The Life Of Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Jerome Lackamp Jan 1960

The Influence Of Music On The Life Of Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Jerome Lackamp

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Analysis Of The "November" Eclogue Of Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender, M. Theresa Nicholson Jan 1960

Analysis Of The "November" Eclogue Of Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender, M. Theresa Nicholson

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The Short Ghost Story : A Critical And Historical Survey, Cameron Dunlop Hall Jul 1959

The Short Ghost Story : A Critical And Historical Survey, Cameron Dunlop Hall

Master's Theses

This thesis is an attempt to evaluate the work of the outstanding British and American short story writers from the early 1800's to the present. No attempt has been made to make a precise historical survey of the development of the ghost story. This paper is limited to the short ghost story in fiction; all fairytales, folk-lore, supposedly authentic anecdotes, plays, novels, and poems of the supernatural are omitted. All pseudoscience stories, horror stories, and weird fantasy are also omitted.

In the introductory part of this paper an attempt has been made to ascertain some of the factors which determine …


The Influence Of Painting On The Fiction Theory Of Henry James As Exemplified In The Ambassadors, William Horace Dodd Jan 1959

The Influence Of Painting On The Fiction Theory Of Henry James As Exemplified In The Ambassadors, William Horace Dodd

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Toward An Understanding Of Christopher Fry, Edward Joseph Mattimoe Jan 1959

Toward An Understanding Of Christopher Fry, Edward Joseph Mattimoe

Master's Theses

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Serious Domestic Drama As Tragedy : A Study Of The Protagonist, Charles Turney Jan 1959

Serious Domestic Drama As Tragedy : A Study Of The Protagonist, Charles Turney

Master's Theses

Domestic drama is the most popular genre employed by the modern dramatist. The question may arise as to whether or not tragedy is any longer desired by the playgoer. In these representative plays, taken from many countries and written on a variety of themes all centered around domestic life, as judged by the criteria established in the first chapter, few of these dramas succeed as tragedies. This is not to be interpreted to mean that the so-called "tragic impulse" is dead. Those plays which are classed as tragedy are pure tragedy-- dramas at the peak of intensity demanded by the …


A Streetcar Named Desire: A Study Of Determinism In Modern Drama, John Skelly Kundtz Jan 1959

A Streetcar Named Desire: A Study Of Determinism In Modern Drama, John Skelly Kundtz

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Realism Of Garbriel Marcel, John R. Crocker Jan 1959

Realism Of Garbriel Marcel, John R. Crocker

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Symbolism In The Short Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter, Mary St. Peter Smith Jan 1959

Symbolism In The Short Stories Of Katherine Anne Porter, Mary St. Peter Smith

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The Nature Of The Absolute In The Writings Of Solovyev With An Appendix Containing An Unpublished Translation Of Chapters Forty-Three And Forty-Four In Solvyev's Criticism Of Abstract Principles, Edward Casimir Wojciechowski Jan 1959

The Nature Of The Absolute In The Writings Of Solovyev With An Appendix Containing An Unpublished Translation Of Chapters Forty-Three And Forty-Four In Solvyev's Criticism Of Abstract Principles, Edward Casimir Wojciechowski

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Richard Ii On Tv: A Critical Analysis Comparing The Nbc Television Production With Shakespeare's Original Play, James A. Brown Jan 1959

Richard Ii On Tv: A Critical Analysis Comparing The Nbc Television Production With Shakespeare's Original Play, James A. Brown

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Coventry Patmore's "Psyche's Discontent" And The Child's Purchase": An Explication, Kevin Edward Gallagher Jan 1959

Coventry Patmore's "Psyche's Discontent" And The Child's Purchase": An Explication, Kevin Edward Gallagher

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The End Of The Affair And The Religious Sentiments Of Graham Greene, Michael Gallagher Jan 1959

The End Of The Affair And The Religious Sentiments Of Graham Greene, Michael Gallagher

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Hamlet: A Study In Dramatic Art, John Francis Keating Jan 1959

Hamlet: A Study In Dramatic Art, John Francis Keating

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The Wreck Of The Deutschland": Seed Poem In The Flowering Of Gerald Manley Hopkins' Poetry, Marie Jeanne Petrone Jan 1959

The Wreck Of The Deutschland": Seed Poem In The Flowering Of Gerald Manley Hopkins' Poetry, Marie Jeanne Petrone

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Look Homeward, Angel: Great American Novel, Richard G. Polakowski Jan 1959

Look Homeward, Angel: Great American Novel, Richard G. Polakowski

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Protagonists Of Seven Representative Plays Of Joanna Baillie In Relation To Aristotelian Principles Of Characterization , Ruth Mcgugan Jan 1958

Protagonists Of Seven Representative Plays Of Joanna Baillie In Relation To Aristotelian Principles Of Characterization , Ruth Mcgugan

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A Study Of George Wilson Knight's Imaginative Interpretation Of Shakespeare , Joan Evelyn Biedertsedt Jan 1958

A Study Of George Wilson Knight's Imaginative Interpretation Of Shakespeare , Joan Evelyn Biedertsedt

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Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser Jan 1958

Concreteness In Chesterton , John William Glaser

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Disputed Questions In Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood , Frank Anthony Grady Jan 1958

Disputed Questions In Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood , Frank Anthony Grady

Master's Theses

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Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King Jan 1958

Index To A Microfilm Of Shaviana Displayed For Shaw's Centennial By The Shaw Society Of Chicago , Marion King

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Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke Jan 1958

Wordsworth's Lucy Poems , John K. Locke

Master's Theses

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