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The Elizabethan Religious Lyric., John Hines Drake 1891-1981 Jan 1935

The Elizabethan Religious Lyric., John Hines Drake 1891-1981

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Food And Drink Of Elizabethan England As Reflected In The Literature Of The Age., Elizabeth Frederick Baggerly 1901-1988 Jan 1935

Food And Drink Of Elizabethan England As Reflected In The Literature Of The Age., Elizabeth Frederick Baggerly 1901-1988

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Godwinian And Platonic Doctrines In The Poetry Of Shelley., Elizabeth Wagner Jan 1934

Godwinian And Platonic Doctrines In The Poetry Of Shelley., Elizabeth Wagner

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Newman The Master Prose Writer, Aline Pepin Jul 1932

Newman The Master Prose Writer, Aline Pepin

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1932, presents a biographical and critical study of John Henry Newman, examining his life and identifying him as the master prose writer of the Victorian Age. Pepin traces Newman's early education, his fellowship at Oriel College, his ordination as an Anglican deacon, and his rise to leadership within the Oxford Movement through the "Tracts for the Times," before turning to his 1845 conversion to Roman Catholicism, his ordination as a Catholic priest, his founding of the Birmingham Oratory, his tenure …


The Influence Of Milton's Blindness On Paradise Lost., Harrell N. Tague Jan 1932

The Influence Of Milton's Blindness On Paradise Lost., Harrell N. Tague

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Sir Philip Sidney : Renaissance Courtier And Gentleman., Mariam Sidebottom Houchens Jan 1932

Sir Philip Sidney : Renaissance Courtier And Gentleman., Mariam Sidebottom Houchens

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The Catholic Spirit In Modern Poetry, Anna Marie Lacaze Jan 1932

The Catholic Spirit In Modern Poetry, Anna Marie Lacaze

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1932, traces the revival of Catholic spirit in modern English poetry following its suppression after the Protestant Reformation. Lacaze argues that this revival began with the Oxford Movement of the nineteenth century and its leader, John Henry Newman, whose conversion to Catholicism and subsequent writing exercised a lasting influence on English literary and religious culture.

The thesis opens with an account of Newman's life, his role in the Oxford Movement, his 1845 conversion, and his major prose works, including "Apologia …


The Classical Prosody Heresy In Elizabethan Poetic Criticism., John Hicks Jan 1931

The Classical Prosody Heresy In Elizabethan Poetic Criticism., John Hicks

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Types Of Children In Dickens' Novels., J. T. Highfield Mrs. Jan 1930

Types Of Children In Dickens' Novels., J. T. Highfield Mrs.

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Shakespeare's Genius Was Essentially A Dramatic One, Marie Valentine Prudeaux Jul 1929

Shakespeare's Genius Was Essentially A Dramatic One, Marie Valentine Prudeaux

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in 1929, argues that Shakespeare's genius was essentially a dramatic one, examining his life, artistic development, and dramatic works across four periods of composition. A biographical account of Shakespeare's life at Stratford-on-Avon and London opens the study, followed by an analysis of the qualities that distinguish his genius, including originality, insight into character, and the power to portray emotion.

Prudeaux draws on the critical tradition of Dryden, Hazlitt, Johnson, Pope, and Schlegel, among others, to organize Shakespeare's dramatic output into four periods, characterized in the thesis as "In the Workshop," "In the World," "Out …