The central point of this thesis is the theme of modern man's alienation from his surroundings as portrayed by Saul Bellow in three of his novels, Dangling Man, Henderson the Rain King and Humboldt's Gift. The individual ...

The following paper is an investigation of the extent of the archetypal symbolism in one of William Faulkner's greatest novels, Light in August. It proceeds from a definition of archetypal symbolism combining major literary, ...

Critics Northrop Frye and, more recently, Linda Hutcheon have commented tellingly on the relationships that exist among Canadian art, music and literature. Perhaps surprisingly, aside from an incidental comment here and ...

While John L. Tison Jr. recognizes Shakespeare as writing in the consolatory fashion, he highlights Henry VI, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Coriolanus, and Romeo and Juliet as examples while failing to include Timon of Athens. ...

This thesis constitutes a survey and analysis of all the works printed in England or in English abroad between January 1, 1583 and December 31, 1583.

This thesis attempts to capture the temper of English life in 1596 through the medium of its extant printed works. It examines all of the extant printed works from that year in the fields of religion, the arts, education ...

The primary objective of the thesis is to examine three fundamental elements of Bronwen Wallace's narrative poetry: stories, conversations and voice. Wallace employs these methods to probe the moral, personal and political ...

The literary merit of the diaries of Charles Ritchie is apparent to anyone who reads them. A more critical assessment is hindered, however, by the fact that there is as yet in Canada no literary context in which the ...