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Cage by any other name : enclosures in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus
(2002)
In this study of Sights at the Circus, I analyze Angela Carter's
critique of the literal, figurative , and theoretical "cages" in which the
system of patriarchy encloses women. I appropriate the three phases of ...
Tribunal of the mind : images of justice in The faerie queene
(1975)
This thesis surveys the action and structure of Spenser's The Faerie Queene from the perspective of the ideal of justice. Its basic assumption is that fundamentally the poem is an account of the quest for justice in three ...
A survey and analysis of all books printed in England or in English abroad during the year 1597
(1975)
This thesis is based on the premise that the extant printed works of 1597 capture the flavour and temper of English life in that year. It considers all of the extant printed works from 1597 printed in England or in English ...
Books and readers, 1581 : a survey and analysis of all books printed in England or in English abroad during the year 1581
(1977)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the extant publications printed in 1581, to discover their purposes, scope, variety and their range of interests and subject matter. The purpose is also to ascertain if any pattern ...
Alienation, commitment and transcendence in three novels of Saul Bellow
(1977)
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 confidence theme in Redburn, Moby-Dick, Pierre and The Confidence Man
(1975)
This paper grew out of my fascination with the multi-disguised tricksters of Melville's The Confidence Man. In the novel a Mississippi riverboat is the setting for a series of episodes in which various travellers are cheated ...
Archetypal symbolism in William Faulkner's Light in August
(1974)
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, ...
The mother figure in the history plays of William Shakespeare
(1976)
I have chosen the topic of the mother figure in the history plays of William Shakespeare because it is a subject that has not received as much attention as other, perhaps more important aspects of Shakespeare's work that ...
Through a glass darkly : a study of Henry Vaughan's vision as poet and prophet
(1976)
Although it can be argued that anything which arouses curiosity is worthy of human enquiry, and therefore requires no apology,the metaphysical poetry in general, and the religious writings of Henry Vaughan in particular, ...
Books and readers, 1583; a survey and analysis of all books printed in England or in English abroad during the year 1583
(1974)
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.