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The unity of Edmund Spenser's Fowre Hymnes.
(1981)
Spenser uses several techniques to achieve this unity in a poem which contains diverse subjects and themes. Its genre, the hymn, incorporates secular and sacred, classical and Christian elements, and thus becomes a very ...
The Old English elegies :
(1981)
The enormous bibliography surrounding the Old English elegies breaks down primarily into studies of structure, cultural context, and genre. This study is concerned first with attempting to define as precisely as possible ...
Peckinpah's families :
(1983)
Through the use of biographical criticism, historical criticism and myth criticism, the study established that Peckinpah does in fact work out his theses on the human condition through examination of actual traditional ...
The religious quest of Theodore Roethke.
(1980)
Struggling to discover the truth of his identity--of self--of life, and of God, Theodore Roethke turned to mysticism for, if not answers, at least approaches to answers. An important influence on his perception of mysticism, ...
Jane Austen, Henry James, and the family romance.
(1980)
Both authors' closest attachments were to parents, brothers and sisters, and their work focuses largely on family relationships. They also share a preference for one particular story, the Cinderella fairy tale. In Pride ...
Thomas Randolph (1605-1635) :
(1982)
The difference between shows and plays, especially at the universities, and the nature of the revels for which most university drama was written before 1640, are examined here to put Randolph's shows and plays into their ...
The importance of the visual arts in the esthetic of W. B. Yeats.
(1980)
Yeats's interest in the visual arts was not just an early phase, ending when he left art school, but rather a lifetime concern that affected him in many ways. Not only did artists and art critics have a shaping effect on ...