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Natural magic :
(1980)
Though integration rather than alienation is the aim of Wharton's ironic method, alienation is a crucial unifying theme threaded throughout her best work, a motif so insistently explored that it, rather than manners or ...
The influence of the art of mediation on Sir Thomas Browne's imagination.
(1980)
The art of meditation allows Browne the freedom to construct the enigmatic persona, the "I" which is immersed in subjective consideration of the mysteries of life and the "I" which contemplates these mysteries with objective ...
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 ...
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 ...