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- "Headlong Hall" to "Gryll Grange": A comparison of the first and last novels of Thomas Love Peacock.
- Creator
- Cochran, Michael Edward., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Thomas Love Peacock is best known for the five unique "novels of talk" that he wrote between 1815 and 1860. The first, Headlong Hall, contains humorous satire of topical issues in a dialogue format, with a weak love plot linking the episodic action. Most characters are based partially on real people and bear extreme and unyielding points of view. These two-dimensional ideologues debate the main theme, the perfectibility of man. In Gryll Grange, written some forty-five years later, the plot is...
Show moreThomas Love Peacock is best known for the five unique "novels of talk" that he wrote between 1815 and 1860. The first, Headlong Hall, contains humorous satire of topical issues in a dialogue format, with a weak love plot linking the episodic action. Most characters are based partially on real people and bear extreme and unyielding points of view. These two-dimensional ideologues debate the main theme, the perfectibility of man. In Gryll Grange, written some forty-five years later, the plot is a more believable love story with realistic characters. The tone mellows, Peacock's focus turns from social to personal, and the theme of living the best possible life results in comedy but not in sharp satire. Love and happy marriage constitute a symbol of Peacock's hope for the resolution of the real and the ideal.
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- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14475
- Subject Headings
- Peacock, Thomas Love,--1785-1866--Headlong Hall, Peacock, Thomas Love,--1785-1866--Gryll Grange
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "None of us are androgynous": Androgyny in William Faulkner's "The Wild Palms".
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- Dawsey, Teresa Russell., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Androgyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and...
Show moreAndrogyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and harmony in both her masculine and feminine traits. Harry faces a gender identity crisis when Charlotte, pregnant, decides to abort their child. Only after Charlotte dies of a botched abortion does Harry accept his memories--his responsibility for his past life with Charlotte (a masculine characteristic)--as well as his grief--over Charlotte's death and the loss of the grand passion he shared with her (feminine emotions). Harry, reborn, becomes a man: harmonious in his androgyny.
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- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15560
- Subject Headings
- Androgyny (Psychology) in literature., Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Wild palms
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE OF RICHARD WRIGHT.
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- FETTROW, DIANE S. DIRINGER., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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A common experience for the Black American was to migrate from the rural South to the urban South to the industrialized North in search of greater freedom and opportunity. Richard Wright in both his life and his writing, exemplified this social transformation. He utilized many forms of writing including novels, short stories, poetry and journalism to depict the influence of each milieu on the Black man’s life. He saw his writing as a way to attack the American conscience, hoping that Blacks...
Show moreA common experience for the Black American was to migrate from the rural South to the urban South to the industrialized North in search of greater freedom and opportunity. Richard Wright in both his life and his writing, exemplified this social transformation. He utilized many forms of writing including novels, short stories, poetry and journalism to depict the influence of each milieu on the Black man’s life. He saw his writing as a way to attack the American conscience, hoping that Blacks as well as Whites would realize the stifling effect of a racist environment. A wide range of experiences and an extensive background in historical, sociological and philosophical readings enabled him to be a spokesman for his race concerning the Black men’s quest for a meaningful life in America.
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- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13825
- Subject Headings
- Wright, Richard,--1908-1960.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The artist manque in the novels of John Hawkes.
- Creator
- Steinmetz, Robin., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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The making and the unmaking of the artist manque is the central theme of five successive novels of John Hawkes from The Blood Oranges (1972) to Virginie: Her Two Lives (1981). The main characters in each of these five works are "artists" in one form or another. Each of them is a fragment of Hawkes himself, a detached figment of his imagination; they and their aesthetic-erotic obsessions had to be imagined by their creator. In a special sense, these characters are innocent because they are...
Show moreThe making and the unmaking of the artist manque is the central theme of five successive novels of John Hawkes from The Blood Oranges (1972) to Virginie: Her Two Lives (1981). The main characters in each of these five works are "artists" in one form or another. Each of them is a fragment of Hawkes himself, a detached figment of his imagination; they and their aesthetic-erotic obsessions had to be imagined by their creator. In a special sense, these characters are innocent because they are unaware of the extent and reasons their inspirations are tainted at the source, their psyches; and they, unlike Hawkes, cannot detach themselves from their own fantasies and their desires to realize them, whatever the risk. No wonder then the suffering and destruction they inflict on themselves and others.
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- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14478
- Subject Headings
- Hawkes, John,--1925---Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- C. E. MONTAGUE'S HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE GREAT WAR.
- Creator
- EWART, ROBERT M., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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The Great War of 1914/18 was complex because it was the major transition from historic conflicts in which guns were controlled by men to one in which men were controlled by tanks and aircraft. C. E. Montague's view of this complex conflict was holistic because of the journalistic skill he acquired before the war and his personal experience during the war as a private in training camp, as a sergeant in the trenches, and as an officer attached to British general headquarters. His writings about...
Show moreThe Great War of 1914/18 was complex because it was the major transition from historic conflicts in which guns were controlled by men to one in which men were controlled by tanks and aircraft. C. E. Montague's view of this complex conflict was holistic because of the journalistic skill he acquired before the war and his personal experience during the war as a private in training camp, as a sergeant in the trenches, and as an officer attached to British general headquarters. His writings about the war are compared with those of Cate Haste, a historian; H. M. Tomlinson, a war correspondent; Wyndham Lewis, an artist and author; Frank Richards, a professional soldier; Siegfried Sassoon, a poet; and Edmund Blunden, a scholar. None of these had the range of understanding possessed by Montague.
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- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14282
- Subject Headings
- Montague, C. E.--(Charles Edward),--1867-1928--Criticism and interpretation., World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CARSON MCCULLERS' CONCEPTION OF LOVE.
- Creator
- DIAZ, MAUREEN O'HARA., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis explores Carson McCullers' concept of love in her five novels: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, The Member of the Wedding, and Clock Without Hands. It examines the influence of her own age, the Chivalric Code of Love, and the Platonic Doctrine of Love on her philosophy of love, as expressed in each of her novels.
- Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13607
- Subject Headings
- McCullers, Carson,--1917-1967--Criticism and interpretation, Love in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CHARACTER PARALLELS IN "THE SOUND AND THE FURY" AND "AS I LAY DYING.".
- Creator
- JACKSON, SANDRA I., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay Dying (1930) have often been considered as related works. It is my contention that As I Lay Dying is indeed a direct outgrowth of the earlier book and that it restates certain themes and exhibits several of the same personality types. A basic theme of the two books is the antithetical opposition of passive and active elements. Lesser themes are the opposition of words and deeds and the closely related opposition of individual...
Show moreWilliam Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury (1929) and As I Lay Dying (1930) have often been considered as related works. It is my contention that As I Lay Dying is indeed a direct outgrowth of the earlier book and that it restates certain themes and exhibits several of the same personality types. A basic theme of the two books is the antithetical opposition of passive and active elements. Lesser themes are the opposition of words and deeds and the closely related opposition of individual freedom and the inability to achieve that freedom. Faulkner illustrates these themes through his characters. Parallel characters in the two novels are Caroline Compson and Anse Bundren, Caddy Compson and Addie Bundren, Miss Quentin and Jewel, and Quentin and Darl. In his presentation of the tension operating between these antithetical elements, Faulkner does not necessarily provide a resolution of that tension, but leaves conclusions to the reader.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13579
- Subject Headings
- Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Sound and the fury, Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--As I lay dying
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- CIRCLES OF PARADISE AND INFERNO: THE WOMEN IN JOHN UPDIKE'S "RABBIT" TRILOGY.
- Creator
- KOPELOWITZ, LYNN WOLF., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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John Updike's trilogy, Rabbit, Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971), and Rabbit Is Rich (1981), provides insight into the evolving roles and attitudes of men and women in contemporary society. The characters reflect the psychological and sociological milieu of three successive decades in suburban American life. Although feminists have described Updike's treatment of women as condescending, the women in this trilogy emerge as strong and spirited characters who exist more comfortably in the world...
Show moreJohn Updike's trilogy, Rabbit, Run (1960), Rabbit Redux (1971), and Rabbit Is Rich (1981), provides insight into the evolving roles and attitudes of men and women in contemporary society. The characters reflect the psychological and sociological milieu of three successive decades in suburban American life. Although feminists have described Updike's treatment of women as condescending, the women in this trilogy emerge as strong and spirited characters who exist more comfortably in the world than do their male counterparts. To impart strength to these women, Updike continually associates them with Nature and circle imagery, reinforcing their innate connection with the organic rhythms of life. Sharing with Nature the function of life-giving, women exist on an eternal plane as integral parts of the birth-death-rebirth cycle.
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- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14212
- Subject Headings
- Updike, John--Political and social views., Updike, John--Criticism and interpretation.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE CONFESSION OF JACK BURDEN (ROBERT PENN WARREN).
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- WONG, PHILIP CHRISTOPHER., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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The narrative structure of All the King's Men conforms to the religio-ritual pattern of Confession. While he pretends to recount Willie Stark's career in an objective manner, Jack is actually burying his own guilt under this veneer of detachment. He must, in fact, assume much of the responsibility for the story's final tragedy. When he is unable to curtail his anguish by removing himself from the truth, however, he admits his responsibility. His penance takes the form of seeking...
Show moreThe narrative structure of All the King's Men conforms to the religio-ritual pattern of Confession. While he pretends to recount Willie Stark's career in an objective manner, Jack is actually burying his own guilt under this veneer of detachment. He must, in fact, assume much of the responsibility for the story's final tragedy. When he is unable to curtail his anguish by removing himself from the truth, however, he admits his responsibility. His penance takes the form of seeking reconciliation with people for whom he once felt a deep contempt--and when he forgives their frailty, he experiences forgiveness for his frailty. Jack is therefore able to continue on in hope. And so, like the Ancient Mariner, Jack experiences a measure of peace after telling his story.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14366
- Subject Headings
- Warren, Robert Penn,--1905---All the king's men
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A CURIOUS DOCUMENTARY: JAMES AGEE'S "LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN".
- Creator
- RAYMOND, CATHLEEN O'CONNOR., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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James Agee and Walker Evans co-authored Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, which was published in 1941. Topically viewed, the work resembles a documentary, a genre popular during the 1930's, but Agee expanded this style of writing not only to explore the lives of three tenant families but also to show the exploitation of this damaged group of human beings. concurrently, Agee turns the camera lens on his audience in order that the reader may see the trapped, possessed, and fertilized nature of life...
Show moreJames Agee and Walker Evans co-authored Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, which was published in 1941. Topically viewed, the work resembles a documentary, a genre popular during the 1930's, but Agee expanded this style of writing not only to explore the lives of three tenant families but also to show the exploitation of this damaged group of human beings. concurrently, Agee turns the camera lens on his audience in order that the reader may see the trapped, possessed, and fertilized nature of life. Furthermore, Agee assists the reader in understanding the process by which a new art form is created, as he involves the critic in a struggle with words. Agee demonstrates the embodiment of the "actuality" of existence, the sorrow and the joy of the human condition.
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- 1985
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14231
- Subject Headings
- Agee, James,--1909-1955--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Political and social views, Literature and society
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- D. H. LAWRENCE'S PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN.
- Creator
- HAMIDINIA, PARVINDOKHT., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
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Controversy which has surrounded David Herbert Lawrence arises out of misunderstanding of what he was actually saying. Lawrence's depiction of sexual scenes and particularly his vocabulary in presenting these scenes have misled many critics into believing that he was a feminist. Early criticism (1911-1940's) indicates that Lawrence portrays the modern liberated woman favorably. From the beginning of the 1950's to the early 1970's, critics agreed that Lawrence respected and understood women....
Show moreControversy which has surrounded David Herbert Lawrence arises out of misunderstanding of what he was actually saying. Lawrence's depiction of sexual scenes and particularly his vocabulary in presenting these scenes have misled many critics into believing that he was a feminist. Early criticism (1911-1940's) indicates that Lawrence portrays the modern liberated woman favorably. From the beginning of the 1950's to the early 1970's, critics agreed that Lawrence respected and understood women. Recent criticism (latter part of 1970's to date) finds to some extent a tone of cynicism toward women. However, the idea that Lawrence understands and respects women still prevails. Analysis of Lawrence's novels suggests that his heroines are not consistently modern or liberated. These women may be introduced as liberated and intellectual, but in the end they submit to the power of man. Lawrence's motif is the conflict between male and female, which results in male dominance and female submission.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1984
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14193
- Subject Headings
- Lawrence, D H--(David Herbert),--1885-1930--Characters--Women, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The didactic use of the Victorian fairy tale.
- Creator
- Sancewich, Elizabeth J., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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During the Victorian period in England the literary fairy tale became popular. These tales are different from traditional fairy tales because they deal with the social problems of the times. Written to entertain and stir the imagination of both adults and children, they nevertheless, had a strong moral and didactic purpose. The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin reflects the didacticism of his later works, Stones of Venice and Unto This Last. William Makepeace Thackeray's The Rose and...
Show moreDuring the Victorian period in England the literary fairy tale became popular. These tales are different from traditional fairy tales because they deal with the social problems of the times. Written to entertain and stir the imagination of both adults and children, they nevertheless, had a strong moral and didactic purpose. The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin reflects the didacticism of his later works, Stones of Venice and Unto This Last. William Makepeace Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring teaches manners as the Victorians saw them. The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens deals with the poverty of the working class. The protagonists in each tale must follow the strict Victorian Evangelical Code of hard work and self-denial before they are worthy to be rewarded.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1990
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14602
- Subject Headings
- Fairy tales--Great Britain--History and criticism
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EASTERN THEMES IN THE WORK OF HENRY MILLER.
- Creator
- SHEFFIELD, NORMAN LOUIS, JR., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Henry Miller has been underrated, misunderstood, and attacked by critics since the publication of his first novel, Tropic of Cancer, in 1934. One possible reason for this hostility is his use of concepts from Hinduism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism which are unfamiliar to many of his critics. Miller's use of Eastern ideas has been partial and perhaps intuitive rather than intentional, but recognition of this aspect of Miller's thought enhances a reader's appreciation and understanding of his...
Show moreHenry Miller has been underrated, misunderstood, and attacked by critics since the publication of his first novel, Tropic of Cancer, in 1934. One possible reason for this hostility is his use of concepts from Hinduism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism which are unfamiliar to many of his critics. Miller's use of Eastern ideas has been partial and perhaps intuitive rather than intentional, but recognition of this aspect of Miller's thought enhances a reader's appreciation and understanding of his novels and suggests that Miller has prepared the way for younger writers like Norman Mailer, William S. Burroughs, and J. P. Donleavy.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1973
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13550
- Subject Headings
- Miller, Henry,--1891-1980--Criticism and interpretation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Elements of the Arthurian Cycle in the works of Walter Van Tilburg Clark.
- Creator
- Hodgson, John W., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Walter Van Tilburg Clark, prior to his success as a popular writer, wrote as his first M.A. thesis a redaction of the legend of Tristram, one of the tales commonly associated with the works composing the Arthurian Cycle. In his thesis, Clark demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the Arthurian legends, a knowledge which manifests itself in two of his novels, The Ox-Bow Incident and The Track of the Cat. Tracing these echoes through the two novels reveals that the archetypal relationship to the...
Show moreWalter Van Tilburg Clark, prior to his success as a popular writer, wrote as his first M.A. thesis a redaction of the legend of Tristram, one of the tales commonly associated with the works composing the Arthurian Cycle. In his thesis, Clark demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the Arthurian legends, a knowledge which manifests itself in two of his novels, The Ox-Bow Incident and The Track of the Cat. Tracing these echoes through the two novels reveals that the archetypal relationship to the Arthurian legends strengthens the thematic and character development in each novel and gives Clark's work a more universal appeal.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15029
- Subject Headings
- Clark, Walter Van Tilburg,--1909-1971--Criticism and interpretation, Cycles (Literature)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ellen Glasgow: Feminism through characterization.
- Creator
- Catapano, Tanya R., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Ellen Glasgow's feminism is revealed in her fiction, especially through her characterization of women. In four representative novels, Glasgow's female characters underscore the problems of women--from the womanly woman of the Victorian era to the new woman of the twentieth century. In Virginia, Virginia Pendleton is the product of an education that teaches her to be a dutiful wife and mother yet neglects her personal growth. In The Sheltered Life, Eva Birdsong is a victim of the myth of...
Show moreEllen Glasgow's feminism is revealed in her fiction, especially through her characterization of women. In four representative novels, Glasgow's female characters underscore the problems of women--from the womanly woman of the Victorian era to the new woman of the twentieth century. In Virginia, Virginia Pendleton is the product of an education that teaches her to be a dutiful wife and mother yet neglects her personal growth. In The Sheltered Life, Eva Birdsong is a victim of the myth of Southern Womanhood and its unrealistic expectations. Glasgow also attempts to show that character is fate, and women can turn to their inner resources to solve their problems. Thus Dorinda Oakley of Barren Ground enters the man's world of farming, and Ada Fincastle of Vein of Iron relies on her inherited fortitude to triumph over personal disappointments and the forces of social change. In these novels, Glasgow exposes the conservative educational, religious, and social influences that impinge on the development of women as total human beings. Ellen Glasgow's contribution to the feminist movement lies in her commitment to what she called women's "liberation of personality."
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- 1989
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14527
- Subject Headings
- Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson,--1873-1945--Criticism and interpretation, Feminism and literature, Women in literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The function of biblical allusion in "Jude the Obscure".
- Creator
- Porta, Janet R., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Thomas Hardy's novels reflect a tradition important to authors of Victorian fiction, that of the use of allusion to major works of literature in order to enhance the appeal of their own work. In Jude the Obscure references are made to mythology, the English Romantics, Shakespeare, and, especially, to the Bible. Jude is Hardy's final novel, and the use of Biblical analogy separates it from all the others. In it Hardy traces the odyssey of Jude, showing that at important turning points in his...
Show moreThomas Hardy's novels reflect a tradition important to authors of Victorian fiction, that of the use of allusion to major works of literature in order to enhance the appeal of their own work. In Jude the Obscure references are made to mythology, the English Romantics, Shakespeare, and, especially, to the Bible. Jude is Hardy's final novel, and the use of Biblical analogy separates it from all the others. In it Hardy traces the odyssey of Jude, showing that at important turning points in his life Biblical references serve as guideposts marking his direction. The device acts to identify Jude with the same Judeo-Christian heritage that provides the foundation on which Victorian society rests; however, the Victorians do not acknowledge him as one of their own. Through Biblical allusion Hardy shows that Jude is a rightful heir, but the legacy is denied him as he becomes instead that society's victim.
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- 1988
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14449
- Subject Headings
- Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Jude the obscure, Bible--In literature
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FUTILE BENEVOLENCE IN THREE VONNEGUT NOVELS: "THE SIRENS OF TITAN," "CAT'S CRADLE," AND "GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER.".
- Creator
- SWARTZEL, STEVEN BRUCE., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Many of Kurt Vonnegut's central characters are benevolent advocates of positive human change. Because of the absurdities of their world, these efforts are futile and doomed to failure. Rumfoord attempts "to do good for my native earth" in The Sirens of Titan, on a cosmic scale. Lionel Boyd Johnson, Bokonon, in eat's Cradle, creates a religion based on lies to lessen the awful truth. Eliot Rosewater in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater attempts to love the "discarded" Americans of Rosewater,...
Show moreMany of Kurt Vonnegut's central characters are benevolent advocates of positive human change. Because of the absurdities of their world, these efforts are futile and doomed to failure. Rumfoord attempts "to do good for my native earth" in The Sirens of Titan, on a cosmic scale. Lionel Boyd Johnson, Bokonon, in eat's Cradle, creates a religion based on lies to lessen the awful truth. Eliot Rosewater in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater attempts to love the "discarded" Americans of Rosewater, Indiana, on a one-to-one basis. The conflicts inherent in. Vonnegut's world cloud the motivation of these efforts but they are still sincere efforts within their pluralistic framework. The results are a mixture of positive and negative; the most positive exist on a small human scale; the most negative on a collective or institutional scale.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1983
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14143
- Subject Headings
- Vonnegut, Kurt--Criticism and interpretation
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Games and sports in John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany".
- Creator
- Morse, Nanci Hubbard., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Games and sports in life reveal the lifestyles, beliefs, and rituals of man. Games and sports in literature, then, become important tools for the author as he uses them as metaphor, as a game for himself, and as a game for the reader. In John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, three types of games and sports are used. First is the game Irving plays to entertain himself. He creates a whimsical, playful novel characterized by absurd characters and situations. The second category is the use of...
Show moreGames and sports in life reveal the lifestyles, beliefs, and rituals of man. Games and sports in literature, then, become important tools for the author as he uses them as metaphor, as a game for himself, and as a game for the reader. In John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, three types of games and sports are used. First is the game Irving plays to entertain himself. He creates a whimsical, playful novel characterized by absurd characters and situations. The second category is the use of sports and games as metaphor, using pretend games, organized games, and the Arts as a game. The third game is the game of the author playing a game with the reader by changing recognizable standards. The reader plays by figuring out the new rules. The protagonist, Owen Meany, is a whimsical Christ-figure who comes of age through playing games and sports, and serves God through his perfection of the slam dunk.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15043
- Subject Headings
- Irving, John,--1942---Prayer for Owen Meany., Irving, John,--1942---Criticism and interpretation., Games in literature.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- H. L. MENCKEN AS A PRINCIPLED CRITIC: THE CASES OF H. G. WELLS AND SINCLAIR LEWIS.
- Creator
- HOUSER, JAMES JACKSON., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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H. L. Mencken consistently employed certain criteria when judging novels. The criteria that he used included plausible characters, whose actions follow logically from given motivations; imaginatively presented descriptions; accurate speech patterns; an author's application of an ironic attitude; sound structure; and the absence of didacticism. These criteria or principles are derived fran Mencken's comments on Joseph Conrad, Theodore Dreiser, and other writers. He applied these principles in...
Show moreH. L. Mencken consistently employed certain criteria when judging novels. The criteria that he used included plausible characters, whose actions follow logically from given motivations; imaginatively presented descriptions; accurate speech patterns; an author's application of an ironic attitude; sound structure; and the absence of didacticism. These criteria or principles are derived fran Mencken's comments on Joseph Conrad, Theodore Dreiser, and other writers. He applied these principles in judging the novels of H. G. Wells and of Sinclair Lewis up to 1929.
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- 1980
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14026
- Subject Headings
- Mencken, H L--(Henry Louis),--1880-1956
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- HENRY JAMES'S REVISION OF "THE PUPIL.".
- Creator
- MYERS, JAMES VINCENT., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Henry James's revision of "The Pupil" conforms to a plan of revision which contradicts, in part, the assertion that "late" James is deliberately obscure. In preparing the story for the New York Edition, James simplified its style and clarified its meaning, but did not alter the overall structure. Punctuation is repeatedly made less obstructive, through hundreds of sub-stitutions or eliminations. Sentence structure is often simplified by reduction of predicationJ Two clauses are telescoped...
Show moreHenry James's revision of "The Pupil" conforms to a plan of revision which contradicts, in part, the assertion that "late" James is deliberately obscure. In preparing the story for the New York Edition, James simplified its style and clarified its meaning, but did not alter the overall structure. Punctuation is repeatedly made less obstructive, through hundreds of sub-stitutions or eliminations. Sentence structure is often simplified by reduction of predicationJ Two clauses are telescoped into one and clauses are reduced to phrases. Vocabulary revisions are sometimes made to remove clumsy expressions or simply to suit what the author felt to be the best phrasing. More often, such changes create subtle shifts in meaning. In addition to direct revisions which state his themes more precisely, James introduced new and more coherent imagery. The cumulative effect of these revisions is to meticulously redefine, but not change, the characterization.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13513
- Subject Headings
- James, Henry,--1843-1916--Criticism, Textual.
- Format
- Document (PDF)