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Title: Evangeline Walton's fictionalization of the "Mabinogion": The demise of the Goddess.
Creator: Lincoln, Polly A., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Evangeline Walton's fictionalization of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion projects an alternative focus onto the collection of Welsh myths. Previous treatments and translations from Welsh to English perpetuate the traditional interpretation of the Mabinogion as the fragmented story of the Hero-God's life from conception to death. Walton's work changes this focus and subtly changes the structural order of the tales. Walton offers a narrative from the perspective of the female world view, as...
Show moreEvangeline Walton's fictionalization of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion projects an alternative focus onto the collection of Welsh myths. Previous treatments and translations from Welsh to English perpetuate the traditional interpretation of the Mabinogion as the fragmented story of the Hero-God's life from conception to death. Walton's work changes this focus and subtly changes the structural order of the tales. Walton offers a narrative from the perspective of the female world view, as opposed to the male perspective which has survived with the tales from the time of their discovery in the Middle Ages. In a comparison of Walton's tetralogy to the translations of Guest, Jones, Gantz, and Ford, it becomes clear that Walton's use of symbols and structure, and her alternative focus change the Hero tale, or Boy-Mare tale, into an epic structured upon the decline of the Goddess in Celtic culture. The application of Mythological and Psychofeminist critical theories to the recurring themes, symbols, and archetypes in Walton's Mabinogion will demonstrate the existence of this nontraditional perspective.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15696
Subject Headings: Waton, Evangeline--Four branches of the Mabinogion, Waton, Evangeline--Criticism and interpretation, Mabinogin--Adaptations, Tales--Wales--History and criticism
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Title: WILLIAM DUNBAR: LAUREATE AND FOOL.
Creator: BRUMBACK, RICHARD A., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this thesis is to show, through examples of his work, that William Dunbar was not only an official court poet at the court of James IV of Scotland, but in that capacity served as court fool. The thesis will be supported through comparison of Dunbar's works, showing the contrasts between his solemn, moral allegories, addresses, and religious poetry and the facetious, satirical style used in his role as a fool. This comparison will include discussions of the Scottish aureate...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to show, through examples of his work, that William Dunbar was not only an official court poet at the court of James IV of Scotland, but in that capacity served as court fool. The thesis will be supported through comparison of Dunbar's works, showing the contrasts between his solemn, moral allegories, addresses, and religious poetry and the facetious, satirical style used in his role as a fool. This comparison will include discussions of the Scottish aureate convention-- the profuse poetical use of ornate , especially French or Latinate, words --and the aoir (poetical diatribe) as well as their relationship to Dunbar's poetical achievements.
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Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14068
Subject Headings: Dunbar, William,--1460?-1520?--Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AElfric's idea of "origin" in "The Preface to Genesis".
Creator: Strait, Daniel Harrison., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: AElfric's idea of "origin" reflects his theological world view in early medieval English society. In the midst of culturally perilous times, and threats to the established Christian orthodoxy, AElfric remains committed to preserving Christian "origin" through his writings. In his seemingly innocuous letter to friend and fellow clergyman AEthelweard, AElfric posits a firm sense of Christian "origin" in prefacing his translation of the Book of Genesis; he is concerned not only that he translate...
Show moreAElfric's idea of "origin" reflects his theological world view in early medieval English society. In the midst of culturally perilous times, and threats to the established Christian orthodoxy, AElfric remains committed to preserving Christian "origin" through his writings. In his seemingly innocuous letter to friend and fellow clergyman AEthelweard, AElfric posits a firm sense of Christian "origin" in prefacing his translation of the Book of Genesis; he is concerned not only that he translate accurately, but that the readers of his translations not be misled in their quest for salvation, which is dependent upon a firm sense of their Christian identity. Throughout AElfric's Preface to Genesis, we are introduced to the elements of generation, degeneration, and regeneration, to be comprehended through the pervasive unity of Christian history and eschatology. AElfric's idea of "origin" unfolds as he strives not for doctrinal formulation, but for doctrinal preservation, for the medieval exegete viewed man in light of Christ's advent.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14770
Subject Headings: Aelfric,--Abbot of Eynsham--Preface to Genesis, Aelfric,--Abbot of Eynsham--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: AFFIRMATION, VOWS AND RITUAL AS STRUCTURING DEVICES IN JOHN FORD'S PLAYS.
Creator: GRIER, WILLIAM ROGER., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: The collapse of a viable world concept of order leaves John Ford's characters with a modern problem--how to behave without demonstrable and reliable principles upon which to base their actions. The individualists among them try to establish order by mere affirmation of opinion. Other personae cling to the sacred, conservative value of the vow or contract, and are either the agents or the victims of the gulf between their avowed principles and the pragmatic demands of a "corrupt" world. Many...
Show moreThe collapse of a viable world concept of order leaves John Ford's characters with a modern problem--how to behave without demonstrable and reliable principles upon which to base their actions. The individualists among them try to establish order by mere affirmation of opinion. Other personae cling to the sacred, conservative value of the vow or contract, and are either the agents or the victims of the gulf between their avowed principles and the pragmatic demands of a "corrupt" world. Many characters also attempt to find reassurance in the predictable patterns of ritual behavior, only to discover the inefficacy of such ritual to protect them from or console them for a personal loss of meaning in their world. Ford's characters become "existential" figures, even though the models they adopt are often relics of the past (vows, rituals) which they must simply affirm, by their performances, bereft of the metaphysical support they might once have had.
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Date Issued: 1979
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13980
Subject Headings: Ford, John,--1586-approximately 1640--Criticism and interpretation.
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Title: ASTROLOGICAL IMAGERY AND THE "ETERNAL TRIANGLE" IN THREE PLAYS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS.
Creator: FOX, LEO ANTHONY., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the major dramatic characters, in three plays by Tennessee Williams, as representative of the astrological signs of the "earth'' triplicity. With a basic understanding of astrological properties, the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, and The Kingdom of Earth can be categorized in triangular relationships symbolized by the astral triplicity. Astrology is explicit in Streetcar and, by inference and association, implicit in the other plays. The...
Show moreThis thesis examines the major dramatic characters, in three plays by Tennessee Williams, as representative of the astrological signs of the "earth'' triplicity. With a basic understanding of astrological properties, the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, and The Kingdom of Earth can be categorized in triangular relationships symbolized by the astral triplicity. Astrology is explicit in Streetcar and, by inference and association, implicit in the other plays. The astrological grouping explicates the characters' motivations and illuminates the plays' resolutions.
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Date Issued: 1973
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13608
Subject Headings: Williams, Tennessee,--1911---Knowledge--Occult sciences., Astrology in literature.
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Title: "DEATH AND THE CHILD": A KEY TO THE CRANE CANON. (STEPHEN CRANE).
Creator: OTT, PAUL D., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: The close association between Crane's journalistic and fictional account of the Greco-Turkish war makes "Death and the Child" one of the most forthright works in the Crane canon. From both a philosophical and technical standpoint, this short fiction work reveals Crane's maturity and sophistication at the end of 1897. A tension-release-shift structure directs the major flow of action, while at the same time suggesting the process of psychological change which the protagonist undergoes. The...
Show moreThe close association between Crane's journalistic and fictional account of the Greco-Turkish war makes "Death and the Child" one of the most forthright works in the Crane canon. From both a philosophical and technical standpoint, this short fiction work reveals Crane's maturity and sophistication at the end of 1897. A tension-release-shift structure directs the major flow of action, while at the same time suggesting the process of psychological change which the protagonist undergoes. The interpretation of the final scenes of the work, a subject of some controversy, is aided by an examination of the corresponding and contrasting elements found in The Red Badge of Courage.
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Date Issued: 1974
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13670
Subject Headings: Crane, Stephen,--1871-1900--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: "Fore-conceit," autonomy, and Sidney's view of mimesis.
Creator: Lewis, Steven Michael., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: In Sidney's conception of mimesis, a pyramid of autonomy exists with God as the ultimate artificer, and the succeeding levels peopled with human artificers, then fictional artificers. The autonomous character of each descending artificer connects one to the power of the heavenly maker. Sidney's use of mimesis argues for cognizance of our innate capacities, for which we are grateful solely to God. In creating the characters of The Old Arcadia, Sidney first endows them with the capacity for ...
Show moreIn Sidney's conception of mimesis, a pyramid of autonomy exists with God as the ultimate artificer, and the succeeding levels peopled with human artificers, then fictional artificers. The autonomous character of each descending artificer connects one to the power of the heavenly maker. Sidney's use of mimesis argues for cognizance of our innate capacities, for which we are grateful solely to God. In creating the characters of The Old Arcadia, Sidney first endows them with the capacity for "fore-conceit," a necessary corollary to Free will, the essential aspect of man's condition as Sidney conceived it. By emphasizing the artificer/artifact relationship on successive levels, Sidney implies the focal importance of the creative process. Because Sidney's artifacts are constructed in the image of their maker, despite the limitations of an "infected will," they are also artificers themselves, at least insofar as they approach a true mimesis of the nature of man.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15171
Subject Headings: Sidney, Philip,--1554-1586--Arcadia, Sidney, Philip,--1554-1586--Criticism and interpretation, Mimesis in literature, English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism
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Title: A CRITICAL STUDY OF THOMAS LODGE'S "ROSALIND.".
Creator: HERSH, RICHARD EUGENE., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines several aspects of Thomas Lodge's Rosalind, including the structure of the work, its style, and the parodies of courtly love and petrarchism which it contains. Analysis reveals a triadic structure which develops patterns of three similar and related events, actions, relationships , character types, and situations. Within this structure, Lodge has created a parody of courtly love role play, and a parody of petrarchan literary conventions. Each parody supports and promotes...
Show moreThis thesis examines several aspects of Thomas Lodge's Rosalind, including the structure of the work, its style, and the parodies of courtly love and petrarchism which it contains. Analysis reveals a triadic structure which develops patterns of three similar and related events, actions, relationships , character types, and situations. Within this structure, Lodge has created a parody of courtly love role play, and a parody of petrarchan literary conventions. Each parody supports and promotes the other. Lodge accomplishes this in a style which exaggerates some of the elements of John Lyly's style while disregarding others. The consequence of Lodge's mimicry has been a persistent mislabeling of his style as "euphuistic," and a misleading suggestion that the complex and unique style of Rosalind is mere imitation.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13892
Subject Headings: Lodge, Thomas,--1558?-1625--Rosalynde, Courtly love
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange" and Michel Foucault's "Panopticism".
Creator: Brown, Erika Dawn., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange offers a "disciplinary technology," the "Ludovico Technique," which resembles Michel Foucault's interpretation of Jeremy Bentham's architectural figure, the Panopticon. Burgess's novel functions analogously to Foucault's image of the panopticon by dehumanizing and controlling the criminal, Alex, by omniscient, omnipotent surveillance, and also by disciplining the reader to assimilate an ambiguous vernacular language: the reader is "trained" by panopticonic...
Show moreAnthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange offers a "disciplinary technology," the "Ludovico Technique," which resembles Michel Foucault's interpretation of Jeremy Bentham's architectural figure, the Panopticon. Burgess's novel functions analogously to Foucault's image of the panopticon by dehumanizing and controlling the criminal, Alex, by omniscient, omnipotent surveillance, and also by disciplining the reader to assimilate an ambiguous vernacular language: the reader is "trained" by panopticonic techniques to read and interpret the novel.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15558
Subject Headings: Burgess, Anthony,--1917---A clockwork orange, Foucault, Michel--Criticism and interpretation, Bentham, Jeremy,--1748-1832--Criticism and interpretation, Punishment
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Contemporary Sanguines: The Vampire Myth As Manifest In The Works Of Anne Rice.
Creator: Ayaz, Sandra Marie, Collins, Robert A., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Mystery. Immortality. Power. These are the qualities of the fictional vampire that make the beast appealing to mortal readers. The reigning queen of contemporary vampire literature is Anne Rice whose novel Interview With the Vampire , the first in a series, was published in 1976. Since then, Rice has produced two additional offerings in the Vampire Chronicles. Each novel deals with the delicate balance between the world of mortals and the existence of the vampires. Rice has created a new...
Show moreMystery. Immortality. Power. These are the qualities of the fictional vampire that make the beast appealing to mortal readers. The reigning queen of contemporary vampire literature is Anne Rice whose novel Interview With the Vampire , the first in a series, was published in 1976. Since then, Rice has produced two additional offerings in the Vampire Chronicles. Each novel deals with the delicate balance between the world of mortals and the existence of the vampires. Rice has created a new generation of vampires who reflect the alienation, isolation, and self-doubt experienced by modern humans. Rice uses her immortals to voice her opinions regarding church, society, and modern philosophy. She changed the rules for the undead, made the vampires into metaphors for the human condition, and accomplished a little psychotherapy at the same time .
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000890
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Mosaic Law in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
Creator: Kahl, Murray., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice is examined on an allegorical level, with Shylock the Jew portrayed as representing the Mosaic Law, and Antonio the Merchant of Venice portrayed as a Christ figure who represents the New Law. The religious convictions of the era are presented by examining the works of Richard Hooker as representative of his milieu. Traditional religious theology, both Jewish and Christian, is examined to establish a basis for the battle that ensues. Evidence is presented to...
Show moreShakespeare's Merchant of Venice is examined on an allegorical level, with Shylock the Jew portrayed as representing the Mosaic Law, and Antonio the Merchant of Venice portrayed as a Christ figure who represents the New Law. The religious convictions of the era are presented by examining the works of Richard Hooker as representative of his milieu. Traditional religious theology, both Jewish and Christian, is examined to establish a basis for the battle that ensues. Evidence is presented to establish a Jewish presence in England prior to their admission by Oliver Cromwell. This presence is argued to have influenced Shakespeare in his writing and precipitates a battle in which the two opposing philosophies do battle. The sides are carefully drawn and a celestial battle takes place. The allegories are described and then used to define the antagonists in terms that fit their allegorical nature.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14521
Subject Headings: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Merchant of Venice, Judaism in literature
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Mythological backgrounds in Sheri S. Tepper's fiction.
Creator: Carroll, Lonna Pomeroy., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Sheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A...
Show moreSheri S. Tepper, using postmodern literary techniques, utilizes ancient story forms to examine our contemporary world in three science fiction novels. Classical Greek mythology in the form of a parodic drama, "Iphigenia at Ilium" is intricately woven into The Gate to Women's Country. European fairy tale characters become metaphors for a postmodern world threatened by overpopulation and the loss of magic in Beauty. An American Indian fable, featuring Coyote, provides the mythic paradigm for A Plague of Angels. Each ancient story form is re-worked into Tepper's postmodernist fiction giving a new slant to familiar stories that highlight Tepper's feminist, ecological themes: of the folly of war, the threat of overpopulation, and mankind's interconnectedness to all living creatures.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15317
Subject Headings: Tepper, Sheri S--Criticism and interpretation, Mythology in literature, Science fiction--History and criticism, Fantastic literature--History and criticism
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Title: Griselda and "knowing who you are": "The Clerk's Tale" and the "Consolation of Philosophy".
Creator: Kaufman, James Nathan., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: The actions of Griselda, heroine of The Clerk's Tale, Chaucer's study of humanly and womanly forbearance, are mirrored throughout the classical wisdom of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. The medieval tale's story is one of rational resistance to domination, even to that of a powerful and jealous husband. Griselda's ensuing struggle for self-liberation and "free will," by "looking within," echoes the neoplatonic and Boethian universal scheme: mutability transcends all Fortune. Griselda...
Show moreThe actions of Griselda, heroine of The Clerk's Tale, Chaucer's study of humanly and womanly forbearance, are mirrored throughout the classical wisdom of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. The medieval tale's story is one of rational resistance to domination, even to that of a powerful and jealous husband. Griselda's ensuing struggle for self-liberation and "free will," by "looking within," echoes the neoplatonic and Boethian universal scheme: mutability transcends all Fortune. Griselda finally arrives at knowing her own true nature, and the workings of Divine Providence.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14812
Subject Headings: Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400--Clerk's tale, Boethius,---524--Consolation of philosophy, Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400--Criticism and interpretation, Boethius,---524--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: PHILIP ROTH: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTEMPORARY SATIRIST.
Creator: LAZENBY, THOMAS NORMAN., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: This thesis shows satire as the literary genre one American author, Philip Roth, seems to have chosen as his way of writing about the often illogical and amoral contemporary world. It examines the characteristics of satire and analyzes Roth's more recent novels in terms of psychological, political and mock epic satire.
Date Issued: 1973
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13590
Subject Headings: Roth, Philip--Criticism and interpretation, Satirists, American
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Title: Musical aspects of "The Canterbury Tales".
Creator: Hand, Mary Jane., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Musical allusions and references abound in The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer uses music, the most cultivated art form of Christianity in the fourteenth century, to characterize the moral nature of his settings, themes, and characters. In addition, he employs music as a great film director would to heighten the intensity of certain scenes and enrich the structure of the plot. Chaucer took many ideas from medieval philosophic tradition for granted and expected his readers to share them. His...
Show moreMusical allusions and references abound in The Canterbury Tales. Chaucer uses music, the most cultivated art form of Christianity in the fourteenth century, to characterize the moral nature of his settings, themes, and characters. In addition, he employs music as a great film director would to heighten the intensity of certain scenes and enrich the structure of the plot. Chaucer took many ideas from medieval philosophic tradition for granted and expected his readers to share them. His conscious application of these ideas makes The Canterbury Tales more profound and clearly more exciting and enjoyable for those who are able to "hear" the music.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14735
Subject Headings: Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400--Canterbury tales, Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400--Knowledge--Music, Music and literature
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Secondary worlds: Thomas Burnett Swann's fantastic forests and J. M. Barrie's imaginary islands.
Creator: Fischer, Catherine., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Although J. M. Barrie's work is firmly rooted in the soil of his Scottish heritage and that of Thomas Burnett Swann flowers in the landscapes of pre-history and classical myth, the fantastic elements of their respective works can be legitimately compared. The writers differ in style and focus, but each creates secondary worlds which transcend normal perceptions and capture the reader in an implausible, yet credible experience. Both Swann's fantastic forests and Barrie's imaginary islands meet...
Show moreAlthough J. M. Barrie's work is firmly rooted in the soil of his Scottish heritage and that of Thomas Burnett Swann flowers in the landscapes of pre-history and classical myth, the fantastic elements of their respective works can be legitimately compared. The writers differ in style and focus, but each creates secondary worlds which transcend normal perceptions and capture the reader in an implausible, yet credible experience. Both Swann's fantastic forests and Barrie's imaginary islands meet the criterion for a secondary world established by J. R. R. Tolkien: "One which your mind can enter. Inside it, what (the author) relates is 'true': It accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it were, inside."
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14645
Subject Headings: Swann, Thomas Burnett--Criticism and interpretation., Barrie, J. M.--(James Matthew),--1860-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
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Title: A STUDY OF THE PLAUTINE SOURCES OF TWO CHARACTERS IN BEN JONSON'S "THE ALCHEMIST": FACE AS 'SERVUS CALLIDUS' AND SIR EPICURE MAMMON AS 'MILES GLORIOSUS.'.
Creator: TIMONEY, ROSEMARY CLAIRE., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: In preparation for developing the original thesis problem, the relationship between Plautus's clever slave and Ben Jonson's Face and Plautus's braggart soldier and Ben Jonson's Sir Epicure Mammon, this study reviews previous criticism based on the relationship of Jonson to classical sources. Chapter I establishes that a firm belief in the necessity and efficacy of right reason is basic to the satiric comedy and hence the characterization of both Plautus and Ben Jonson, and it defines the...
Show moreIn preparation for developing the original thesis problem, the relationship between Plautus's clever slave and Ben Jonson's Face and Plautus's braggart soldier and Ben Jonson's Sir Epicure Mammon, this study reviews previous criticism based on the relationship of Jonson to classical sources. Chapter I establishes that a firm belief in the necessity and efficacy of right reason is basic to the satiric comedy and hence the characterization of both Plautus and Ben Jonson, and it defines the roles of the servus and the miles and indicates the form the thesis will take by comparing and contrasting Pyrgopolynices and Bobadil. Chapter II concentrates on the Latin sources, examining the prototype servus and miles in the Mostellaria and Miles Gloriosus of Plautus in order to establish types and definitions. Chapter III studies Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, indicating that Sir Epicure Mammon is actually in the miles tradition, that Face is a successful servus callidus and that Doll Common is a development of the Roman meretrix. The thesis concludes that the recognition of these prototypes and the apprehension of increased character development in Jonson enhances an appreciation of The Alchemist.
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Date Issued: 1975
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13710
Subject Headings: Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637--Characters, Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637--Sources, Jonson, Ben,--1573?-1637--Alchemist, Plautus, Titus Maccius--Characters, Plautus, Titus Maccius--Miles gloriosus, Plautus, Titus Maccius--Mostellaria
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Title: SYMBOLS AND MYSTICISM IN THE NOVELS OF THOMAS BURNETT SWANN.
Creator: HUNT, LEIGH INA., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: The three great classes of symbols identified by Evelyn Underhill in mystical literature are present in Swann's novels. They are the symbols of the journey, human love and marriage, and purity and perfection. An analysis of the symbols shows that their use is not random, but consistent with a pattern of spiritual development composed of several stages and called the Mystic Way. As a result, Swann's novels can be read and enjoyed as works of fantasy or of mysticism.
Date Issued: 1981
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14088
Subject Headings: Swann, Thomas Burnett--Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE ZODIACAL CONSTRUCTION OF "TAMBURLAINE I AND II.".
Creator: JEFFERSON, ESTELLE FUGATE., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: While the text of Tamburlaine I and II contains the classic pattern of act and scene divisions, the organic structure of the play is governed by the twelve signs and houses of the zodiac. The play's metaphorical patterns are consciously formulated to correspond to the zodiacal year, and consequently represent a circular pattern. The play's well-known rising and falling movement (Parts I and II) is analogous to both solar day and solar year. As hero, Tamburlaine's role is that of Sol, the...
Show moreWhile the text of Tamburlaine I and II contains the classic pattern of act and scene divisions, the organic structure of the play is governed by the twelve signs and houses of the zodiac. The play's metaphorical patterns are consciously formulated to correspond to the zodiacal year, and consequently represent a circular pattern. The play's well-known rising and falling movement (Parts I and II) is analogous to both solar day and solar year. As hero, Tamburlaine's role is that of Sol, the central planet in the Ptolemaic system, ascending with the vernal equinox in Part I and descending with the autumnal equinox in Part II. The imagery traverses, in sequential fashion, the signs and houses, with one radical adjustment: Pisces is removed from the end of the cycle and placed at the beginning of Act I, an alteration which probably has concealed the metaphorical pattern heretofore.
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Date Issued: 1978
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13929
Subject Headings: Marlowe, Christopher,--1564-1593--Tamburlaine the Great, Astrology in literature
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Title: The malignant intimacy: Doubles, atheists, and orphans in "Frankenstein Unbound".
Creator: Clarry, Stuart, III., Florida Atlantic University, Collins, Robert A.
Abstract/Description: Brian Aldiss's Frankenstein Unbound is both a tribute to and exegesis of Mary Shelley's novel. The central figure, Joseph Bodenland, the 'everyman' of modern technological society, emerges as a composite of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature; he is the pivotal character through whom Aldiss revises and reinterprets Shelley's themes. Bodenland's role as a double reveals how Aldiss has updated Shelley's biographically inspired atheism and psychological orphanhood. As an atheist, Bodenland...
Show moreBrian Aldiss's Frankenstein Unbound is both a tribute to and exegesis of Mary Shelley's novel. The central figure, Joseph Bodenland, the 'everyman' of modern technological society, emerges as a composite of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature; he is the pivotal character through whom Aldiss revises and reinterprets Shelley's themes. Bodenland's role as a double reveals how Aldiss has updated Shelley's biographically inspired atheism and psychological orphanhood. As an atheist, Bodenland symbolizes technology and modern society's increasing separation from faith and God. Bodenland's sense of orphanhood suggests humanity's separation from the natural world, and by extension, the loss of individual identity in a technological, scientific world. Bodenland's status as the last man on Earth symbolizes Aldiss's concern that modern society has not been responsible for its actions.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15414
Subject Headings: Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Criticism and interpretation, Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Frankenstein unbound, Horror tales, English--History and criticism, Doubles in literature, Atheism in literature, Orphans in literature
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FAU Theses and Dissertations (27)	+ -
HBOI Faculty Contributions (1)	+ -

Science fiction--History and criticism (2)	+ -
Aelfric,--Abbot of Eynsham--Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
Aelfric,--Abbot of Eynsham--Preface to Genesis (1)	+ -
Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
Aldiss, Brian W--(Brian Wilson),--1925---Frankenstein unbound (1)	+ -

Astrology in literature (1)	+ -
Astrology in literature. (1)	+ -
Atheism in literature (1)	+ -
Barrie, J. M.--(James Matthew),--1860-1937--Criticism and interpretation. (1)	+ -
Bentham, Jeremy,--1748-1832--Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
Boethius,---524--Consolation of philosophy (1)	+ -
Boethius,---524--Criticism and interpretation (1)	+ -
Burgess, Anthony,--1917---A clockwork orange (1)	+ -
Chaucer, Geoffrey,---1400--Canterbury tales (1)	+ -
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