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The Use of Geography in Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Date: 1946
Creator: Koonce, Patsy Lou
Description: A study of the significance of Walt Whitman's use of geography in Leaves of Grass.
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Robert Southey as a Narrative Poet : A Study of His Five Long Poems
Date: 1942
Creator: Monk, Julia
Description: This study of Southey as a narrative poet will be based on an analysis of the five long poems, sometimes called epics, on which the poet laid his claim to fame in the field of narration.
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Poe's Use of Landscape
Date: 1942
Creator: Martin, Princess
Description: The author proposes to determine, through a study of the poems, tales, and criticism, the purposes and methods guiding Poe's violation of the conventional use of nature as a mere descriptive element.
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The Influence of Negro Slavery on Emerson's Concept of Freedom
Date: 1946
Creator: Matthis, Leon Cashiel
Description: A study of the influence of Negro slavery on Emerson's concept of freedom.
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William Dean Howells : the Development and Demonstration of his Theory of Fiction through 1892
Date: 1947
Creator: Miles, Elton R.
Description: This study of the development of Howells's theory of fiction and the extent of its expression in his own novels involves a study of the development of his literary tastes. In order to arrive at an understanding of Howells's critical views as expressed in his own fiction, his literary notices and critical essays will be studied concurrently with his novels.
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Whitman's Friends and Literary Acquaintances
Date: 1947
Creator: McGinnis, Helen H.
Description: This thesis examines Walt Whitman's friendships with many of his contemporaries in New York, Boston, Washington and Camden, and highlights the differences among them.
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Edgar Allan Poe in Relation to his Times
Date: 1940
Creator: Young, Sallie Sue McCarty
Description: This study is based upon the prose works of Poe and covers the topis of politics and social reforms, contemporary attitudes toward death, customs, science and pseudo-science, and contemporary literature. The thesis attempts to prove that Poe's works show manifest evidences of his being a product of his times.
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Macaulay and Carlyle, a Study in Victorian Contrasts
Date: 1940
Creator: Flesher, Lyla
Description: Discusses the contrasts apparent in the Victorian era British writers Carlyle and Macaulay with reference to history, biography, and literary criticism.
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English Utopias
Date: 1940
Creator: Smith, Stella Parker
Description: This thesis discusses Utopian thought and compares the Utopias of Plato, Sir Thomas More, Sir Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift in the areas of government, education, and social problems.
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The Philosophy of Henry Fielding as Expressed in his Novel, Tom Jones
Date: 1941
Creator: Hays, May
Description: This thesis examines the philosophy of Henry Fielding as expressed in his novel, Tom Jones as it relates to the prevailing philosophical thought of eighteenth-century England.
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