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The Abuse of Confidence as a Major Theme in the Novels of Henry James

Description: All of the aforementioned factors--love, money, the abuse of confidence, the guilt growing out of it, the response of the victim--contribute to the moral view constantly evolving towards an ultimate statement in the three novels of James's maturity. This thesis will attempt to explicate in full that statement. For James's theme of abuse of confidence, together with all of its elements, was in itself only the vehicle of a finely attuned moral awareness.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Sullenberger, T. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Criticism of Swift's "Voyage to the Houyhnhnms," 1958-1965

Description: Bitterness and humor, dogmatism and tolerance, unprofessional negligence and scholarly care characterize recent criticism of Swift's "Voyage to the Houyhnhnms." Many scholars have based their conclusions on the findings of earlier commentators rather than on Swift's work itself. Others have imposed a system of their own upon the fourth voyage, sometimes without regard for incontrovertible evidence against their views. Consequently, these scholars often reveal more about themselves than about Sw… more
Date: August 1966
Creator: Witkowski, Susan Siegrist
Partner: UNT Libraries
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George Eliot and the Evangelical Mind

Description: Gordon Haight, in his biographical preface to the letters of George Eliot, states the "without her intimate knowledge of the Evangelical mind George Eliot would have lacked part of the experience on which her wide sympathy was founded." This thesis is an exploration of, a commentary on, Haight's remark.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Jones, Jesse C.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Mexico and Mexicans in the Fiction of Steinbeck, Morris, Traven and Porter

Description: The purpose of this study is to investigate what seem to be the principal attitudes of Americans toward Mexico and Mexicans as expressed by four contemporary American authors, and to point out and evaluate salient features in their respective treatment of the subject.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Maass, Henry Eugene Lester
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Money in Four of the Early Novels of Henry James

Description: The purpose of the study at hand is to follow up the suggestions in Winters's observations and Booth's thesis, and to examine both the extent and the nature of money and other financial considerations as these matters appear in the four most important novels of James's early period.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Swearingen, Wilba Shaw
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Myth in the Fiction of C. S. Lewis

Description: In both his fiction and non-fiction, Lewis comments on myth, its characteristics and strengths, and its relation to Christian doctrine. His use of myth to examine and to illustrate Christian ideas is most important in the space trilogy, the Narnia series of children's books, and Till We Have Faces. These books are the primary sources for this thesis, and they will be examined in chronological order.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Miller, Ruth Humble
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Political and Social Significance in Selected Drama of Henry Fielding

Description: The purpose of this thesis are to show that Fielding's dramas reflect the social and political abuses prevalent in England during the first four decades of the eighteenth century; to show through careful delineation of specific drams that those dramas led to repeated attempts by the Walpole Ministry to pass a licensing act; and to show that Fielding was seriously concerned about the political and social deterioration which he felt was occurring during the decade of the 1730's.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Rosenbalm, John O.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Prose Larger than Life: A Study of the Diction and Dialogue in Two Plays of Clifford Odets

Description: This thesis contends that current critical appreciation of Clifford Odets as a dramatist is incomplete and that, contrary to the general view, Odets, a creator of living language and unforgettable dialogue, did make a significant and lasting contribution to the contemporary American theatre. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to demonstrate with what creative skill and with what theatrical precision Odets uses the dramatic language of his plays.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Burt, David J.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Wagnerian Elements in the Fiction of Thomas Mann

Description: This study will examine the phenomenon of the elevation of Wagner from relative obscurity under Bismarck to the symbol of German Nationalism under the Third Reich, and will attempt to ascertain the reasons for Mann's continuing dedication to Wagner despite his growing apprehension about Germany's destiny under Hitler.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Wright, Sandra Mason
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Graham Greene and the Idea of Childhood

Description: A marked preoccupation with childhood is evident throughout the works of Graham Greene; it receives most obvious expression in his concern with the idea that the course of a man's life is determined during his early years, but many of his other obsessive themes, such as betrayal, pursuit, and failure, may be seen to have their roots in general types of experience which Greene evidently believes to be common to all children.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Bell, Martha Frances
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Mark Twain's Views on Formal Education

Description: The purpose of this study is to discuss Twain's role as a critic of the educational system of his day and to explore his views concerning the purposes, methodology, and value of formal education below the college level.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Cameron, Thomas D.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Mystical Elements in Emerson's Thought

Description: It is the main purpose of this thesis to ascertain just to what extent Emerson's writing do contain mystical elements.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Conklin, Lillian M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Shakespeare's Shylock : A Re-evaluation

Description: This paper will be a study designed to clarify Shylock's position by seeing him in the proper historical perspective. It will examine briefly the role of the Jew in history and in literature prior to Shakespeare.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Hegborn, Lois A.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Spasmodic Poetry : its Nature and Historical Context.

Description: The emphasis of this thesis is to describe the Spasmodic poets of the Victorian period, to define "Spasmodism", to familiarize the reader with the major Spasmodics and their works, and to show the role that the Spasmodics filled during the Victorian period in English literature.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Gallogly, Gertrude
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Thomas Wolfe's Romantic Affinity for Germany

Description: This thesis explores the politics and views of Thomas Wolfe's romantic affinity for Germany.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Kinstley, Barbara Sue Bodemann
Partner: UNT Libraries
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