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Three Restoration and Eighteenth Century Adaptations of Measure for Measure

Description: It is the purpose of this thesis to examine and compare three Restoration and eighteenth century adaptations of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure: William Davenant's The Law Against Lovers, acted in 1662; Charles Gildon's Measure for Measure: or, Beauty the Best Advocate, acted in 1700; and John Philip Kemble's Shakspeare's Measure for Measure, acted in 1794. The plays are discussed with regard to their divergence from Shakespeare's play. In addition, they are examined from the standpoint of th… more
Date: August 1972
Creator: Forrest, Deborah L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Matter of Life and Death: The Continuity of Identity in the Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe

Description: Some of the most interesting facets of Edgar Allan Poe's fiction are his imaginative speculations concerning the metaphysical experiences of the soul, the individual psychic "identity." His interest focuses primarily on three related aspects of the soul's experiences (1) metempsychosis (or reincarnation and transmigration); (2) suspension between "death" and the after-life or states of unconsciousness and consciousness, sleep and waking; and (3) the terrors, real or imagined, of premature buria… more
Date: August 1972
Creator: Hayes, Kathryn Janette
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Marital Traditions in the Fiction of Edith Wharton

Description: This study deals, with Edith Wharton's literary attitude toward woman's limited place in society and her opportunities for happiness in acceptance of or rebellion against conventional standards. Wharton's works, specifically her novels, contain recurrent character types functioning in recurrent situations. Similarity in the themes of Wharton's various works illustrates her basic idea: woman, lacking independence and identity, needs the security of tradition's order.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Montgomery, Janis Jean
Partner: UNT Libraries
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