Browsing ENG Theses by Title
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A critical study of the material of James Fenimore Cooper's Leather-stocking series
(Wichita State University, 1951-06)The following chapters will be a study of the novels within the skeleton of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leather Stocking Series. By this, it is meant that the novels included in the series will be individually examined in an ... -
A study of the archaisms and neologisms from the British press of 1933
(Wichita State University, 1934-06)Words persist in popular print and in spoken language long after they disappear form the page of the literary writer. They are likely to persist longest in isolated places, away from cultural centers, among people of the ... -
A study of the attitude of United States fiction toward the Mexican
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A study of the development of counterpoint in the narrative technique of modern fiction
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A study of the religious imagery in the poetry of Richard Crashaw
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A study of the treatment of Arthurian legends since the eighteenth century in the literature of Great Britain and America
(Wichita State University, 1934-06)The treatment of the old legends by modern authors differs widely from that of Malory or Tennyson. It is my purpose to show the variation in this treatment by comparing the modern development with that of Tennyson ... -
An analysis of the influence of the Quakers on Daniel Defoe
(Wichita State University, 1943-03)Every biographer of Daniel Defoe has something to say concerning his relations to the Quakers. Yet all are so vague that the reader interested in pursuing the question as to just what was Defoe's relationship to this ... -
An analysis of the literary importance of Gerard Manley Hopkins
(Wichita State University, 1937-06)It is only in recent years that the attention of students of literature has been directed to the merit s of the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, a poet who, paradoxical as it may seem, is rightly classified as the ... -
An analysis of the influence of the Quakers on Daniel Defoe
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Anime’s ancestry: Kawabata’s The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa and Oe’s Help Us to Outgrow Our Madness as a prelude to Japanese animation
(Wichita State University, 2012-12)Much research exists on the considerable influence of American and European culture on the newly opened borders of Japan in the 1920’s, yet there is very little recognition of French influences beyond the acknowledgement ... -
Blood (and other things) in the gutter: deconstructing McCloud's "pleasure in closure" for intersectional exploration
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)This research explores gutter theory in comics and graphic novels. While many regard Scott McCloud's theoretical work as the gold standard, others such as Theirry Groenstein, Theresa Tensuan, and Hannah Miodrag believe ... -
Bored to death: William Inge’s women and The feminine mystique
(2006-05)Ever since Robert Brustein’s review of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs in November 1958, the role of the female characters in William Inge’s plays has been of interest to a number of critics. At that time, Brustein claimed ... -
Burying aunt Billie and other stories
(2006-05)Being rich -- Germinate -- Inside -- Leaving the herd -- Burying aunt Billie. -
Catholic imagery in the poetry of Francis Thompson
(Wichita State University, 1937-06)In this study an attempt will be made to explain allusions drawn from Catholic sources; to clarify the underlying thought implied in the imagery; furthermore, to illustrate the qualifying effect ot this imagery upon ... -
The client
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Confusing words
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Contributions of English women novelists to the novel through the eighteenth century
(Wichita State University, 1933-06)The purpose of this thesis is to discover the contributions which some of the English women novelists of the eighteenth century made to the development of the novel. Although the form and scope of the English novel were ... -
Convenient disguise: Engaging Lee in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)East of Eden (1952), which John Steinbeck considered his masterpiece, constitutes a decidedly strange narrative universe, with characters residing simultaneously in the seemingly contradictory worlds of fiction/myth and ... -
Conventional conventions? A macro-intertextual exploration of literature, film, and culture
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)The role of the villain in literature and cinema poses a problem for traditional critical scholars: how can readers see beyond the villain‟s role as literal antagonist? Differing critical methods approach this problem from ...