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Middleton's dramaturgy : a study of the major comedies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
the art of Middleton's comedies and, secondly, by dealing with the best of the comedies, whether or not the setting happens to be London. The early satiric comedies are excluded as inferior to the best that Middleton wrote."--Page 2....
The public voice of Richard Crashaw : a study in the use of religious tradition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
"It is something of an understatement to say that of all the poets of the seventeenth century, Crashaw has been most subjected to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. He has suffered the fate of being labeled the ...
Tudor prose satire : the dynamics of a visual mode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
knowledgeable the viewer may be as to the precise nature of the traditions and conventions which influenced Bruegel. But one critical assumption, valid for both visual art and literature, maintains that elucidation of an artistic work enhances one’s appreciation...
The Old English Herbal in Cotton Ms. Vitellius C. iii : studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
. as evidence of the state of their sciences at a particular time. Art historians are concerned with the tradition and the MS. from the standpoint of the survival of classical art and from the standpoint of the development of plant portrayal from naturalistic...
"To move wild laughter in the throat of death" : an anatomy of Black Humor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975)
satisfactorily defined. This study examines thoroughly the identity of the Black Humorist and the chemistry of his art in order to provide the satisfactory definition which is at present so badly needed. Although the dissertation does not consider every novelist...
The dramas and prose works of John Rastell
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
in the long tradition of dialogue-debates. The last chapter explores Rastell's prefaces in which he shows his concern for translation as a means of enabling the English language to express more complex concepts as well as his desire to stimulate the growth...
The other side of the window : an essay on structural iconography in English and American fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the structural and symbolic function of the window as a major motif in certain works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English and American fiction. Within this body ...
Sir Philip Sidney : contrasting views on the value and morality of rhetoric and poetry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
Sidney’s attitude toward rhetoric passes through three rather distinct stages. At first, he is quite positive toward it, treats it with respect, and, what is perhaps even more important, with enthusiasm. His attitude toward ...
The nature of nothingness in King Lear
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
"The approach toward life in the sixteenth century was paradoxical. Writers and thinkers struggled with the questions and problems of life; they tried to determine if life had any value, and if it consisted of something. ...
Comic pattern in the novels of Smollett
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
This dissertation focuses upon the disparity between the bodies of Smollett's novels and their endings. The former is set in a society which historians identify as the "real world" of eighteenth-century London, a world ...
The pleasure-pain motif in the poetry of John Keats
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
This study is intended to show that one of the commonly noted motifs in the poetry of Keats is also a feature of considerable importance. The swift interchange of pleasure and pain or the ability of the poet to be happy ...