Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Justice, George"
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Beginning's ends: new senses of ending and the eighteenth-century novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This dissertation argues that an examination of innovative endings in both canonized and forgotten eighteenth-century prose fiction contributes to our understanding of the early novel. When endings have been discussed in ... -
Illustrated editions: depicting the eighteenth-century British novel
(University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010)This dissertation on illustrated British fiction from the 1740s to 1830s argues that a vital part of novelistic interpretation is omitted when illustrations are overlooked. Rather than viewing the novels of the eighteenth ... -
Reflective gazes: character and audience perception in Wycherley's the Plain Dealer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)In his final dramatic work, William Wycherley eschews the typical standards of Restoration comedy in order to provide his audience with more than just a few good laughs and a reassuring message of social superiority. Instead ...