Browsing Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Ramsay, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1880-1953"
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The beginnings of naturalism in the English novel
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)"By the words "scientific observation" a picture of the laboratory is called up. However, life cannot be reduced to the small limits of a scientist's workshop; thus the naturalistic writer uses the statistical and case ... -
The Celtic legends and their use in the modern Celtic plays and poetry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)The recovery and opening of the Irish legends is undoubtedly the most important phase of the Irish literary movement. The legends contain the very essence of the Irish genius. These stories of "old, unhappy, far-off things" ... -
The inter-relations of the three schools of French poetry in the nineteenth century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)There have been three schools of poetry in France since the beginning of the nineteenth century. They are the Romantic, the Parnassian/and the Symbolistic. These are the schools which have made of their century in France, ... -
Interpreters of Chicago : a study in American regionalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932)The second discovery of America came when the writers discovered the interesting elements in the varied communities which made each of them unique. A like discovery had been made in England years before by George Eliot, ... -
The miracle play : medieval and modern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)"The purpose of the present study is to investigate one of these three types,--the miracle play. It is the aim of the thesis to study typical examples of the medieval miracle and the entire list, so far as possible, of ... -
The morality play: medieval and modern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)Text from page 1: Furthermore the medieval drama has proved a source of inspiration to certain modern men of letters as well as to certain writers whose chief aim is the appeal to the popular taste, so that we have a ... -
Place names in six of the west central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933)Counties: Vernon, Bates, Cass, St. Clair, Henry, and Johnson -
Place names in the central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1928)This study is an attempt to determine, while the sources are yet available, the origin of the. names of the towns, streams, country schools, and townships of the following central counties of Missouri: Boone, Callaway, ... -
Place names in the north central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1928)Counties: Adair, Carroll, Chariton, Grundy, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, and Sullivan -
Place names in the northwest counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1929)Counties: Atchison, Holt, Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan, Worth, Gentry, DeKalb, Clinton, Harrison, Daviess, and Caldwell -
Place names in the southwest border counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933)Counties: Webster, Wright, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, and McDonald -
Place names in the southwest counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930)Counties: Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, and Polk -
Place names of five central southern counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)Counties: Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Shannon, Texas. -
Place names of five south central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1943)Counties: Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, and Pettis -
Place names of five southern border counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1945)Counties: Butler, Carter, Howell, Oregon, and Ripley. -
Place names of five west central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1937)Counties: Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, and Lafayette -
Place names of six counties in southeast Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1945)Counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Reynolds, and Wayne Counties. -
Place names of six east central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933)Counties: Audrain, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, and Randolph. -
Place names of six northeast counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1938)"Six counties, Marion, Shelby, Knox, Clark, Lewis, and Scotland, furnish the material for this thesis. In the lexioon which follows, we have sought to bring together as exhaustive a list of names as may be, with all ... -
Place names of six south central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1938)Counties: Osage, Gasconade, Miller, Maries, Phelps, and Pulaski