Browsing 2009 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Department "English (MU)"

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  • A closer look at the rhetoric of rape 

    Jones, Patricia Louisa Mae Reece, 1972- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Based on the research of Lakoff and Turner, combined with studies in Burkean theory, and the representation of rape, this work presents the problematic use of metaphoric language in US Court rape trials. These are the cause ...

  • Gothic mutability : the flux of form and the creation of fear 

    Roma, Rebecca (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    The purpose of this study is to offer revisions to current conceptions of Gothic origins and form by redefining the limiting categories "male Gothic" and "female Gothic" as well as their supernatural correspondents, "horror ...

  • Noble virtues and rich chaines : patronage in the poetry of Amilia Lanyer 

    Fletcher, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Lee) (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Dues Rex Judaeorum has been primarily discussed by literary scholars as a protofeminist text, one that celebrates and defends female community. While such readings have illuminated Lanyer's radical ...

  • Postwar masculine identity in Ann Bannon's I am a woman 

    Miller, Allyson (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Postwar men experienced an identity destabilization that was unique to the era. Lesbian pulp fiction provided the opportunity for heterosexual men to "try on" alternate identities while simultaneously asserting their ...

  • Roth and war : two cases 

    Van Reet, Brian (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Although Philip Roth's style has gone through dramatic self-reinventions over the years, war has remained one of his major themes. After providing an introduction to Roth's career, this thesis examines how he represents ...