• The crisis autobiography : Augustine, Rousseau, and Wordsworth 

    Hayes, Tim (Timothy Michael). (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    This project, which on the broadest level can be defined as a comparative study of Augustine's Confessions, Rousseau's Confessions, and Wordsworth's Prelude, is an attempt to bridge a notable gap in the critical literature. ...
  • Lord Byron's critique of despotism and militarism in the Russian Cantos of Don Juan 

    Avkhimovich, Irina S. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
    In his mock-epic masterpiece Don Juan (1819-1824), Lord Byron dwells on the example of Russia in his discussion of the politics of European imperial powers and their military ambitions. In Cantos VII-VIII, the poem's hero, ...