• The Celtic legends and their use in the modern Celtic plays and poetry 

    Bell, Mildred Maxwell (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" ...
  • Omission of the central action in the English and Scottish popular ballads 

    Moore, John Robert, 1890-1973 (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
    There are four main divisions of the examples of omission and suspense: minor omissions, suspense, omission of the central motive, and omission of the central action. The term "minor omissions" includes not only the ...
  • A study of tragic situation and character in English drama, 1900- 1912 

    Nardin, Frances Louise, 1878- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
    It is the purpose of this study to examine the subject-matter of those English dramas of 1900-1912 which portray serious action and produce tragic effect. In this study all purely aesthetic questions are ignored. The ...