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Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

Creator:

Wiley, Marie

Abstract:

This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...

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Masters Thesis
The adorned and the adored : issues of sympathy and ownership in Victorian literature

Creator:

Schmuhl, Emily J.

Abstract:

This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material culture, and ownership in Victorian literature. In the first article, I explore the figure of the heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. George Eliot marked the heiress figure...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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