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The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead : The Development of the Macabre in Late Medieval England

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Sandeno, Robin M.

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Many authorities state that the development of macabre images were a result of the plague that first swept through western Europe 1347-1350. However, many aspects of the macabre were already in place prior to the plague. A more realistic explanation for the macabre is in the modification of religious belief,...

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Masters Thesis

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in vision literature." The punishments in Hell are general for all, and not connected with specific
Fantasy and Hate: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Der Giftpilz

Creator:

Rosenberg, Matthew S.

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In Nazi Germany, 1938, Der Stürmer publishing house, under the control of Julius Striecher, published Der Giftpilz or The Poisonous Mushroom; an anti-Semitic children's book. Disseminated in the thousands, Der Giftpilz became infamously known as a children's book so grotesque it could be, and in fact was, admitted as evidence...

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Masters Thesis

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for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Name in Speech Communication, Speech
Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

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De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)

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This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...

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Masters Thesis

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name in science, to make a name in literature, and thus to raise my race” (Du Bois, Against Racism 29