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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick : hermeneutics and epistemology in Ishmael's seafaring

Creator:: Goodrum, Emily A.
Abstract:: This paper defends a reading of Hennan Melville's Moby-Dick that elevates Ishmael's status from mere narrator of Ahab's tragedy to that of protagonist of his own story, a novel of epistemological seafaring. As a metaphysical quester, Ishmael provides the novel's only reliable and complex vision of the condition of man...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Melville. David guided this study from start to finish, critiqued early drafts, and motivated much of the

Caught between two spheres : the relationship of Charles Dickens' street people to the Victorian concept of home

Creator:: Wylie, Lynne S.
Abstract:: Nineteenth-century England witnessed burgeoning urban growth and the resultant struggle of the poor to find adequate shelter. Against this backdrop, Charles Dickens was a fierce advocate for the rights of the street people of London to have sanitary and adequate housing, earning him the title of radical. By combining sentimentality...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : The Relationship of Charles Dickens' Street People to the Victorian Concept of Home. Abstract

Water, fire, and stone : images and meaning in Melville

Creator:: Martin, Brian D.
Abstract:: This thesis is a study of Herman Melville’s symbolism. I have chosen to investigate the elemental images of water, fire, and stone in Moby-Dick (1851), Pierre; Or, The Ambiguities (1852), and Clarel; A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876). This work is a semiotic study, insofar as the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , AND STONE: IMAGES AND MEANING IN MELVILLE Brian D. Martin

Breeding habitat of harlequin ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Creator:: Crowley, David W.
Abstract:: Breeding habitat of Harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) was studied in eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska, during 1991 - 1993. Streams in Prince William Sound were surveyed for Harlequin ducks and monitored with mist nets. Physical characteristics of 24 Harlequin breeding streams were compared to those of 24 streams not used...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members Charles Meslow, William McComb, John Hayes and Daniel Edge for their review and comments

Space and movement : dance, art, and the poetry of William Carlos Williams

Creator:: Hoch, Jamie
Abstract:: The Modern era, roughly the time between 1860-1930, brought about a significant restructuring of artistic mediums. From the canvas to the page, artists of the twentieth century turned towards collaboration as a means by which they could reconfigure their works. Painters, writers, and dancers, borrowed aesthetic techniques from one another...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Poetry of William Carlos Williams. Abstract approved: Tracy The Modern era, roughly the time between

Characteristics of jet diffusers for ocean outfalls

Creator:: Ryan, William L.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CHARACTERISTICS 0F JET t)IFFUSERS FOR OCEA OUTFALLS by WILLIAM LEE RYAN A THESIS submitted to OREGON

Sludging in internal combustion motors

Creator:: Berg, Harold William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INTERNAL COL:BUSTION MOTORS by HAROLD WILLIAM BERG A THESIS Submitted to the OREGON STATE

Hamlet's delay : an attempt at synthesis

Creator:: Cohen, Martin, 1943-
Abstract:: The study of the question of why Shakespeare's Hamlet delays killing Claudius in revenge for his father's murder is examined in light of the major critical theories from neo-classical to modern scholarship. An expanded treatment of the works of Fredson Bowers, Eleanor Prosser, Bertram Joseph, and Roland Frye, is provided...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Application of industrial engineering self improvement techniques to purchasing procedures

Creator:: Hayner, Charles Truman
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles T._Hyer for the M

Plant communities in the old-growth forests of North Coastal Oregon

Creator:: Hines, William W. (William Wester)
Abstract:: This study was conducted in the old-growth forests of Clatsop, Tillamook, and Lincoln counties, Oregon. The three objectives of the research were to describe and classify the near-climax plant communities found within the forests, to relate the associes described by a previous study to the forest communities characterized by the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Coastal Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF WILLIAM WESTER HINES for the MASTER OF SCIENCE (Name i

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Herman Melville's Moby-Dick : hermeneutics and epistemology in Ishmael's seafaring

Caught between two spheres : the relationship of Charles Dickens' street people to the Victorian concept of home

Water, fire, and stone : images and meaning in Melville

Breeding habitat of harlequin ducks in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Space and movement : dance, art, and the poetry of William Carlos Williams

Characteristics of jet diffusers for ocean outfalls

Sludging in internal combustion motors

Hamlet's delay : an attempt at synthesis

Application of industrial engineering self improvement techniques to purchasing procedures

Plant communities in the old-growth forests of North Coastal Oregon

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