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

    Creator:
    Schmuhl, Emily J.
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    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...
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    : __________________________________________________________________ Meghan A. Freeman This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material

  • Morphological and cytological variation in Trillium albidum Freeman (Liliaceae)

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    Bledsoe, Karen E.
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    This work was performed on Trillium albidum Freeman (Liliaceae), to clarify the pattern of morphological variation between the small-flowered populations at the northern limit of its range ( T. parviflorum Soukup) and the larger-flowered populations from southern Oregon and northern California. It was hypothesized that only a single species of...
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    . Morphological and Cytological Variation in Trillium albidum Freeman (Liliaceae) by Karen E. Bledsoe A

  • Comics in the classroom

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    Mosher, Brian S.
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    As the necessity grows for undergraduate English teachers to incorporate various multimodal texts into their course material due to the changing landscape of what is considered English studies, comics can be an increasingly viable source for such texts. This thesis introduces several formal qualities of comics available for teachers to...
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    material. A history of comics' problematic history and growth is provided as well as several examples of

  • Bright lights, big city : electrified female desire in Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser

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    Larsen, Haley A.
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    This thesis explores the electrified female subject in two novels, Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie (1900) and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth (1905). As cultural touchstones, two literary works that prominently feature electricity -- Henry James' story "In the Cage" and Henry Adams' biography The Education of Henry Adams --...
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    ! ! AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Haley A. Larsen for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented

  • Hitchcock in Hollywood: Examining the Master of Suspense’s Career with Rebecca and Psycho

    Creator:
    Flanagan, Matthew S.
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    This project examines the production histories of two films that Alfred Hitchcock directed, his Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940) and the memorable Psycho (1960). The first chapter explores how Hitchcock succeeded and failed at influencing the picture as he, despite directing the movie, had to follow the vision that his producer,...
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    Matthew S. Flanagan for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on September 6, 2017

  • An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

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    Opas, Matthew E.
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    Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
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    Technology Use on the Part of Eritrean Refugees in Rome, Italy by Matthew E. Opas A THESIS submitted to

  • Possessed : embodiment, circulation, & subjectivity in Robinson Crusoe, Roderick Random, & Rob Roy

    Creator:
    Schneider, Rebecca
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    A majority of eighteenth-century novels remain in regular print over two hundred years since their inception. Yet with the possible exception of Robinson Crusoe, they have largely fallen out of popularity, rarely appearing on "The Summer's Hottest Reading" lists or receiving celebrity endorsement. I consider Ian Watt's foundational study, The...
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    and Humphry Clinker.” He remains a role-model and a mentor. Meghan Freeman demonstrated productive

  • Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

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    Davis, Caryn M.
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    At first glance, Edgar Rice Burroughs's wildly popular romantic fantasy novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist science fiction-utopian novel, Herland (1915), with its dystopian companion, With Her in Ourland (1916), may appear to have little in common. Tarzan celebrates the human connection with wild nature...
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    connection with wild nature on a personal level and the freedom associated with a forest wilderness

  • Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

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    Fennell, Dalicia K.
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    My thesis is comprised of two articles, titled "Journeying Through (An)Other World: Examining the Role of Magic and Transformational Otherness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Magic, Muggles, and Mudbloods: Examining Magical Otherness in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." The introduction frames the thematic, theoretical, and critical connections...
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    articles. My first article argues that magic works as a catalyst for the moral and ethical

  • Rethinking autonomy in group home policy

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    Gaddis, Matthew A.
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    In this thesis I argue that in contemporary Oregon, the policies and design of group homes for individuals with developmental disabilities emphasizes an ineffective conception of autonomy, and this emphasis should be shifted to provide better opportunities for the growth of individuals both within the homes and in their communities....
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