English (School of): Recent submissions
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Image and reality : the chapbook perspective on women in early modern Britain
(University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - ThesisThis thesis appraises the messages in the popular literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the chapbooks, as those messages relate to the role of women during that period. The chapbook perspective on women ... -
The commodification of women in Edith Wharton's fiction
(University of St Andrews, 1993-07) - ThesisEdith Wharton is commonly perceived as a reactionary conservative looking back to the past. In this thesis I explore the idea that she is rather a woman ahead of her time, with a keen perception of the pressures brought ... -
Kailyard, Scottish literary criticism, and the fiction of J. M. Barrie
(University of St Andrews, 1998-12) - ThesisThis thesis argues that the term Kailyard is not a body of literature or cultural discourse, but a critical concept which has helped to construct controlling parameters for the discussion of literature and culture in ... -
A study of eighteenth century drama in Scotland, 1660-1760
(University of St Andrews, 1956-07) - Thesis -
In search of a national voice : some similarities between Scottish and Canadian poetry 1860-1930
(University of St Andrews, 1981) - ThesisThe work is a study of poetry in Scotland and Canada in the period 1860-1930, with a special emphasis on the influence of nationalism. A discussion of the problems of literary nationalism in both countries is followed by ...