English (School of): Recent submissions
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D. H. Lawrence's dualistic impulses in his writings about Italy
(University of St Andrews, 1996-07) - ThesisThe purpose of the following study is to demonstrate Lawrence's belief that the whole of life is the manifestation of opposite wills always transcended by a third element which reconciles them in a dynamic state of ... -
Martyrdom and self-sacrifice in the Catholic novels of Graham Greene
(University of St Andrews, 1987-07) - ThesisThe religious acts of self-sacrifice and martyrdom, rarely identified or discussed in works of criticism on Graham Greene's fiction, play a significant role both as a central theme and as a climactic action in his Catholic ... -
Text and sub-text in T.S. Eliot : a general study of his practice with special reference to the origins and development through successive drafts of 'The confidential clerk'
(University of St Andrews, 1985-07) - ThesisThis thesis explores Eliot's allusive method, that is his use of Judaeo-Christianity with its analogues (and sometimes sources) in pre-Biblical primitive myths and legends. The first chapters study The Confidential Clerk ... -
T.S. Eliot and the Church of England
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisAfter his conversion to the Church of England in 1927, Eliot's sense of obligation towards the Church and its concerns was paramount in his life and work. His association with Anglicanism has been discussed by such ... -
Some contexts for William Wordsworth's 'Recluse, 1770-1798' : education, politics and literature
(University of St Andrews, 1997-06) - ThesisThe principal aim of this thesis is to illuminate some prefigurations of The Recluse from January 1793 (the publication of An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches) to early March 1798 (the first announcement of The Recluse ...