English (School of): Recent submissions
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Browning in the 1830s
(University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - ThesisThe thesis concentrates on Browning's three long poems of the 1830s. Each is looked at individually, with the emphasis on Sordello, which is by far the most complex. These poems share certain themes, through the development ... -
"... Remember: you are bound to your husband for life." : 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' and the condition of married women in nineteenth century England
(University of St Andrews, 1998-11) - ThesisThe legal economic position of women within marriage caused the indignation of the first English feminists around the middle years of the 19th century. The reason of this anger lay not only in the loss of legal and economic ... -
The Established Church in the work of William Blake, 1757-1827
(University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - ThesisAlthough the body of the critical work on William Blake's theology is vast, critics have overlooked the most obvious source of the poet's religious vision: the eighteenth-century Church of England. Throughout Blake's poetry, ... -
Driven to distinguish : Samuel Johnson's lexicographic turn of mind : a psychocritical study
(University of St Andrews, 1997-06) - ThesisAs a man of letters with an exceptionally extensive and diverse output, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) has invited consideration from a variety of angles. The present study offers a 'reading' of Johnson as a framer of distinctions. ... -
Sir David Lindsay of the Mount : political and religious culture in Renaissance Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisFor too long Sir David Lindsay of the Mount has been almost the exclusive concern of literary critics and ecclesiastical historians. This thesis aims to demonstrate that Lindsay and his works represent an invaluable source ...