English (School of): Recent submissions
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James Joyce, Catholicism and heresy : with specific reference to Giordano Bruno
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisIn this thesis I explore the complex nature of James Joyce's relationship with Giordano Bruno in The Day of the Rabblement, Stephen Hero, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Ulysses. I employ an historicist ... -
The politics of place in the work of Hugh MacDiarmid
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - Thesis'The Politics of Place in the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid' argues that there is no fundamental contradiction in MacDiarmid's politics, his Scottish nationalism and international communism issuing in a radical Scottish Republicanism ... -
Robert Garioch and aspects of the Scottish poetic tradition
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisThis thesis is an examination of the work of Robert Garioch (1909-1981), and of his importance within the Scottish poetic tradition. It examines the way in which his reputation has suffered from too easy comparisons with ... -
Duty, integrity, and the auditory imagination : the poethics of T.S. Eliot and Seamus Heaney
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisThough they are seldom considered together, T. S. Eliot and Seamus Heaney resemble each other in that both devote considerable attention to the question of the poet's duties, sometimes conflicting, to art, to audience, and ... -
The selected short stories of Elizabeth Gaskell : Gothic tradition, forgiveness and redemption, and female friendships in Mrs Gaskell's short fiction
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - ThesisThis thesis discusses selected short stories by Elizabeth Gaskell. It focuses on three main ideas: the use of pagan traditions and the importance of names in her gothic tales (Chapter One); the incorporation of her Unitarian ...