English (School of): Recent submissions

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    • Search for the lost son : a study of Theodore Roethke 

      Parini, Jay Lee (University of St Andrews, 1974-05) - Thesis

    • The role of the giants in Norse mythology 

      Hagen, Andrew L. (University of St Andrews, 2003) - Thesis
      The following thesis is a survey of the roles that the giants play in Norse mythology. It involves examination, criticism and interpretation of the mythological poems of the Elder Edda and mythological information preserved ...

    • Profitability and play in urban satirical pamphlets, 1575–1625 

      Hasler, Rebecca Louise (University of St Andrews, 2018-06-26) - Thesis
      This thesis reconstructs the genre of urban satirical pamphleteering. It contends that the pamphlets of Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton, and Barnaby Rich are stylistically and generically akin. ...

    • Masculinity and manliness in the work of Elizabeth Gaskell 

      Healy, Meghan (University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - Thesis
      Mid-nineteenth-century England saw great social transformation in the face of industrialisation, changing working and living conditions, and voting reforms, and with these changes came new conceptions of masculinity and ...

    • Mitchell's mandalas : mapping David Mitchell's textual universe 

      Harris-Birtill, Rosemary (University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - Thesis
      This study uses the Tibetan mandala, a Buddhist meditation aid and sacred artform, as a secular critical model by which to analyse the complete fictions of author David Mitchell. Discussing his novels, short stories and ...