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    • Towards a Christian literary theory 

      Ferretter, Luke (University of St Andrews, 1999-01) - Thesis
      Most contemporary literary theories are either explicitly or implicitly atheistic. This thesis describes a literary theory whose principles are derived from or consistent with Christian theology. It argues against modern ...

    • Three faces of Saul : an intertextual approach to Biblical tragedy 

      Nicholson, Sarah L. (University of St Andrews, 1998-09) - Thesis
      The biblical story of Saul in 1 Samuel contains evidence of a tragic vision which has two central features. First, tragic themes are introduced and developed by means of multiple repetitions or typescenes in which the ...

    • Aspects of the representation of penance in selected Middle English texts : image and exemplum 

      Wilcox, Karl Gilbert (University of St Andrews, 1991-07) - Thesis
      In this dissertation Middle English figural and narrative representations of penance are assessed for their rhetorical function in the teaching of penance and their intended influence, as representational modes, upon lay ...

    • Image and reality : the chapbook perspective on women in early modern Britain 

      Lord, Charles P. (University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - Thesis
      This 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 

      McLauchlan, Deborah A. (University of St Andrews, 1993-07) - Thesis
      Edith 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 ...