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    • Androgyny and the reconciliation of opposites in the novels of Virginia Woolf 

      Charbonneau, Clare J. (University of St Andrews, 1990-07) - Thesis
      The purpose of the following study is to demonstrate that Virginia Woolf's belief in the theory of androgyny is not merely a "flirtation", as Lyndall Gordon asserts, but, rather, that it is the focus of her artistic and ...

    • The actor as dramatist : a study of the plays of John Osborne 

      Smith, David (1985-07)
      This thesis examines John Osborne's work in the light of his experiences in the theatre prior to his rise to fame as a dramatist and also as a working actor during the greater part of his career as a dramatist. The thesis ...

    • A sense of place and community in selected novels and travel writings of D.H. Lawrence 

      Vacani, Wendy (University of St Andrews, 1995-07) - Thesis
      In 1919 Lawrence left England to search for a better society; his novels and travel sketches (the latter are usually seen as peripheral to the novels) continually questioned the values of Western society. This study examines ...

    • D. H. Lawrence's dualistic impulses in his writings about Italy 

      Spera, Giovanna (University of St Andrews, 1996-07) - Thesis
      The 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 

      Hogue, Donald R. (University of St Andrews, 1987-07) - Thesis
      The 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 ...