English Theses: Recent submissions
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Aspects of the representation of penance in selected Middle English texts : image and exemplum
(University of St Andrews, 1991-07) - ThesisIn 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
(University of St Andrews, 1989-07) - ThesisThis 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
(University of St Andrews, 1993-07) - ThesisEdith 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 ... -
Kailyard, Scottish literary criticism, and the fiction of J. M. Barrie
(University of St Andrews, 1998-12) - ThesisThis thesis argues that the term Kailyard is not a body of literature or cultural discourse, but a critical concept which has helped to construct controlling parameters for the discussion of literature and culture in ... -
A study of eighteenth century drama in Scotland, 1660-1760
(University of St Andrews, 1956-07) - Thesis