English Theses: Recent submissions
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A sense of place and community in selected novels and travel writings of D.H. Lawrence
(University of St Andrews, 1995-07) - ThesisIn 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
(University of St Andrews, 1996-07) - ThesisThe 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
(University of St Andrews, 1987-07) - ThesisThe 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 ... -
Text and sub-text in T.S. Eliot : a general study of his practice with special reference to the origins and development through successive drafts of 'The confidential clerk'
(University of St Andrews, 1985-07) - ThesisThis thesis explores Eliot's allusive method, that is his use of Judaeo-Christianity with its analogues (and sometimes sources) in pre-Biblical primitive myths and legends. The first chapters study The Confidential Clerk ... -
T.S. Eliot and the Church of England
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisAfter his conversion to the Church of England in 1927, Eliot's sense of obligation towards the Church and its concerns was paramount in his life and work. His association with Anglicanism has been discussed by such ...