English Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The new woman novelist and the redefinition of the female : marriage, sexuality and motherhood 

      Koscher, Adeline Carrie (University of St Andrews, 2006) - Thesis
      The turn of the nineteenth century saw a change in the perception of woman's nature. Trying to salvage a female self-identity from the distorted version of the preceding Victorian era, New Woman novelists attempted ...

    • Aspects of Keats's theatrical experience, 1817-1819 

      Liu, Wing Yin Winifred (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - Thesis
      This thesis explores Keats’s experience of live theatre during the years 1816-1819, focusing primarily on performances he saw in the London and provincial theatres, as well as the poet’s relationship with Regency actor ...

    • Robert Burns in Scottish politics (1914-2014) 

      Malgrati, Paul Edmond André (University of St Andrews, 2020-07-30) - Thesis
      The present thesis considers the political legacy of Robert Burns in twentieth and twenty-first century Scotland, explaining how iconoclastic, left-wing, and nationalist interpretations of the poet have grown in prominence ...

    • ‘The wolf in the story’ : wolves as speech-stealers and outlaws in Old English literature 

      Marshall, Elizabeth Grace (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - Thesis
      A full-length study of wolves in Old English literature has yet to be published. With the aim of filling this gap in research, this study provides an historicist examination of four pre-Norman texts (three Old English, one ...

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      Day, Aaron (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - Thesis