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Pessimism in Three Major English Poets of the Nineteenth Century (open access)

Pessimism in Three Major English Poets of the Nineteenth Century

This thesis examines the evidences of pessimism in the poetry of each poet, substantiated when possible by parallel prose writings and other critical and biographical material; and finally, it reaches tentative conclusions about the direction of the change in pessimistic outlook of three poets.
Date: August 1958
Creator: Simms, Bobbie Gwen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Choric Element in Shakespeare's Second History Tetralogy (open access)

The Choric Element in Shakespeare's Second History Tetralogy

This thesis is a study of the anticipatory remarks and choric comments in Richard II, Parts I and II of Henry IV, and Henry V.
Date: 1958
Creator: Leath, Helen Lang
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maria Edgeworth as a Precursor of Realism (open access)

Maria Edgeworth as a Precursor of Realism

The purpose of this thesis is to study the novels of Maria Edgeworth in an attempt to discover whether or not her novels have merit beyond their representation of the manners and morals of her historical period. This involves first an examination of her novels in the light of such criticism as has given rise to the question of their importance.
Date: August 1958
Creator: Farr, Carie Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library