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A Study of the Hero in John Fowles' The Magus (open access)

A Study of the Hero in John Fowles' The Magus

The Magus, by John Fowles, can be read as a modern re-telling of the traditional hero quest. The thesis attempts to explore all of the ways the novel compares to hero myths.
Date: May 1972
Creator: McGowan, Sylvia J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey and an Annotated Bibliography of Fanny Burney Scholarship, 1920-1970 (open access)

A Survey and an Annotated Bibliography of Fanny Burney Scholarship, 1920-1970

To provide a current survey of the scholarship and an annotated bibliography on Fanny Burney from 1920-1970 for scholars and students is the purpose of this paper.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Paddack, Terence Elizabeth Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marital Traditions in the Fiction of Edith Wharton (open access)

Marital Traditions in the Fiction of Edith Wharton

This study deals, with Edith Wharton's literary attitude toward woman's limited place in society and her opportunities for happiness in acceptance of or rebellion against conventional standards. Wharton's works, specifically her novels, contain recurrent character types functioning in recurrent situations. Similarity in the themes of Wharton's various works illustrates her basic idea: woman, lacking independence and identity, needs the security of tradition's order.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Montgomery, Janis Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library