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Galloway, James. "English Arminianism and the parish clergy : a study of London and its environs c.1620-1640 /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg174.pdf.
Full textBuchanan, Andrea Susan. "Perspectives of estrangement : England and Englishness in the novels of Justin Cartwright." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80338.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores how Justin Cartwright’s perspective on Englishness, as a South Africanborn writer living and writing in England, is played out in his novels. Four of Cartwright’s novels with English settings are analysed: In Every Face I Meet (1995), The Promise of Happiness (2004), To Heaven by Water (2009) and Other People’s Money (2011). Cartwright’s position as a self-conscious observer of English life is revealed as eliciting a nuanced critique of Englishness. It is argued that Cartwright adopts something of an anthropological approach towards his English subjects, and that this troubles the traditional gaze of the Western anthropologist upon the “other”. At the same time, his protagonists are represented with humane sympathy, though this is often tempered with irony. Drawing on Paul Gilroy’s ideas about race and multiculture in England and Robert J.C. Young’s The Idea of English Ethnicity, this thesis discusses Cartwright’s presentation of Englishness as both potentially inclusive and exclusive. Cartwright also sets England against America, and more significantly, against Africa. Cartwright’s portrayal of Africa is shown to reveal his somewhat ambivalent attitude towards his birthplace. Throughout the thesis, Cartwright’s novels are discussed with an awareness of the influence that the social philosopher Isaiah Berlin has had on the author, particularly with regard to his critique of idealism and his espousal of value pluralism and liberal humanism. Yet it is also suggested that Cartwright’s liberal humanism may be intertwined with his complex and ambivalent attitude towards Africa. Moreover, the ironic tone and postmodern, metafictional elements of these novels perform Cartwright’s belief in value pluralism in interesting ways. The relationship between literature, art and national fictions is furthermore discussed, in conversation with Benedict Anderson’s ideas about nationalism. This thesis provides a close-reading of the works of this under-researched author and examines the complexity of his “estranged” position towards Englishness.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis verken hoe Justin Cartwright, Suid-Afrikaans gebore skrywer woonagtig in Engeland, se die siening van Engelsheid (Englishness) in sy romans weerspieël word. Vier van Cartwright se romans met ‘n Engelse agtergrond word ontleed: In Every Face I Meet (1995), The Promise of Happiness (2004), To Heaven by Water (2009) en Other People’s Money (2011). Dit word onthul hoe Cartwright se posisie as self-bewuste waarnemer van Engelse lewe hom staat te stel om ‘n genuanseerde critique van Engelsheid te lewer. Daar word aangevoer dat Cartwright ‘n ietwat antropologiese benadering tot sy Engelse onderwerpe inneem en dat dit die tradisionele siening van die Westerse antropoloog van die “ander” ondergrawe. Terselfdertyd bied hy sy protagoniste met menslike erbarming aan, hoewel dit dikwels met ironie getemper word. Deur gebruik te maak van Paul Gilroy se opvattings oor ras en multikultuur in Engeland en Robert J.C. Young se The Idea of English Ethnicity, bespreek hierdie tesis hoe Cartwright Engelsheid voorstel as sowel potensieel inklusief as eksklusief. Cartwright stel ook Engeland teenoor Amerika, en meer belangwekkend, ook teenoor Afrika. Daar word aangetoon dat Cartwright se uitbeelding van Afrika sy nogal ambivalente houding teenoor sy geboorteplek verraai. Regdeur die tesis word Cartwright se romans bespreek met in agneming van die invloed van die sosiale filosoof Isaiah Berlin op die skrywer, veral ten op sigte van sy critique van idealisme en sy omhelsing van waardepluralisme en liberale humanisme. Tog word daar ook gesuggereer dat Cartwright se liberale humanisme verweef mag wees met sy verwikklede en ambivalente houding ten opsigte van Afrika. Daarbenewens is die ironiese toon en postmoderne, metafiktiewe element van hierdie romans op interessante maniere ‘n bevestiging van Cartwright se onderskrywing van waardepluralisme. Vervolgens word die verhouding tussen literatuur, kuns en nasionale fiksies bespreek in samehang met Benedict Anderson se idees oor nasionalisme. Hierde tesis bied ‘n noukeurige ondersoek van die werke van hierdie onderverkende skrywer en ondersoek die kompleksiteit van sy “vervreemde” houding teenoor Engelsheid.
Shelton, Paul Hunter. "The cook as physician : medical philosophy, nutrition, and diet in England, 1450-1650 /." Thesis, This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08182009-040212/.
Full textCattle, Graham. "Other Englands: Regionalism in Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1217.
Full textDonovan, Barry. "Buried baby's [sic] : evidence from English epitaphs of sentiment changes in England until 1900 /." Title page, contents and introduction only, 1990. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09ard687.pdf.
Full textJoiner, Sandra Carol. "Charlotte Mew: An Introduction." TopSCHOLAR®, 1989. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1717.
Full textBadcock, Pamela Jennifer. "The English family and the Black Death : the impact of the Black Death on families in England /." Title page, table of contents and introduction only, 2003. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09AR/09arb132.pdf.
Full textSpeakman, Malcolm V. "Shell's England : corporate patronage and English art in the Shell posters of the 1930s." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/shells-englandcorporate-patronage-and-english-art-in-the-shell-posters-of-the-1930s(9cd3b1e2-ecfb-4967-a0a3-cb82dcd2625d).html.
Full textWinchcombe, Rachel. "Constructing America : English encounters with the New World and the development of colonial discourse, 1492-1607." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/constructing-america-english-encounters-with-the-new-world-and-the-development-of-colonial-discourse-14921607(507d487b-ae96-46df-98db-0a5a4720597e).html.
Full textMayers, Simon. "From "the Pharisee" to "the Zionist Menace" : myths, stereotypes and constructions of the Jew in English Catholic discourse (1896-1929)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/from-the-pharisee-to-the-zionist-menace-myths-stereotypes-and-constructions-of-the-jew-in-english-catholic-discourse-18961929(8d51f9e6-a0e9-4e56-ab33-ad1f8e0b61d9).html.
Full textLobban, Paul. "Inhabited space : writing as a practice in early modern England; Margaret Hoby, Eleanor Davies, Katherine Philips." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phl796.pdf.
Full textPrattley, Jennifer Anne. "The effect of partner and household characteristics on the continued employment of coupled older women in England." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-effect-of-partner-and-household-characteristics-on-the-continued-employment-of-coupled-olderwomen-in-england(08e26f8b-932a-48d4-898a-0605f4fcec7c).html.
Full textKanno, Mami. "Constructing gender and locality in late medieval England : the lives of Anglo-Saxon and British female saints in the South English Legendaries." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2016. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/constructing-gender-and-locality-in-late-medieval-england(9b907f0a-4858-4386-9892-33a7c056e5e5).html.
Full textChan, Tzu-Ying. "John Playford's The Division Violin: Improvisation and Variation Practice in English Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011780/.
Full textUrban, Misty Johnson David F. "The figure of Judith in Anglo-Saxon England." 2003. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-10212003-205005/.
Full textAdvisor: Dr. David F. Johnson, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 18, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.
Malo, Chenard Marianne Alicia. "Narratives of the saintly body in Anglo-Saxon England." 2003. http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-12022003-012945/.
Full textThesis directed by Michael Lapidge and Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe for the Department of English. "December 2003." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 255-288).
Smith, Scott Thompson. "Writing land in Anglo-Saxon England." 2007. http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-04172007-111752/.
Full textThesis directed by Michael Lapidge and Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe for the Department of English. "April 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-290).
Cahill, Samara Anne. ""Intelligent souls" women, reason, and identity in England's "long" eighteenth century /." 2009. http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06232009-095753/.
Full textThesis directed by Margaret Anne Doody for the Department of English. "June 2009." Examines the concept of the soul in English literature written by women, 1660-1800. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 283-297).
Herer, Lisbeth Diane Saladin Linda. "Tropes of otherness abjection, sublimity and Jewish subjectivity in Enlightenment England /." 2004. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07182004-152345.
Full textAdvisor: Dr. Linda Saladin-Adams, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Humanities. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 30, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.
Dwiggins, Laura J. "Henry Thoreau's Debt to Society: A Micro Literary History." 2013. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/1034.
Full textGreyvensteyn, Annette. "Hans Christian Andersen's romantic imagination : exploring eighteenth and nineteenth century romantic conceptualisations of the imagination in selected fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25146.
Full textText in English with summaries in English and Afrikaans
There are certain influences from the eighteenth and nineteenth century English and German romantic Zeitgeist that can be discerned in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. The role of the imagination stands out as a particularly dominant notion of the romantic period as opposed to the emphasis on reason during the Enlightenment. It is this romantic influence that Andersen’s tales especially exemplify. For him the imagination is transcendent – one can overcome the mystery and hardship of an earthly existence by recasting situations imaginatively and one can even be elevated to a higher, spiritual realm by its power. The transcendent power of the imagination is best understood by viewing it through the lens of negative capability, a concept put forward by romantic poet, John Keats. The concept implies an “imaginative openness” to what is, which allows one to tolerate life’s uncertainties and the inexplicable suffering that forms part of one’s earthly existence by using the imagination to open up new potential within trying circumstances. In selected fairy tales, Andersen’s child protagonists transcend their circumstances by the power of their imagination. In other tales, nature is instrumental in this imaginative transcendence. The natural world conveys spiritual truths and has a moralising influence on the characters, bringing them closer to the Ultimate Creator. This follows the philosophy of German Naturphilosophie, as well as that of English romantics like Coleridge and Wordsworth, for whom nature functions as a portal to the spiritual world. The concept of the “sublime” underpins this philosophy. If nature is viewed through an imaginative, instead of an empirical lens, it becomes the means by which the temporal world can be transcended. It is a message of hope and as such is in keeping with Andersen’s self professed calling as visionary who uses his art to uplift mankind. In this he is the ultimate romantic hero or outsider who, while standing on the periphery of society, observes its shortcomings and feels called upon to show the way to a better world.
Sekere invloede van agtiende- en negentiende eeuse Engelse en Duitse romantisisme kan in Hans Christian Andersen se feëverhale bespeur word. Veral die rol van die verbeelding staan uit as ‘n dominante invloed van romantisisme, in teenstelling met die laat sewentien- en vroeë agtiende eeuse fokus op rasionaliteit. Dit is hierdie romantiese invloed wat Andersen se verhale veral versinnebeeld. Vir hom is die verbeelding transendentaal – ‘n mens kan die misterie en swaarkry van jou aardse bestaan oorkom deur situasies deur die oog van die verbeelding te bejeën en kan selfs deur die mag van die verbeelding opgehef word na ‘n hoër, meer spirituele vlak. Die transendentale mag van die verbeelding kan beter begryp word wanneer dit deur die lens van “negative capability” gesien word. Hierdie konsep is deur die romantiese digter, John Keats, voorgestel. Die konsep impliseer ‘n verbeeldingryke openheid in die aangesig van aardse onsekerheid en swaarkry, wat die mens uiteindelik in staat stel om nuwe potensiaal in moeilike omstandighede raak te sien. In uitgekose feëverhale, oorkom Andersen se kinderprotagoniste hul moeilike omstandighede deur die mag van die verbeelding. In ander verhale is die natuur deurslaggewend in dié transendentale verbeeldingsreis. Nie net dra die natuur geestelike waarhede oor nie, maar dit het ook ‘n moraliserende invloed op die karakters, wat hulle nader aan ‘n Opperwese bring. Dit herinner aan die Duitse Naturphilosophie, asook die sienswyse van Engelse romantikusse soos Coleridge en Wordsworth, vir wie die natuur ‘n deurgangsroete na die geestelike wêreld is. Die idee van die “sublime” is onderliggend aan hierdie filosofie. As die natuur deur middel van die verbeeldingslens, in plaas van deur ‘n empiriese lens bejeën word, kan dit ‘n manier word om die aardse te oorkom. Dit is dus ‘n boodskap van hoop wat in lyn is met Andersen se selfopgelegde taak as profeet wat sy kuns gebruik om die mensdom op te hef. In hierdie opsig is hy die absolute romantiese held of buitestaander, wat, ofskoon hy aan die buitewyke van die samelewing staan, tóg tekortkominge raaksien en geroepe voel om die weg na ‘n beter wêreld te wys.
English Studies
M.A. (English)