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Land, Women, and Power: The Bayeux Tapestry and the Secular Epic Tradition
As an artifact and representation of the Anglo-Norman period of English history, the Bayeux Tapestry stands unparalleled. The only surviving work of its kind, the Bayeux Tapestry provides information for scholars with ... -
Language and Representation in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy
The self-aware form of Tristram Shandy thus separates it from novels of its own century and from those of the century that followed it. It is less evident how the novel significantly differs from more recent texts, which ... -
"A Language Without Words": Ireland Reimagined in the Plays of Brian Friel (thesis)
In the following chapters, I will introduce two of Brian Friel's most beloved plays, Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa, focusing particularly on the playwright's use of different “languages” and his emphasis on the ... -
"THE LAST PLACE THEY THOUGHT OF": Spatial Reconfigurations in 19th Century African American Literature (thesis)
A holistic understanding of the United States' cultural and political identities -- before, after, but especially during the 19th century -- is largely a function of how the nation relates to its spatial landscape. Not ... -
The Last Romantics: Lady Gregory and the Poetry of W. B. Yeats
Beginning in 1896, W. B. Yeats spent more than twenty summers at Coole Park with Lady Gregory. There they collaborated on plays, gathered folklore, and he wrote poetry. She was an invaluable aid to him in recovering from ... -
Late Paleocene-Eocene Syn-Orogenic Fluvial Sedimentation and Detrital Fission Track Thermochronology of Laramide Syn-Orogenic Sediments, Denver Basin, CO (thesis)
This study investigates the Laramide foreland syn-orogenic sediments preserved in the Denver Basin, CO and interprets the Late Cretaceous-Eocene tectonic and climate history of Central Colorado. This thesis is divided into ... -
Late Wisconsin Glacier Surface Elevations and Flow Directions from the Beartooth Plateau to the Clarks Fork Valley, Wyoming
During the Pinedale glaciation of the Late Wisconsin, an ice cap covered most of the land comprising the Beartooth Plateau and the highlands to the south, stretching to the Clarks Fork Valley in northwestern Wyoming. The ... -
Leadership Behavior Appraisal: A New, Broader Model of Understanding Leadership
Many current models of leadership appraisal assume that causation for all events within the group interaction emerges from the leader, and represents a permanent feature of the leader-group interface. Trait theories, ... -
The Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation: Its History
Following the War Between the States and as the South began to rebuild there came to Lexington, Virginia, the leader of the Confederate cause, General Robert E. Lee. He came to assume the presidency of a little college ... -
The Legacy of King Sugar: Jamaica's Sugar Industry and the Poor
The story of Jamaica entails a long complication of development that has resulted in the poverty that remains today. It echoes the history of much of the former New World. Since its takeover by the British from Spain in ...