W & L Historic Theses: Recent submissions
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A Way of Happening: Poetry and Its Resistance to Paraphrase
When one reads a poem, it is often a challenge to understand. Particular passages may confuse the reader, and a difficult passage will prevent the reader from experiencing the poem's full effect. Most readers of English ... -
Ethylation by Means of Diethyl Sulphate
It appears from the literature that not a great deal of extensive work has been done on the ethylation of various compounds by me ans of diethyl sulphate. As a result, it was concluded that not only some very interesting, ... -
The Presidential Nominations of 1940
The presidential nominations of 1940 exemplify the actions and reactions of the political campaign to World War II. The cataclysmic events in Europe influenced greatly the other issues, such as the third term and the unusual ... -
A Local Habitation and a Name: C. S. Lewis and the Language of Christian Apologetics
C.S. Lewis is a source of intrigue for many twentieth century readers. His audience consists of Christian lay-persons, students of English literature, scholars, clergy, and others. For many of us, C.S. Lewis' popularity ... -
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 ... -
An Examination of Malory's Arthur or There and Back Again
In its broadest intent, this thesis will examine the dynamic nature of Arthur's kingdom: what it was before Arthur's arrival, what exactly were its Heroic, Worshipful and True attributes, and why and how Arthur's kingdom ... -
An Eccentric Orthodoxy: The Contours of Flannery O'Connor's Literary Catholicism
Some of O'Connor's characters come right out and ask traditional theological questions about the suffering of the innocent or the difficulties inherent in the doctrine of bodily resurrection. Other characters, meanwhile, ... -
The Character of Emelye in Chaucer, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Dryden
Although the later attempts to delineate the character of Emelye were also efforts to improve on the original as depicted in Chaucer both attempts were failures in that respect. Chaucer gives us a beautiful outline of ... -
Death to Tyrants: The Evolution of Political Thought Regarding Tyrannicide from Cicero to Salutati
I will devote the first chapter of this work to Marcus Tullius Cicero. Specifically, I will analyze Cicero's definition of the tyrant, as well as his justification of tyrannicide, notably in his De Officiis (44 B.C.). I ... -
Exploring Text-Based Analysis of Test-Case Dependencies of Web Applications
Web applications must be reliable as the number and popularity of web applications increases. Web applications are difficult to test because of the large input space and frequent changes. Thus their characteristics demand ... -
William Halsey: Abstract Expressionist in the South
Unfortunately, artists like William Halsey often do not have extensive records, biographical data, or written texts. Information rests in family members' memories, scrapbooks, disorganized archives, and the art itself. ... -
Patterns of Ritual in the Works of James Joyce
Any critical study of the works of James Joyce is from the outset impiously reductive. Two alternatives immediately confront the Joycean who embarks on such a study. He can follow the narrative structures of the individual ... -
Which Will Survive? An Investigation into the Modeling of Complex Ecosystems
When modeling the population of a species, the logistic equation is the first that is invoked; however, this model has some shortcomings when predicting actual population change. This has led to the search of a model that ... -
Axiological Analysis
Axiology or the general theory of value, although becoming a separate philosophic study only recently, has been a prime problem for as long as philosophy, as a field of inquiry, has existed. As soon as the term 'ought' is ... -
Requiem
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The Virginia State Convention of 1829-30
The Convention ended its work January 14, 1830, with the adoption of the Constitution by a vote of fifty-five to forty.[1] On the negative side were all the delegates from the Trans-Alleghany , one of the Valley representatives ... -
Same, Same, but Different: The Use and Significance of Journalism Sting Operations in India and the United States
In the journalism community across country boundaries, creativity and ingenuity are valued, and "enterprising" reporters are awarded prizes. Reporters gather news through interviewing, following tips, searching public ...