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"Reader" in Jane Eyre
… to show the development of feminist power of Jane Eyre, the heroine of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre, by examining how her reader is addressed in the totality of this novel. The main body of this thesis will follow the four parts of Jane Eyre’s different period of her life: in childhood, …
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The Satire of Jane Austen
… who holds high rank among the writers of comedy. Jane Austen sweetened the world's fiction by her contributions, while her censoring did much to revolutionize the novel of her day. Calmly, placidly and quietly she mingled comedy and realism. At a first perusal of her books the reader may think …
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Jane Womack's Graduate Recital
Composers in the first graduate recital: Johann Sebastian Bach; Ludwig van Beethoven; Franz Liszt; Johannes Brahms; Frederic Chopin
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The double life of Jane Fairfax: a study of the shadow novel in Jane Austen's Emma
Jane Austen incorporates a novel within a novel in Emma. Jane Fairfax's romance shadows the main storv. The two texts provide a double perspective, allowing Austen to include in her rational, sociallv sanctioned love story, a method of self-conscious comment. The double narrative shows the …
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GI Jane Versus Sergeant Jane Doe: How Women’s Images In War Movies Contribute To Conflicting Expectations Of Women In Combat
<p>Research on women’s portrayal in media generally suggests that women continue to be sexualized and objectified as war trophies in the classic Hollywood warrior culture film. The age old question of whether life imitates art or vice versa is important to consider when examining the question of …
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Jane Austen's Persuasion: A Study of Narrative Art
Jane Austen’s last novel reveals a new dimension of her narrative art; Persuasion contains qualities that resemble those of twentieth century stream-of-consciousness novels. The narrative technique of Persuasion as forerunner of the modern novel differs from Miss Austen’s other novels primarily in …
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The Effects of the Evangelical Reformation Movement on Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte as Observed in Mansfield Park and Jane Eyre
… why Charlotte Bronte was unimpressed with Jane Austen. The thesis is an examination of the ways in which Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte interact with the Evangelical Reformation within the Anglican Church in their novels Mansfield Park and Jane Eyre, respectively. Both authors, as …
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Toxic Masculinity and Queerness in "Jane Eyre" and "Emma"
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The adventures of GI Jane: Women in the military
Many women in the United States are living in a paradox. While changes in the American culture have led to significant improvements in women's lives, they still are frequently exposed to discriminatory policies and actions. This study examines the United States military, which is a specific …
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The Writing Processes of Theodore Taylor and Jane Yolen
… children and young adults, Theodore Taylor and Jane Yolen. Theories concerning the writing process and implications for classroom use, as expressed by Cowley, Smith, Murray, Flower and Hayes, Graves, and Calkins, are the basis for an examination of the working papers for Taylor's The Cay and …
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A Comparison of Jane Austen's Early and Late Characterization
… heroine, Anne Elliot in <em>Persuasion</em>, in Jane Austen's novels to see if there are any changes in characterization and techniques of characterization and to evaluate these techniques.</p> <p>In Chapter One, I have shown that throughout the nineteenth century from the time of publication, …
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A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Speeches by Jane Addams
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Deception and Undeception in the Novels of Jane Austen
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„Án titils.“ Jöðrun og þöggun í Persuasion eftir Jane Austen
… skáldsöguna Persuasion sem var eitt síðasta verk Jane Austen með hliðsjón af kenningu Edwins Ardener um jöðrun og þöggun kvenna og kenningu Michel Foucaults um alsæi. Bókin fjallar um Anne Elliot 27 ára ógifta barónsdóttir sem er við það að pipra. Eftir að móðir hennar lést tók hún að sér flestar …
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The Works of Mary Jane Holmes: A Brockport Union Catalog
… focused on an extensive bibliography of Mary Jane Holmes' work. The author examined several collections of her novels in great detail, noting various editions, bindings, publishers and so forth. Some literary criticism and assessment of Holmes' work is also included.
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Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane and the Myth of the West
… women of the Old West, Annie Oakley and Calamity Jane. The focus of this study is not biography, however, rather a look at how they fit into the classic myth of the West, as envisioned by Henry Nash Smith. A review of the major literature on all three topics is followed by biographical information …
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Sense, Sensibility, Sympathy, Social Class Upheaval in Jane Austen’s Novels
<p>This thesis will explore Jane Austen’s social commentary on class structure and boundaries as they evolved from her writing of Sense and Sensibility to Persuasion. By identifying and researching the philosophical concepts of sense, sensibility, and sympathy in the eighteenth and nineteenth …
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