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William Faulkner: The Search and the Simile
<p>William Faulkner (1897-1962) is well known for his distinctive prose style -- his word choice, his long sentences, and his chains of imagery. In this paper, three novels, <em>Sartoris</em> (1929), <em>Absalom, Absalom!</em> (1936), and <em>The Mansion</em> (1955) are studied to see what can be …
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A Survey of Adolescent Reading Habits and Influences : A Study in Selected Parochial Secondary Schools
… with the assistance of two principals and two English teachers presently on the faculty of a parochial school. It was designed to obtain information from the students on which books they choose to read for recreation and which influences permeated their book choice, reading habits, story-plot …
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Creative Imagination in Joyce Cary's Trilogies
<p>This thesis describes Joyce Cary's theories of creative imagination and how the characters in his two trilogies reflect those theories. To Cary, creative imagination is essential for society's improvement. He believes that everyone--not just artists and writers--can have creative imagination, …
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Sing No Sad Songs for Me : A Study of the Influence of the Oxford Movement upon Christina Rossetti as Evidenced in Her Poetry
<p>Christina Rossetti was largely influenced by the religious reformation known as the Oxford Movement; this study attempts to record that influence by discussing the etiology and the doctrines of the Movement in relationship to Christina's life and her poetry. A cursory review of the topics of …
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Money in the Fiction of Willa Cather
<p>The subject of money is important in the fiction of Willa Cather. She discusses it frequently and often at great length. In some works it is a major theme.</p> <p>Despite its importance, a number of Willa Cather's critics have ignored the subject or have given it only cursory mention. Several …
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From Falling Beams to Fallen Souls : The Ethical Development of the Hard-Boiled Detective Novel
<p>The hard-boiled detective story ushered in a revolution in the mystery story. The older "formal" mystery story saw society as a benevolent, ordering force which the detective restored by catching the murderer, while the hard-boiled mystery portrayed society as corrupt, wild and flawed, and …