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Showing 1 to 20 of 88 for “"The Hours"”.
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A study of the hours of Charles Boddam
The paper is based on a study of an illuminated manuscript in the possession of St. David's College, Lampeter in Wales. Its title is derived from the name of an eighteenth-century owner of the book. As the title implies, the manuscript is a Book of Hours of the Virgin Mary, a favourite prayer-book …
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The Nun's Tale from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves: A Medieval Novella
<p><em>The Hours of Catherine of Cleves</em> (c. 1440), a lavishly illustrated medieval Dutch illuminated manuscript, served as the inspiration for this art historical novella. The plot revolves around the anonymous identity of an artist-nun and her patron, Catherine of Cleves, the Duchess of …
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A Virginia Woolf of One's Own: Consequences of Adaptation in Michael Cunningham's The Hours
… adaptation. This interest has mainly focused on the examination of issues regarding adaptation of novel to novel or novel to film. Here I discuss both: Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which is an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, and the 2002 film adaptation of Cunningham's …
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A Revision of Family and Domesticity in Michael Cunningham's A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, and The Hours
Primarily through the experiences of his gay protagonists, Michael Cunningham critiques the heteronormative nuclear family structure of the 1950s and depicts alternatives to it. Drawing on the work of feminist critics who focus on the political intent of American women authors during the nineteenth …
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A Revision of Family and Domesticity in Michael Cunningham's A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, and The Hours
Primarily through the experiences of his gay protagonists, Michael Cunningham critiques the heteronormative nuclear family structure of the 1950s and depicts alternatives to it. Drawing on the work of feminist critics who focus on the political intent of American women authors during the nineteenth …
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Michael Cunningham's Reading of Mrs Dalloway
This thesis focuses on Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours in the context of postmodernism. As The Hours is a postmodernist interpretation of Mrs Dalloway, the thesis also discusses Virginia Woolfs modernist approach in order to compare it with Cunningham's postmodernist position. I have adopted …
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Technology Implementation: Teacher Age, Experience, Self-Efficacy, and Professional Development as Related to Classroom Technology Integration
<p>The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify the combination of factors that pertain to the implementation of new technologies in the classroom. Specifically, the study was an analysis of the age of the teacher, years of teaching experience, quality of professional development, and …
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An Untraditional Life: Male Spouses of Female Military Personnel
Military wives continue to represent the majority of military spouses and as a result, most research on military spouses has focused exclusively on them. Utilizing data from the 1999 Survey of Active Duty Spouses, one goal of this study was to address this gap in the literature by examining how …
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Irreconcilable Oppositions: "<em>Es Muss Sein</em>" and <em>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</em>
<p>Milan Kundera's <em>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</em> is a novel written in response to the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's myth of eternal return. Through questioning Nietzsche's myth, Kundera creates an existential framework that rejects eternal return and illustrates his …
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An investigation into the astrological symbols present in two decorative paintings of José de Almada Negreiros (1893 – 1970).
This dissertation presents an investigation of the astrological symbols used in two mural paintings by the twentieth century Portuguese artist José Sobral de Almada Negreiros (1893–1970), known as Almada. Dating from 1939, the paintings are situated in the public hall of the Diário de Notícias …
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The economics of dual job holding
This dissertation aims at enhancing the knowledge about dual job holding. While most studies in labor economics assume that each person holds only one job, a significant part of the work force holds two jobs simultaneously. The first part of the dissertation empirically analyzes the determinants of …
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Impact of Central Bank Real Estate Purchases on Asset Prices
This paper estimates the impact of central bank real estate purchases on asset prices, demonstrating an increase of 0.1% to 0.2% of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) prices in the hours following a typical intervention of 0.014% of market capitalization. At longer horizons, the purchases do not …
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The global integration challenge : global management teams, temporal differences, and constructing the identity of the global 'other'
In this thesis, I investigate the challenges of 21st century global integration by examining it indepth at a Fortune 200 global supplier (CC) that faces strong pressures of both global integration and local responsiveness. While global integration is typically discussed at a macro level, here I use …
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Sub-Tidal Oscillations in Monterey Harbor.
Analysis of tide records from Monterey Harbor for the three-year period 1964-1966 showed that two types of sub-tidal oscillations occur in the harbor having mean periods in the range of 19 to 39 minutes and 1.5 to 2.0 minutes. Their heights, recorded on the tide records, varied from 0.2 to 0.4 foot …
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Juha the Whale
Juha the Whale is a short coming-of-age fiction film that explores the isolation a refugee mother and her young daughter face as they await the status of their claimant hearing in Toronto, Canada. Najah (45) and her daughter Noor (8), spend the days leading up to their hearing in cramped refugee …
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Study of the decrease of female coaches of female athletics for Montgomery County, VA during the years 1972-1988
The decrease of female coaches of female sports in Montgomery County, Virginia was studied. Data was obtained through the Virginia High School League Directory, supplemental duty records found at the Montgomery County School Board office and through the use of a questionnaire. Related research is …
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Austen and Woolf Revisited: Muddy Petticoats, Sally's Kiss, and the Neoliberal Now
This project examines the implications of mythologizing women writers, specifically Woolf and Austen, and transforming them into their own famous characters. Using various writings that theorize women's voices, sense of agency, and political autonomy in relationship with the public/private …
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