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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"value of literature"”.
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The value of literature: the disparity between 'Practical Criticism' and 'Modern Literary Theory' with a case study of Thomas Hardy
This thesis is a critical study of the conceptual foundations of the work of a number of twentieth-century academic literary critics and theorists, with the aim of exploring the ground of some of the disputes between exponents of different approaches to literary analysis. It asks to what extent, …
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WRITING NEXT TO THE WEST: A SPATIAL CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST
… and Judy Blunt are contemporary women writers of the American West. Both women grew up on ranches in Montana but left in adulthood. Despite leaving, each woman maintains significant intellectual and emotional connections to the land and culture of her youth in her writing. Blew's memoir All But …
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WRITING NEXT TO THE WEST: A SPATIAL CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST
… and Judy Blunt are contemporary women writers of the American West. Both women grew up on ranches in Montana but left in adulthood. Despite leaving, each woman maintains significant intellectual and emotional connections to the land and culture of her youth in her writing. Blew's memoir All But …
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Imagining the Worst: Ladislav Fuks' Contributions to Holocaust Fiction
… a valuable contributor not only to the Holocaust Literature genre, but also to film and literature in general. His two English-translated works, Mr. Theodore Mundstock and The Cremator, as well as the film adaptation of The Cremator, examine the role imagination can play in art that addresses …
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A Survey of Adolescent Reading Habits and Influences : A Study in Selected Parochial Secondary Schools
<p>Adolescent literature, written by authors with a concern for the illiteracy in the United States, and read by students growing in their ability to comprehend life, is a vital link in the personal exploration and adjustment needed by young persons as they proceed into adulthood. Many polls have …