University of the Pacific
Structural cohesion in Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger trilogy
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis paper will demonstrate how Bennett’s “circumstantial” history of his age, as it streams by the reader, is controlled, analyzed, and interpreted. The framework of characters and events stand firm, their foundations solid in the systematic working-out, through symbolism and irony, of Bennett’s conviction that there is a “cause and effect” relationship between the physical environment and the character and sociological evolution and the character. Bennett writes that “the spirit of literature… enforces a moral wisdom by tracing everywhere of cause and effect.” The structures of characters and events are raised, reinforced, illuminated, inspected, and photographed through the use of symbolism, irony, and multiple points of view. Organized detail bricks in the framework.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Graduate School
- Year dc:date.available
- 1975
Author and committee
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- Green, Laura Maurine
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Ruth Marie Faurot
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1880
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-2879