Browsing Languages and Literature Undergraduate Theses by Title

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    • Walt Whitman's When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd 

      Cox, Helen (1957-04-01)
      Walt Whitman is one of the most controversial figures in literature. There rages around his personality and poetry ardent debate, 30 that, as yet, hardly anything definitive has been written. As a personality, he has been ...

    • What Words? An Exploration of Temporality and Language through Poetry 

      Nino, Richard (2005-04-01)
      Poetry is now, it contains the past and the present. There are two essential aspects of poetry that make it what it is: time and language. I have directed my attention towards these two aspects of poetry because I believe ...

    • Which Is The Merchant Here? And Which The Jew? 

      Ferda, Kathleen (1970-04-01)
      The Merchant of Venice is perhaps one of the most controversial plays that Shakespeare ever wrote. Though written more than three hundred fifty years ago, it has received more divergent interpretations than any of Shakespeare’s ...

    • With Patrick, Through the Looking Glass 

      Ferrie, Katie (1998-04-01)
      I remember the day of my wedding. A fine September day, fine like the smooth silkiness of linen. Lightly run fingers over the grain and a sense of rightness enfolds - crisp, cool, and even. Usual concerns about customary ...

    • Women, Nature, and Ben: An Ecofeminist Critique of Ben Jonson’s Poetry 

      Lair, Daniel (1996-04-01)
      A strictly feminist reading of Ben Jonson's poetry would do well to be labeled as nothing worse than tedious. Jonson consistently disparages women and praises men throughout his verse. A conservative poet writing in a time ...