Browsing Languages and Literature Undergraduate Theses by Issue Date
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A Critical Analysis Of The Aeneid
(1931-04-01)This thesis is written particularly as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Latin and Greek. The subject has been chosen without the advice of the head of that department, but ... -
The Political, Social, And Religious Life Of The Golden Age At The Time Of Horace And Virgil
(1932-04-01)The Purpose of this thesis is to portray the Political, Social, and Religious Life of the Golden Age, at the time of Horace and Vergil. I have followed closely Fowler's "Social Life at Home" and his "Religions experiences ... -
The Translation and Latinity of the Homilies From the Third to the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
(1932-04-01)This thesis consists of a short dissertation on homilies, their history and nature, together with the chief writers of homilies. The four recognized ways of treating the homily and the efficacy of each method are discussed. ... -
The Homilies from the Epiphany of Our Lord To Quinquagesima Sunday: A Translation, with Commentary
(1932-04-01)The purpose of this work is twofold: first, I will attempt to give a lucid translation of the Homilies of the Holy Fathers from the Epiphany of Our Lord to Quinquagesima Sunday; and secondly, I will handle comprehensively ... -
De Magistro Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi
(1933-04-01)The fundamental purpose of this treatise is to turn into English the Latin text of St. Augustine's De Magistro. The method has been but to make clear the thoughts expressed by St. Augustine, although some may still be ... -
The Motivation Of Macbeth
(1933-04-01)In the play Macbeth may he found much wealth of controversial matter. Perhaps the most fascinating problem of all is the question whether Macbeth came upon the contemplation of murdering Duncan unaided, or whether he was ... -
Shakespeare's Use Of Source Material In The Comedy Of Errors
(1933-04-01)The Elizabethan drama as characterized by Shakespeare amid his contemporaries was the culmination of several forces which had long been exerting their influence on the English playwrights. Prominent among these forces was ... -
S. Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Soliloquiorum Libri Duo: Translated with an Introduction and Commentary
(1933-04-01)St. Augustine was indeed one of the foremost thinkers, not only of the Catholic Church, but of all time. His works are f especial interest to us because he lived is whole life in an important turning point in the history ... -
Comparison Of The Trilogy Of Aeschylus And Mourning Becomes Electra By Eugene O'Neill
(1934-04-01)In order to understand the full extent of the influence of the Orestia on Mourning Becomes Electra one must consider, in the first place, the impetus for action in both trilogies. I shall first take up the question of the ... -
Tristram And Iseult Cycle Of The Arthurian Legend In English Literature
(1934-04-01)A discussion of the Tristram and Iseult cycle in English literature would he incomplete without a short hut comprehensive history of the evolution of the Arthurian legend as a whole. Little is known of the beginnings of ... -
The Merlin Theme In English Literature
(1934-04-01)Of all the cycles of the Arthurian Legend the cycle of Merlin is the greatest for the others are based on Merlin's prophecies. As Arthur represents the physical force in the world so Merlin represents the intellectual ... -
The Influence Of Neo-Patonic Thought Upon The Literature Of The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
(1935-04-01)There is a fundamental principle in philosophy to the effect that the world of thought revolves in cycles, a principle which all schools of thought allow. So deep-rooted in the very entrails of the history of the world are ... -
Cardinal Newman in the Nineteenth Century: His Relation to Science
(1935-04-01)Scientific philosophy and false of the nineteenth century had gone to extremes. It is in the face of certain difficulties which this century presents that we look into the works of Cardinal John Henry Newman, one of the ... -
The Origin Of Place Names In Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, And Ravalli Counties Of Montana
(1936-04-01)An investigation into the origin of place names in Powell, Granite, Deer Lodge, Missoula, and Ravalli counties of Montana is likely to be regarded by most people as an interesting by not particularly valuable pursuit. It ... -
The Vocabulary Of The Gospel Of St. Matthew
(1938-04-01)In our high schools of to-day students studying Latin are given the works of such classic writers as Caesar and Cicero to translate. statistics show that lost of these students do not continue with their Latin studies in ... -
Vocabulary Of St. Luke's Gospel
(1938-04-01)According to statistics, large numbers of high school students give up the study of Latin after one or two years. The difficulties and lack of utility in the study of Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil are assigned as the causes. ... -
The Scepticism Of John Dryden In His Apologetic Poems
(1950-04-01)There are few names in English literature which have suffered more reverses than that of John Dryden. He was admired greatly by his contemporaries for his genius. He dominated the whole field of English letters, criticism, ... -
Miss Agnes Repplier, Essayist
(1950-04-01)At the 188th annual commencement exercises of Princeton University, June 18, 1955, Agnes Repplier was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of letters. Dean Eisenhart, in introducing Miss Repplier, called her, "dean of ... -
The Prose Of Francis Thompson: A Series Of Five Separate Studies
(1951-04-01)Written over a ten year period, between 1896 and 1906, published for the most part in the periodicals the ACADEMY and the ATHENAEUM, the book reviews of Francis Thompson constitute a major portion of his prose works. A ... -
Walt Whitman's When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd
(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 ...