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Strong Verbs in English

Description: The purpose of this study is to give a brief history of the strong verbs in Old English and to trace their development in Middle English and in Modern English, concentrating on the last period. In Modern English two lines of development are of particular interest and importance: the confusion of children and illiterates in using strong verb forms and the treatment of strong verbs in recent grammars. It is hoped that this study will show the pertinence of these verbs and that from this study rec… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Pearson, Sharon M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Browning's The Ring and the Book in Twentieth-century Criticism

Description: Proceeding from the general judgment that The Ring and the Book is, indeed, Browning's greatest achievement, and that it, more than any other of his works, was responsible for establishing him in an extraordinary position of public acceptance and esteem, I propose, in this study, to examine the four features of The Ring and the Book which have most frequently attracted critical attention and to which the greater portion of analysis and review of The Ring and the Book have been devoted.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Blakney, Paul S.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Decade of Grammatical Liberalism

Description: Against the background of conservatism, liberalism, and counter-reaction among linguists, this study will survey the degrees of liberality shown by the writers of a group of present-day handbooks and grammars toward six disputable issues.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Guinn, James M.
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Fire on Abel's Altar

Description: This thesis is a work of fiction in the form of a novel.
Date: January 1955
Creator: Taliaferro, Charles R.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Messenger in Shakespeare

Description: Examines the functions of messengers in six plays by Shakespeare.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Branch, James Wesley
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Paul Green's South: A Land of Contrasts

Description: This study deals almost exclusively with Green's folk plays, and identifies three major contrasts in his portrayal of the South: (1) wealth versus poverty, (2) culture versus barbarism, and (3) white versus black.
Date: June 1955
Creator: Middleton, Frances Sue
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The Slavic Aspects of Joseph Conrad

Description: Since the problem of criticism of Conrad has deteriorated often into a case study of supposed or imagined abnormalities, this study will survey this body of criticism and then attempt to place in proper perspective the various elements which comprise Conrad's artistic individuality. This thesis is intended to present an over-all view of the artistic individuality of Conrad, coupled with a more intensive interpretation of representative novels to illustrate this individuality.
Date: 1955
Creator: Parker, R. W.
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Impressionism in the Prose Fiction of Stephen Crane

Description: This study will examine the works of a writer whose style is radically different from that of his contemporaries,who owes little to writers who came before him, and one who, although he had considerable influence on those who came after, had so individual a manner of writing that he seems to be unique in American letters.
Date: 1955
Creator: Swadley, Don R.
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The Napoleonic Wars in the English Novel, 1820-1880

Description: This thesis is a study of the novelists of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns (veterans and non-veterans), the novelists of the naval war, and the novelists of the home front in the Napoleonic Wars.
Date: 1955
Creator: Wilson, John Townsend
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Jane Austen and Her Critics, 1940-1954

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to survey Jane Austen biography and criticism published since 1940 in order to show the present state of Jane Austen study while providing a bibliographical guide to recent material.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Bowen, Betty Ann
Partner: UNT Libraries
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