Women--France--History--20th century; Women--Great Britain--History--20th century; Women and literature--France--History--20th century; Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century; Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986; Woolf, Virginia,...
This dissertation is a cross-cultural analysis of France and Great Britain during both the First World War and World War II in which Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf redefined "woman." Utilizing New Historicism, the first chapter...
Human-animal relationships in literature; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Criticism and interpretation; Coetzee, J. M., 1940---Characters--Elizabeth Costello; Animals (Philosophy); Animal rights
For the past four decades, scholarship on the relationship between human and
nonhuman animals has been growing inside the academy and sprouting ontological and
epistemological concerns about the status of the Humanities as an institution....
Friel, Brian--Criticism and interpretation; Friel, Brian. Translations; Friel, Brian. Philadelphia, here I come; Friel, Brian. Aristocrats
This thesis is a literary examination of three plays from Irish playwright Brian Friel, Translations, Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Aristocrats , all of which feature a family of the O'Donnell name and all set in the fictional Donegal village of...
Feminism in literature; Self-perception in literature; Women in literature; Chen, Ran, 1962-; Tan, Amy
With increasing cross-cultural infiltrations and accelerated interflows among people of all nationalities in this globalized world, the focus of comparative literature has experienced a shift from traditional Eurocentric cannons to a broader space...
Women in literature--History--19th century; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Materialism in literature; American literature--19th century--Social aspects
This dissertation examines American consumer culture and its influences on images of women created in art and literature at the turn of the twentieth century. It is divided into four substantive parts and uses the methods and theoretical approaches...
Flowering shrubs line the walkway leading to Hattie Cochran's home on Maple Avenue in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Hattie was the real-life model for the character Lloyd Sherman in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnson. This house is...
Locust, an actual estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky was the fictional home of both the Old Colonel and the title character in the Little Colonel book series written by Annie Fellows Johnston. Main sections of the house are believed to have been...
Long, straight, tree-lined driveway to an estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The estate was most likely Locust, an actual place in Pewee Valley, Kentucky that was the fictional home of both the Old Colonel and the title character in the Little...
A two-story house with a large front porch sits behind several large trees. Built around 1855, the house was originally called "Sunnyside." It was renamed "Edgewood" by the Craig family around the time of the Civil War. Mrs....
Young woman stands next to a sundial in a garden. She holds a hat that matches her dress and flowers in her arms and has one hand on the sundial. In "The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding" (1907) by Annie Fellows Johnston, Katie Marks...
This tableau is described by fictional character Katie Marks, who was based on photographer Kate Matthews, in Chapter V of 'The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding" (1907): "'It is to illustrate a fairy-tale. . .When naughty Esmerelda...
Men; Historic buildings; Porches; Military officers; War casualties; People with disabilities
Colonel George Washington Weissinger, Jr., real-life model for the character Colonel Sherman in the Little Colonel books written by Annie Fellows Johnston, sits on the porch of The Locust in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The house, which is on the...
A circular driveway leads to The Beeches, Annie Fellows Johnston's home in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. The two-story frame house is partially obscured by large beech trees. Two women sit in the shade of a tree on the left. Mrs. Johnston bought The...
A tree-lined drive leads to Locust, a country estate in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. Two small stone pillars stand at the entrance, each connected to a white rail fence. Main sections of the house are believed to have been built around 1800, making it...
