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...
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. Travels through France and Italy.; Historiography--Great Britain--History--18th century; Nationalism--Great Britain--History--18th century; Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century
This thesis examines Tobias Smollett's Travels through France and Italy as a product of the dynamics influencing British identity in the eighteenth century. Specifically, it compares Smollett's Travels with recent trends in the historiography of...
Israel--Social conditions; Israel--Social life and customs
Times Square went mad with noise and excitement,
and a small freighter slipped from its Brooklyn berth into
the drama of the night. It was December 31, 1949--midnight-January
1, 1950; and I was on my way to the world in general
and Israel and the...
Psychic trauma in art; Psychoanalysis and art; Art--Psychological aspects; Salomon, Charlotte, 1917-1943. Leben oder theater?
This thesis explores the presence of the dialectic of trauma in Charlotte Salomon’s magnum opus, Life? or Theatre?, a series of more than seven hundred paintings created during her time in exile in France between 1941 and 1942. In this series,...
Plague--History--Europe; Black Death--Social aspects--Europe; Erotica--Europe--History; Idols and images--Europe--History; Superstition--Europe--History
This thesis examines a large corpus of enigmatic pilgrimage badges dating from
roughly 1350-1500 CE. The badges were brought to light during archaeological
excavations of water sites throughout the Schelde Estuary in the Netherlands, the
riverbanks...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Men; Historical markers
André Jeunet stands next to a large stone marker which reads in part "Vive la France" (Long live France) and "Doubs". The marker, located near Jeunet's ancestral home in Jougne, which is in the Doubs, may be a boundary marker...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Soldiers; Military uniforms
Godet, a French soldier and close friend of photographer André Jeunet, laughs as he buttons his shirt. He appears to be wearing uniform pants, shirt, and suspenders as he sits in front of a dark cloth background. Taken during military training in...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Trench warfare; Soldiers; Military training; Explosions; Shells (Ammunition); Artillery (Weaponry)
A soldier and an exploding artillery shell as seen over the rock wall of a trench during World War I. Landscape and foliage are similar to other pictures in this collection which were taken during the photographer's army training exercises in...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Battlefields; Explosions; Shells (Ammunition); Artillery (Weaponry); Military training
Smoke plumes rise from three or four exploding artillery shells. Landscape and foliage are similar to other pictures in this collection taken during the photographer's army training exercises in Autun, France in 1915.
Self-portraits; Closets; Military uniforms; World War, 1914-1918--France; Mirrors
Self-portrait of André Jeunet taken from a reflection in large mirror. He is sitting on a table, wearing his army uniform. According to Jeunet's family, André was 21 years old and the photograph was taken while he was on leave in Jougne, France.
World War, 1914-1918--France; Soldiers; Military uniforms
Godet, a French soldier and close friend of the photographer's, sits in front of a dark cloth background. He appears to be wearing his uniform pants, shirt, and suspenders, and holding a book or leather writing pad. Taken during training in Autun,...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Soldiers; Battlefields; Military training; Rifles; Arms & armament
Soldiers from France's 139e Régiment d'Infanterie sit and stand in a field in France during World War I. Rifles are arranged next to them in a conical formation resembling a small tepee.
Antiphonaries--Illustrations; Gregorian chants--Illustrations; Music--Manuscripts--France; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France; Manuscripts, Medieval
Leaf from a fifteenth century French antiphonary, representing a segment of text related to the Feast of the Crown of Thorns. Also called an antiphonal or antiphoner, an antiphonary collects portions of psalms and hymns sung during liturgies or...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700; Geographical discoveries in literature
It is the purpose of this thesis to show what influence the sixteenth century voyagers had on the Elizabethan writers. For expediency, we have divided these voyages into two classes: namely, the early, from Columbus, 1492, to Vasca de Gama, 1498;...
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Courtly love in literature
"It is in the south of France and at a very early period that we must look for the origin of the system of Courtly Love. Gathered about several small courts, there existed, as early as the eleventh century, a brilliant society, in which woman...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Soldiers; Military training; Writing; Classrooms; Mourning clothing & dress
André Jeunet's close friend, Godet, and another soldier sit in a classroom writing letters home. The number of their military unit, France's 139e Régiment d'Infanterie, is clearly visible on the collar of Godet's uniform. The second soldier, also...
World War, 1914-1918--France; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Agricultural machinery & implements; Carts & wagons
Godet, André Jeunet's close friend and fellow soldier, reclines on the grass next to an idle wooden plow or wagon. He is wearing the uniform of France's 139e Régiment d'Infanterie and has his hand on a journal or writing pad.
