Browsing by Subject "Shakespeare"

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  • The Binding of Ishmael: Autobiographical Consciousness and Tragedy in Moby-Dick 

    Rice, Christopher (2014-08-25)
    Since its publication in 1851, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick has been difficult to pin down in any formal sense. The book's experimental style, which seems to violate literary conventions through Ishmael's immediate presence ...

  • Ideal Rule in Shakespeare's Romances: Politics in "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest" 

    Gallant, Mikala (2013-08-21)
    The Winter’s Tale (1611) and The Tempest (1611) are two of Shakespeare’s romances, written under the patronage of James I of England. While Shakespeare’s history plays have received extensive critical attention regarding ...

  • Jonson's and Shakespeare's "Comedy of Affliction" 

    Goossen, Jonathan (2011-09-06)
    This dissertation explores the relevance of recent studies of Aristotle’s comic theory to the central dramatists of early modern England, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Applications of the Poetics to Renaissance English ...

  • Shakespeare and the Drama of Politic Stratagems 

    Cameron, John H. (2012-08-24)
    “Shakespeare and the Drama of Politic Stratagems” focuses on how Shakespeare dramatically explores strategic issues similar to those discussed by Machiavelli and other early modern politic authors. The thesis is structured ...