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Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
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Looks at the development of Middleton's tragedy: to arrive at a better understanding of the canon; to analyze the dramatists handling of sources; and to provide a critical commentary on the plays themselves.
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Examines and compares the Elizabethan productions from 1600-1605 which have survived to see the conventions used as well as the mysteries, moralities, and interludes.
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Interprets Elizabethan domestic tragedies as they might have appeared to the audiences who saw them in the public theaters by supplying the religious and moral background the average playgoer of the time would possess, then evaluates them in relation to other plays of the period and as a part of the history of drama.
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Presents a history of the criticism of the imaginary voyage in fictional literature. Also includes an annotated check list of two hundred and fifteen imaginary voyages from 1700-1800.
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Looks at English poetry from the 17th century, when its character changed radically. Examines the changes through the works of Ben Jonson, William Browne, George Wither, John Milton, and John Donne, among others.
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Examines the English ode as it was written during the period extending from the middle of the seventeenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century and considers the development of the form and uses to which it was put by writers who varied considerably in outlook, inspiration, and ability in order to present a history of the English ode, to consider the special values of the form, and to weigh the effect ode writing had upon the prosody of lyric verse.
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Studies what Shakespeare had to say about kings and kingship by examining his works and the political literature of his time. Looks at his theories of royal conduct implicit in his plays.
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Recreates the fullness of Lucius Cary's days as the Lord who kept open house at Burford and Tew while also being an English author and politician.
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Discusses British and Italian intellectual relationships during the 'resurrection' of Italian nationalism from 1815 to 1870, focusing on the way in which this relationship was expressed in literature.
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A biography of the 18th century poet and diplomat Matthew Prior, which explores his life without disparaging his character or achievements.
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Studies the life and works of Melville while also presenting an analysis of his technique of composition.
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Looks at the life of Edward Moxon, Yorkshire born and lover of poetry who published the works of Browning and Tennyson, among others, in moderately priced volumes to put them in reach of middle-class readers.
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Looks at the reputation and fortunes of Victor Hugo in England from his introduction to the English in 1823, to the reactions against his romantic dramas, to Les Miserables, to his death and the decline of his prestige.
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Studies medieval number symbolism, such as the Pythagorean theory among others, to learn about their sources, meaning, and influence on thought and expression.
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Examines the history of the ballad opera in and after 1728. Gives special attention to the influences, topics, and themes of ballad operas.
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Defines the term wit as it was used with reference to literary skill in the age of Elizabeth. The study revolves around the close association, during the latter half of the 16th century, between wit and rhetoric.
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Presents a scholarly look at the text of Caedmon's hymn and Bede's Death Song. These two are treated together to demonstrate the homogeneity of their sources and their common association with the name of Bede.
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A history of the literary journal Fraser's Magazine that explores the wit and satire used by Thackeray and Carlyle to comment on the social misery accompanying the economic experimentation, and the young writers' 'war on sentimentality.' It also examines the relation of Carlyle to the magazine and the evolution of Thackeray's work und the editor, William Maginn.
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A study of the liturgical theory of Charles Magnin and Marius Sepet in relation to the origin of the mystery plays. Specifically examines the liturgical history of the Middle Ages and a comparative study of the tropes and the drama to determine what relationships exist between the two.
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Studies the phase of Milton's life to focus on his blindness from its possible causes to autobiographical references in his poetry and literature.
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Looks at authorship on the part of black Americans from the mid-17th century until 1900. Studies biography, poetry, writings of anti-slave agents, and fiction.
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A critical analysis of Shelley's Poem 'Alastor,' a poem that recounts the life of a poet. Discusses interpretations of the imagery, symbolism, and metaphors within the poem.
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Traces the literary reputation of Schiller in England, to note the successive aspects under which Englishmen came to view him.
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Examines the mood and themes of melancholy in literature and poetry from Gray to Keats.
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Provides an in-depth look at the life of Thomas Day from childhood and education through writing accomplishments and the unexpected success of Sanford and Merton.
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A review of the life and works of Jeremy Bentham, the "philosopher of legislation" and an analysis of his legacy in law and politics.
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A biography of Christina Rossetti and a critical study of her work. Calls particular attention to the relation of the poet's work to the literature of her time, to the ways in which her prose books inform her poetry, and to the association of some of her poems with the experiences of her life.
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Considers in chronological order poetry concerned with science to examine a steady progression in scientific thought in poetry from pre-Newtonian science, to Darwin, and Goethe.
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Looks at the role of the sailor in English writing from the 1500's to the 1800's, beginning with the narrations of actual voyages.
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Assembles in one volume, the facts of William Gifford's life and presents an evaluation of his work.
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Focusing on articles, prepositions, and conjunctions, this work deals with the legal difficulties that center around form-words: words that show a relationship but do not present a specific idea to the mind.
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Presents a comparative study of the French workingman and English Chartists in the literature of 1830-1848.
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A critical biography of James K. Paulding that tells the story of his life and varied writings and recounts the political, social, and literary circumstances in which he lived and worked.
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Presents an account of the life and works of Thomas Chandler Haliburton as one of the foremost of Canada's men of letters to demonstrate that the truth about Haliburton is decidedly more interesting than fiction.
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Outlines the conception of the old plantation in literature and song and makes an analysis of it in comparison to the plantation as it actually existed.
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Studies the taste for melancholy poetry from 1700-1750. Explores the definition of melancholy during the time period and its interpretation.
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A critical biography of the 19th century American writer John Esten Cooke, which traces the major events of his life and history to the development and themes of his works.
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Follows the life of John Heywood during the 16th century from his early life, to court entertainer, Catholic exile, and his dramatic and non-dramatic works.
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Examines the theory of translation as formulated by English writers in the sixteenth century. Specifically focuses on the Medieval period, the translation of the Bible, the sixteenth century, and the evolution of theories from Cowley to Pope.
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A biography of the 18th century British textual editor Lewis Theobold that asserts that the basic principles of critical editing in English were derived from Theobold's adaptation of the method employed by Bentley in the classics.
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Studies the shift in the theory of novel writing from a focus on biography and esthetics to narrative fiction during the Victorian era as the audience of the novel widened from the educated elite to the common person.
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A bibliography of English translations, from the establishment of Caxton's printing press in 1476 to the early 20th century, of Ancient Greek texts to 200 A.D.
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Studies the influences that classic Greek had on the works of several authors including Ben Jonson and Walter Savage Landor.
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Examines the mystic vision in the Grail Legend and the Divine Comedy in terms of history, theology and devotion and their affects upon later literature.
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Studies the significance of Mrs. Haywood's romances written between 1720 and 1730 as they formed a complement to Defoe's romances of adventure just as her Duncan Campbell pamphlets supplied the one element lacking in his. Also looks at her essays and later fiction.
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Undertakes the history of this verse form from its origins in romance lands through France and England. Shows how the formal ballade became reduced to three stanzas with identical scheme and refrain.
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A comparative study of the five types of disguises and plot patterns found in Elizabethan drama. Specifically examines the female page, the boy bride, the rogue in multi-disguise, the spy in disguise, and the lover in disguise.
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Studies Shirley's dramas with regard to their sources to show that they derived mainly from the stock or conventional elements in Elizabethan dramatic literature. Also classifies and groups their various elements.
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Describes the historical growth of the movements toward organized literary study in the 19th century and their influences upon the scholarship of their day and our own.
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Describes the most typical literary efforts and analyzes the most typical literary influences in the weekly journals and newspapers from 1704 to 1750.
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Looks at the political and ecclesiastical satire of the Shepherd's calendar as well as the biographical relations and historical background.
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Brings together some of the widely scattered facts and theories about the improvised plays in popular Italian comedy.
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Presents an account of the earliest attempts at novel writing in America. Covers the years 1789-1830 from the first amateurish novels and ends with an established form of American literature.
