Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Selections. 1984 -- Criticism and interpretation
Critics have been struggling to find a consistent theme that permeates Herman Melville’s Pierre; or, the Ambiguities (1852). There is the pamphlet on which a lecture by a man named Plotinus Plinlimmon is written down in the middle of the story....
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Characters -- Women; Eliot, George,1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation; Women in literature -- 19th century
The reception of George Eliot’s female protagonists has undergone dramatic transformation in the wake of feminist criticism. Feminists tend to reproach Eliot for a depiction of women that did not demonstrate Eliot’s own social...
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. As I lay dying; Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Light in August
Few American literary figures have elicited more scholarly debate than William Faulkner. Over the past century, Faulkner's work has moved in and out of favor among critics. He has been celebrated as a regional genius and denounced as a misogynist...
Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
This study examined peer mediation programs in Connecticut to determine how closely they are aligned with the new "Recommended Standards for School-Based Peer Mediation Programs" and what they might need to meet them. These national standards have...
What began as a competition to appease a member of royalty's birthday wishes, continued on to not only introduce an entirely new area of mathematical studies but also to leave one particular question to remain without a complete and substantiated...
The role of the police officer cannot be adequately analyzed without an understanding of their historical and social context. An examination of the role of the police officer in a small town provides an elucidating window showing how social forces...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945; Women soldiers -- France
The Resistance in France played an important role in ending the German occupation. The women in France who took part in the Resistance played a vital role, a role which was not previously talked about in much detail. Historians waited forty years...
American literature -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity -- In literature
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the complexities surrounding the acceptance of personal and cultural identity for protagonists in Chicano/a literature. By way of close reading analysis and methodological comparison, I delve into three...
Venice, Lagoon of (Italy); Flood control -- Italy -- Venice, Lagoon of
Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the birthplace of some of my ancestors, has for centuries inspired poets, writers and lovers alike; yet, when people think or talk about this city, they cannot help but to think of "acqua...
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 -- Criticism and interpretation
What is predominant among Theodore Dreiser's works is "chemism" (Spiller, Literary Theory 1201). We see such terms as "chemic" (Dreiser, Best 51), "chemical" (Dreiser, Myself 51), "chemistry" (Dreiser, Genius 689), and "chemical affinity"...
Single-sex schools; Single-sex schools -- Connecticut -- Avon; Avon Old Farms School (Avon, Conn.) -- History
Over the last several decades statistics reveal that there is worldwide underachievement of boys in school. Regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, or economic background, boys as a group are struggling to be effectively educated. While girls are...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis proposes the Samuel Coleridge's poetry attempts to forge an interdependent relationship between imagination and faith. In the Biographia Literaria Coleridge suggests that the imagination is an entity separate from man and similar to the...
Zoning boards -- Connecticut; Zoning law -- Connecticut
Introduction The Zoning Boards of Appeals and the granting of variances are a integral part of the zoning system. However ZBA's and their functions are probably one of the most, if not the most misunderstood and abused aspect of the zoning system....
This thesis argues that the reunification of Germany was well overdue
because the German nation arrived at a point in its development where certain truths
about its past no longer applied. The "truth" about Germany and its past cannot be
considered...
Brain drain -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Banja Luka; Banja Luka (Bosnia and Hercegovina) -- Emigration and immigration
Renata Bertotti (2008). Migratory Decision-making in Post Civil War Bosnia - A
Case Study of Banja Luka City
This paper examines the potential for loss of human capital and brain drain
from Banja Luka, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina a Serb...
This study examines the communication styles and practices between
the handicapped and non-handicapped communities in contemporary society.
It depicts the processes or lack of communication processes which contribute to
the present conditions.
The...
Historians, at some point, have dealt with questions of the
causes of the subject matter they study, whether those entities are persons, events, ideas,
or political states. The historian, Edward Hallett Carr, wrote, "The study of history is...
Coatings -- Thermal properties; Plasma spraying; Process control
The purpose of these experiments was to determine the significant factors contributing to the variations in properties associated with a quality deposited plasma spray ceramic coating – to predictably control the inputs to air plasma spray...
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of geometry definitions of beginning geometry students at the high school level through the use of geometry constructions as an aid to teaching geometry definitions. The eighteen students...
