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Representations of adultery and regeneration in selected novels of Ford, Lawrence, Waugh and Greene
No full textThis thesis is an examination of how the themes of adultery and regeneration are interwoven and explored by selected English novelists in the first half of the twentieth century. It is essential to establish that Ford, Lawrence, Waugh and Greene do not adhere to the ‘archetypal’ pattern of the adultery novel established in the nineteenth century and, in fact, turn that pattern on its head.
Ford’s The Good Soldier and Parade’s End provide two differing perspectives. The first uses adultery as a metaphor for the disintegration of English society, mirroring the social disintegration that accompanied the First World War; Parade’s End, however, presents an adulterous relationship as being a regenerative force in the post-war society. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover also uses an adulterous relationship as a means of addressing the need for social, and national, regeneration in the inter-war years.
Waugh’s A Handful of Dust presents a woman’s adultery as the ruin of not only a good man, but also civilisation in general; Brideshead Revisited is more religious in tone and traces the spiritual regeneration of its central character, whose conversion, ironically, is made possible through his adulterous relationship. Similarly, Greene’s The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair portray the process of spiritual regeneration; in both novels this movement towards salvation is intertwined with an exploration of adulterous love.
The ultimate question probed in this thesis is how the twentieth century novel of adultery overturns the traditional literary approach to the subject. Adulterous unions and illegitimate children are no longer presented as being exclusively socially destabilising or subversive in these novels; most intriguingly significant is that, in some of these novels, the illegitimate child becomes a symbol of hope, and, indeed, of regeneration
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
No full textInflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day
An unmanned aerial vehicle for oceanographic applications
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Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Dr. Michael Janis, Morehouse College, August 2011, August 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Michael Janis. Dr. Janis talks about his book, "Africa After Modernism: Transitions in Literature, Media and Philosophy". Yolanda Gilmore-Bivins, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Les demeures d'Evelyn Waugh
No full textCe travail se propose d'explorer de façon systématique, et donc chronologique, les multiples facettes que prend le concept de demeure à travers l'œuvre de Waugh. Du début à la fin de sa vie, il n'a cessé de s'intéresser aux demeures, qui ont été ses compagnes de tous les instants, il les a décrites à l'envi et leur a donné un contenu symbolique indéniable que nous nous sommes efforcés de mettre en lumière. Les acceptions données par Waugh à la demeure se sont modifiées et enrichies avec le temps, mais il y a des constantes que nous avons soulignées. Nous avons retenu trois approches pour étudier notre sujet: le niveau de base est l'intérêt concret que Waugh porte aux constructions de son pays, ou d'ailleurs, et leur traduction dans l'œuvre littéraire, principalement, mais non exclusivement, romanesque. Le deuxième niveau est le contenu symbolique de ces demeures, rempart contre la barbarie moderne, reflet du caractère de son propriétaire jugé par sa considération pour ses vieilles pierres, symbole de la cité sainte assiégée par les forces du mal. Leur spécificité britannique a aussi retenu notre attention. Le troisième niveau de l'étude est proprement littéraire, Waugh avouant lui-même qu'il construisait ses romans comme un architecte bâtit une demeure. Waugh ayant choisi d'essayer de vivre comme un de ses personnages, il a semblé intéressant de confronter sa conception de l'habitat réel à celle qu'il met en scène, d'analyser ses connaissances en architecture, ainsi que la contradiction entre ses convictions catholiques et son grand besoin de paraître et de posséder.The aim of this piece of research is to delve into the multi-faceted world of Evelyn Waugh's great houses, in a systematic and chronological way. A lifelong interest of his, he never tired of studying them: he described them thoroughly, never failing to convey their symbolic value, the strands of which we have striven to unravel. Over the years, Waugh segued from blind admiration into a more mature assessment of great houses, but they never ceased being a hallmark of his work. This thesis tackles the study of great houses in a three-pronged way: first, the study of the many buildings (British and foreign) that intersperse the novels, books and articles of Waugh; then, the symbolic value attributed to those buildings comes under scrutiny - they stand for civilization vs. the barbarity of the modern age, they are a metaphor of the holy city besieged by dark and evil forces, they are mirrors held up to the owners, reflecting their vices or virtues. The particular aspect of the British ness of the concept house' is also pinpointed. Finally, as Waugh himself admitted to writing a book as if he were an architect building a house, this simile is consistently explored, and the way the novels are written dissected. Waugh tried to live the life of one his own characters, so Waugh's own houses is an avenue to go down. The true extent of his architectural knowledge is assessed, so is the contradiction between his Roman Catholicism and his thirst for material possessions and upward mobility aspirations.ROUEN-BU Lettres (764512101) / SudocSudocFranceF
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