The English Department Dissertations and Theses Series is comprised of dissertations and thesis authored by Marquette University's English Department doctoral and master's students.
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
The Faerie Queene: An Elizabethan Courtesy Book, M. Harriet Dow
Theses/Dissertations from 1953
Morality and Mr. Winters: A Critical Evaluation of Yvor Winters's Theory of Morality As Found in His Literary Criticism, Joseph G. Knapp
John Ruskin's Conception of the Relation of Art to Morality Seen Against Scholastic Background, John Michael Murphy
Theses/Dissertations from 1952
William Dean Howells and Naturalism, Mary Elizabeth Cox
Gerard Manley Hopkins As a Social Critic, M. Roy McDonald
Jonathan Swift and the Age of Reason, Marian Seldin
Theses/Dissertations from 1951
A Critical Evaluation of the Satirical Novels of Evelyn Waugh, John E. Bernbrock
Major Trends in American Literary Criticism, 1880-1918, John W. Rathbun
Donne's Basic Imagery: Its Sources, Use, and Effectiveness, Mario J. Sanguinetti
The Attacks on the Jesuits in English Literature: 1580-1642, John P. Teeling
Theses/Dissertations from 1950
Thomas Carlyle and Eric Gill As Critics of the Capitalist-Industrial System, M. Columcille Counihan
The Moral Element in the Works of Thornton Wilder, Lucille M. Dirksmeyer
Dryden and Shakespeare: A Study in Creative Methods, Norman J. Gavin
The Prose Style of The Book Of Margery Kempe, Mary David Horan
The Catholic Mind of Ernest Dowson, Joseph T. Konkel
Four Renaissance Utopias: A Comparative Study of More's Utopia , Bacon's New Atlantis , Campanella's City of the Sun , and Harrington's Oceana , Pauline G. Nelson
The Dramatic Theory of Maxwell Anderson in Relation to His Plays, Mary Catherine Render
Theses/Dissertations from 1949
W. Somerset Maugham's Philosophy of Life As Found in His Plays, Shirley Avner
Critical Standards and Tenets of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Nora Ellen Kegel
Willa Cather's Technique of Character Portrayal, Carolyn M. Sharp
Some Elizabethan Superstitions in Shakespeare's Plays, Helen A. Shebel
The Courtly Love Tradition and the Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles, Kenneth J. Tellier
The Philosophical Basis of G.K. Chesterton's Literary Criticism, David F. Wilbur
The Art and Diction of Chaucer in Selected Portions of The Book of the Duchess and The General Prologue , Alice Schwenke Wutschel
Theses/Dissertations from 1948
A Critical Bibliography of Newman Criticism 1890-1910, Anne B. Brunhumer
Catholic Aspects of John Ruskin's Social Teachings, Mary Roberta Butler
The Influence of Melin De Sainct-Gelais and Clement Marot Upon the Poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Aurea Teresa Cintron
Virginia Woolf As a Literary Critic, Roselee Ann Cook
A Study of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella, Benjamin S. Cywinski
The Moral Value of John Ruskin's Theory of Art, Marie Madeleine Farmer
Richard Crashaw The Traditionalist, Mary Loretta Gaughan
John Millington Synge: His Reception As a Dramatist, M. Rosanne Heger
A Study of the Pilgrim Motif in Malory's Morte D'Arthur, Marian Margaret Royce
The Character of Joan of Arc As She Appears in English Plays on the Subject 1798-1924, M. Rene Schwertman
Milton's Satan in the Eyes of His Critics, Agnes Clare Sheridan
A Study of Marian Imagery in Mary Lyrics of Fifteenth Century English Literature, M. Aemilian Trimberger
Gerard Manley Hopkins As a Critic of Coventry Patmore's Poetry, M. Hilary Yoggerst
Theses/Dissertations from 1947
Stylistic Criticism in the Essays of Francis Thompson, James G. Alexander
A Century of American Goldsmith Criticism 1810-1910, Mary Ellen Rys
Gerard Manley Hopkins As Literary Critic: With Specific Reference to the Criticism of His Significant Contemporaries As Seen in His Correspondence, Joseph Michael Schwartz
Lionel Johnson's Contribution to the Gaelic Revival of Literature, M. Charline Shekleton
Theses/Dissertations from 1946
Shakespeare's Knowledge of Natural History As Shown in His Comedies, Madelyn Carl Arms
The Attitude of Benjamin Disraeli Toward Catholicism and the Roman Catholic Church as Revealed by a Study of His Novels - - 1826-1880, M. Augustine Beach
A Technical Analysis of Edmund Burke's Sentence As Studied in His Early, Middle, and Late Work, Irene Louise Edwards
Shakespeare's Knowledge of Natural History As Revealed in the Historical Plays, Patricia E. Leonard
Theses/Dissertations from 1945
A Study in the Structure of the WordsWorthian Sonnet, Anne Patricia Callan
Imagery in the Ancren Riwle, Mary Madeleine Sophie Flammang
A Dictionary of the Characters in Anthony Trollope's Barchester Novels, M. Bona Ney
The Technique of Sheila Kaye-Smith's Novels, M. Alice Rita O'Brien
A Study of the Versification of Alexander Pope, Mary E. Sweeney
Scott's Genius Exhibited in His Characterization of the Lower Classes, Mary Mark Whitehair
Theses/Dissertations from 1944
Alice Meynell: Her Theory of Poetry, Mary Ancilla Courtney
The Life and Poetry of Maurice C. Fields, Agnes Eugenia Finn
Educational Ideals in the Major Work of Paul Ernst, Herbert John Gauerke
Booth Tarkington's Conception of the Hoosier As Hero, Pauline Matuszewske
Theses/Dissertations from 1943
A Study of Tone-Color in the Poetry of Lionel Johnson, Mary Mildred Davoran
A Study of Tone-Color in the Poetry of John Banister Tabb, Mary Honora Maher
A Critical Study of the Poetry in Spirit 1934-1943, Mary Gertrude Maus
Poetic Diction and Dryden's Translation of the Aeneid, Marguerite Reilly
The Poetic Dramas of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Margaret C. Remillong
Theses/Dissertations from 1942
A Critical Analysis of the Plays of Walter Besant, Willowene Alofs
Burke's Political Philosophy and the Natural Law, Mary Colman Coleman
The Staging of Dryden's Plays, Violet E. Witte Jordan
The Origin of John Milton's Ideas on Marriage, Arnold H. Schultz
Matthew Arnold's Search for Fame, Mary Syriopoulos
The Works of Stanley Houghton (b. 1881 - d. 1913), Lucille Weinsheimer
Theses/Dissertations from 1941
A Study of Tone-Color in the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, M. S. Cooney
A Study of the Literary Reputation of Aubrey Thomas De Vere, 1843-1940, Mary Andre Doran
An Analysis and Criticism of the Works of Celia Thaxter, Alois M. Herrmann
The Influence of Lowell's Essay of 1868 on the Criticism of John Dryden, Mary Florence Knappstein
The Short Stories of Alice Brown, Katherine A. Leaman
The Contemporary Literary Reputation of Thomas Gray, Mother E. McShane
A Study of Some Points of Controversy in The Mouse Trap, Mary Enora Schriner
Theses/Dissertations from 1940
Peaceful Citadel Verses: With an Introduction on the Theory of Poetry, William V. Doyle
The American Proletarian Novel of the Thirties, Earl G. Gernand
A Study of W. H. Hudson's Life, Letters, and Works, Virginia Harper
The Writings of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt: An Introduction and Study, Mary Joan Reinehr
The Reputation of Shelley in America 1822-1860, Mary Virginia Sullivan
Children's Books in England From 1800-1900, M. Muriel Tarr
Sir Walter Scott in American Criticism 1860-1900, Mary Mathias Weishar
Theses/Dissertations from 1939
The Epithets and Images in George Herbert's English Poems, Mary Cornelius
A Dictionary of Characters from The Guardian,The Adventurer,The Rambler, and The World, Mary Bertram Gerber
A Dictionary of the English Minor Novel of the Nineteenth Century, Mary Eve Goering
The Literary Philosophy and Artistic Method of James Branch Cabell, George V. Huebsch
The Life and Works of Ray Stannard Baker, Donald L. McLaughlin
Patmore's Philosophy of Marriage and It's Reception By His Contemporaries, Mary Virginis Mullowney
A Dictionary of Characters from The Tatler and The Spectator, Mary Teresa Schuster
Out of Darkness, Edward Seifert
Theses/Dissertations from 1938
The Dramatic Technique of Sir James Matthew Barrie, Mary Innocence Bandler
The Modern Religious Drama, Mary Celeste Doetsch
Emerson on Shakespeare, Mary Janis Ganser
The Tristram Legend in English Literature Between 1852 and 1915, Mary B. Konen
Browning's Use of Music and Musicians, Ralph Louis Kozlowicz
The Principles of Literary Criticism of H.L. Mencken, Ivan J. Kramoris
Thomas Campion's Umbra, Margaret Lawler
Now There is Beauty and Other Poems, M. Therese Lentfoehr
Godwin and Wordsworth, Oliver C. Rupprecht
Theses/Dissertations from 1937
The Clerk of Oxford, M. Salome Antoine
The Influence of Sir Richard Knolles' Generall Historie of the Turkes on Lord Byron's "Oriental Tales.", William E. Brennan
Horace Walpole's Critical Opinions of English Literature and Its Writers As Shown in His Letters, Mary Anne Leone Graham