Essays about: "The Secret History"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words The Secret History.

  1. 1. Voices Once Lost : on Connexions in nineteenth century Swedish Geaticism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Lykke Engvall; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis studies how the early nineteenth century periodical Iduna, published by the influential Geatish Society from 1811 until 1844, portrayed and shaped their idea of Sweden’s past. Of particular interest to this thesis is how this past was narrated through the use of emotions and how these emotions functioned. READ MORE

  3. 2. "And lo! Apollo Could Not Live Without Dionysus" A Nietzschean Study of the Apollonian and Dionysian in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Jessica Kafa; [2023]
    Keywords : Donna Tartt; The Secret History; Nietzsche; Apollonian; Dionysian; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous research on Donna Tartt’s debut novel The Secret History in regards to its intertextual relevance has helped in understanding the traditional campus novel, as well as redefined the classical murder mystery. However, little research has been made on its characters and its portrayal of the human experience. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Secret Trade : Booksellers, advertisement and sexually transmitted diseases in eighteenth-century London

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Makrina Hjälm Ellnemyr; [2023]
    Keywords : Eighteenth century; London; England; medicine; booksellers; book trade; trade; syphilis; sexuality; advertisement; disease; history; trade card; bill head; Historia; 1700-tal; handel; bokhandlare; London; England; medicin; sexualitet;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between booksellers, medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, and advertising in eighteenth-century London. The analysis is based on trade cards, prints and advertisement in newspapers and periodicals. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Keywords : Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. READ MORE

  6. 5. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE