Essays about: "Divine Comedy"

Found 3 essays containing the words Divine Comedy.

1. 1. Conversion in Great Expectations : An analysis of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations from a conversion narrative perspective

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Sophie Ryrberg; [2014]
   Keywords : Conversion; Dickens; Great Expectations;

   Abstract : This essay will analyse Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations from a conversion narrative perspective. It will show that the journey of the protagonist Pip have resemblances to the journey of Dante in Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. READ MORE

3. 2. William Kennedy’s Ironweed : Francis Phelan’s Purgatorial Journey Back Home

   University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : jonas hedin; [2007]
   Keywords : Ironweed; Divine Comedy; Purgatory; Journey;

   Abstract : In the essay “William Kennedy’s Ironweed: Francis Phelan’s Purgatorial Journey Back Home” I intend to show that William Kennedy has borrowed his narrative structure and symbolic language in the novel Ironweed from The Divine Comedy. I will also try to show how William Kennedy has used these allusions to enhance the imagery of Ironweed and the protagonist Francis Phelan’s wandering through the novel, and his return home. READ MORE

4. 3. Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night From a Class and Gender Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Veronika Sjöholm; [2006]
   Keywords : Sayers; Dorothy; women in literature; kvinnan i litteraturen; Oxford university in literature; class and gender; klass och kön; Gaudy Night; detective novels; detektivberättelser; English literature; Engelsk litteratur; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : I first became intrigued by the English detective writer Dorothy Sayers' (1893-1957) impressive life and career, early female graduate from Oxford and the woman behind one of the best British translations of Dante's Divine Comedy (1949-62). When I started reading her detective novels I found a richness in both characterization and plot that impressed me. READ MORE