Essays about: "Industrialism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the word Industrialism.

1. 6. Early German Romantic and Marxian Theories of Alienation in Frankenstein: Atomizing Effects of Commodification of Nature and Transgressive Science : An Eco-Marxist perspective

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Jakub Kirejczyk; [2022]
   Keywords : Alienation; Counter-Enlightenment; Ecocriticism; Enlightenment; early German Romanticism; Marxism;

   Abstract : This essay explores the topic of appropriation of nature and the resulting social alienation it imparts on several of the novel’s characters: Frankenstein, Walton, and the Creature. The Creature serves as a personification of both industrialism and urban atomization. READ MORE

3. 7. The complex depiction of society and class in Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Carl Anton Lindfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Perspectives; complexity; contemporary criticism; industrialism; class; Mary Barton; North and South;

   Abstract : Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels have been praised for their depiction of contemporary society and for giving the voiceless working-class a voice. Her two novels Mary Barton (1848) and North and South (1854) are referred to as industrial novels, giving a contemporary depiction of nineteenth century England. READ MORE

4. 8. The Amazon Archers of England : Longbows, gender and English nationalism 1780–1845

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik Arnstad; [2019]
   Keywords : nationalism; gender; national identity; archery; longbow; warbow; women’s history; feminism; England; Britain; Robin Hood; Maid Marian; nineteenth century;

   Abstract : In the 1780s the medieval weapon of war; the English longbow, enjoyed a renaissance, as historical archery became a fashionable recreation among the English aristocracy. Later, during 1819-1845, longbow archery developed into a mass movement, as it spread downwards in the English class system, into the bourgeoning middle class. READ MORE

5. 9. Brave New World : Blind Perception of the Early 20th Century

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

   Author : Sebastian Kylin; [2018]
   Keywords : New Historicism; Satire; 20th Century Britain; Discourse;

   Abstract : Huxley’s Brave New World portrays a futuristic hyperbole of mankind’s future as a result of technological advancements. From a New Historical perspective, this essay examines how BNW satirizes contemporary society by satire where the audience is both a part of the problem and solution. READ MORE

6. 10. A Paradise Fading : Perceptions of Wild Nature in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Howard Pyle's Story of King Arthur and His Knights

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Li Hedenmalm; [2018]
   Keywords : Alfred Lord Tennyson; Idylls of the King; Howard Pyle; The Story of King Arthur and His Knights; Victorian literature; ecocriticism; nature; wilderness; industrialism; animalisation; nostalgia; paradise;

   Abstract : This thesis explores representations of wild nature in two Arthurian texts – one British and one American – produced in an age characterised by rapid social transformation: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859-1885) and Howard Pyle’s Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903). By investigation of the textual descriptions of wilderness and the portrayals of characters living there, the study aims to investigate what attitudes towards unkempt nature are displayed in the two texts. READ MORE