Essays about: "New Historicism"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words New Historicism.

  1. 11. When All Comes down to Clothes : An Interpretation of P.G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Tobias Frööjd; [2012]
    Keywords : P. G. Wodehouse; Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse; The Inimitable Jeeves; Jeeves; Wooster; Bertie; Menswear; Clothing; Clothes; Dressing; Dress; Dress codes; Fashion; Style; Tradition; Traditions; Traditional; Conservative; Values; British; Britain; Aristocracy; Class; Society; Social; Upper class; England; English; Valet; Butler; New historicism;

    Abstract : Abstract My aim for this paper is to analyse the character Jeeves' obsession with perfect clothing in     P. G. Wodehouse's The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). READ MORE

  3. 12. Edith Wharton's View of Women: Lily Bart in The House of Mirth

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Monique Johansson; [2011]
    Keywords : Edith Wharton; The House of Mirth; Lily Bart; Literary Text Analysis; Feminism; New Historicism;

    Abstract : In this essay I plan to show how Wharton, through Lily, criticised society, and more specifically its expectations of women. My thesis is that Wharton and her character Lily exposed the upper class society of New York, and its ruthlessness, by voicing a woman’s point of view. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Industrialised City of Great Expectations? : Pip's journey from the marshes to the city

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Dennis Persson; [2011]
    Keywords : Great Expectations; Charles Dickens; New Historicism;

    Abstract :      This bachelor thesis will have its focus on Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. The central claim of this thesis is that in the novel Great Expectations, the protagonist Pip is used by Dickens as a metaphor for the British urbanization during the period of industrialisation. READ MORE

  5. 14. Aesthetic Principles in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Sara Gustafsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Aestheticism Dorian Gray;

    Abstract : This study problematizes the criticism Oscar Wilde received for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and aims to explore the aesthetic style he employed when writing the novel. The theoretical approach used in this essay is based on the perspectives of New Historicism; Wilde’s life and how people reasoned during his lifetime are brought into focus and different influences on his work are examined, especially evidence of biographical aspects as well as aesthetic elements in the novel. READ MORE