Essays about: "Renaissance literature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Renaissance literature.

  1. 1. "Here you See me, and I am you": Queerness in the Poetry of John Donne

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Alexis Lundblom; [2021]
    Keywords : John Donne; queer; queer theory; metaphysical poetry; Early Modern literature; Renaissance poetry.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines queerness in the poetry of John Donne by re-examining same-gender desire in his poetry, proposing metaphysical poetry as having points of similarity with queering strategies and queer theory, and exploring contextual and historical tensions within and around Donne’s body of works. The thesis closely analyses poems which have previously been discussed as queer, such as “Sapho to Philaenis,” and “Batter my heart,” as well as less frequently examined poems such as “The Anniversary,” and “The Dissolution. READ MORE

  3. 2. ”…an astonishingly small space” : en rumslig studie och analys av Villa Gamberaia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Linnea Englander; [2020]
    Keywords : Villa Gamberaia; Italiensk renässansträdgård; rumslighet; Catherine Dee; landskapsarkitektur; trädgårdsdesign; privatträdgårdar; trädgårdsrum;

    Abstract : ”…an astonishingly small space” är ett självständigt arbete i landskapsarkitektur vid Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet i Alnarp. Studien består av en rumslig analys av den italienska renässansträdgården Villa Gamberaia. Syftet med studien är att hitta inspiration och vägledning till utformningen av dagens privatträdgårdar. READ MORE

  4. 3. Rediscovering Beatrice and Bianca: A Study of Oscar Wilde’s Tragedies The Duchess of Padua (1883) and A Florentine Tragedy (1894)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Minon Weber; [2020]
    Keywords : Oscar Wilde; Victorian Literature; Drama; Theatre; 19th Century Literature; Renaissance Drama; Theatre; Elizabethan Drama; Jacobean Drama; A Florentine Tragedy; The Duchess of Padua; Wilde; Wilde Studies; Transgression; Feminist Criticism; Historicist Criticism; Genetic Criticism;

    Abstract : Towards the end of the 19th century Oscar Wilde wrote the four society plays that would become his most famous dramatical works: Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). The plays combined characteristic Wildean witticisms with cunning social criticism of Victorian society, using stereotypical characters such as the dandy, the fallen woman and the “ideal” woman to mock the double moral and strict social expectations of Victorian society. READ MORE

  5. 4. Transboundary Water Politics : The Case of Egypt and Sudan

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : August Wraae; [2018]
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    Abstract : With the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) there has been a change in the power dynamics of the Nile River Basin. Previous literature tackling this issue have primarily been focused on the Ethiopian challenge of Egyptian hegemony in the Nile, often ignoring other riparian actors. READ MORE

  6. 5. Linnégatan 25A : förslag på tidstypisk gestaltning av grönyta framför nyrenässanshus

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Matilda Suneson; [2015]
    Keywords : sekelskiftet; nyrenässans; arts and craft; tyska trädgårdsstilen; renässans; 1800 - tal;

    Abstract : Syftet är att med hjälp av studier i trädgårdskonsten under 1800 – talet, finna en passande utformning av en entréträdgård till ett nyrenässanshus i Linköping. Studien grundas i att skapa en större inblick och förståelse i hur en trädgård under sekelskiftet kan ha varit utformad. READ MORE