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Epistolary Larkin : life, letters and the literary biography (2022)
Thesis
Devine, R. Epistolary Larkin : life, letters and the literary biography. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224248

‘Epistolary Larkin’ is the first comprehensive study to focus primarily on Philip Larkin’s letters as literary constructs. The publication of Anthony Thwaite’s Philip Larkin: Selected Letters 1940-1985 (1992) caused widespread division across the cri... Read More about Epistolary Larkin : life, letters and the literary biography.

The female-authored lyric in the Anthropocene: a creative-critical investigation into nonhuman concerns in contemporary anglophone poetry by women (2020)
Thesis
Allen, R. (2020). The female-authored lyric in the Anthropocene: a creative-critical investigation into nonhuman concerns in contemporary anglophone poetry by women. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922253

This study consists of a portfolio of creative work in the form of a sequence of verse and prose poems, entitled Kingdomland, preceded by a critical thesis: ‘The Female-Authored Lyric in the Anthropocene: a creative-critical investigation into nonhum... Read More about The female-authored lyric in the Anthropocene: a creative-critical investigation into nonhuman concerns in contemporary anglophone poetry by women.

'Tender and true': morality and masculinity in nineteenth-century women‟s fiction (2015)
Thesis
Turner, K. J. 'Tender and true': morality and masculinity in nineteenth-century women‟s fiction. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223293

In 1883 Eliza Lynn Linton described the men in women‟s fiction as „prigs, ruffians, or curled darlings‟, claiming that women writers cannot portray morally good men in fiction without making them seem unrealistic, unattractive, or both. This thesis a... Read More about 'Tender and true': morality and masculinity in nineteenth-century women‟s fiction.

Remedial discourses : men, madness and mental management in fin-de-siècle literature (2015)
Thesis
Cope, E. E. Remedial discourses : men, madness and mental management in fin-de-siècle literature. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217334

The period between 1880 and 1913, commonly known as the fin de siècle, was a time of great social, political and industrial change, an era in which the Victorian man saw his position within his society, his workplace and his family home undergo a rad... Read More about Remedial discourses : men, madness and mental management in fin-de-siècle literature.

Seeking God by strange ways : cults and societies in fin de siècle literature (2012)
Thesis
Berry, S. J. Seeking God by strange ways : cults and societies in fin de siècle literature. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213489

The general consensus regarding the role of Christianity at the fin de siècle is that while it did not cease to exist, technological and scientific advances had eroded the faith of many educated Victorians. Here, the term “seeking” suggests a spiritu... Read More about Seeking God by strange ways : cults and societies in fin de siècle literature.

Representations of love in the novels of Jeanette Winterson from 1985 to 2000 (2003)
Thesis
Ellam, J. L. Representations of love in the novels of Jeanette Winterson from 1985 to 2000. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212289

"What a strange world it is where you can have as much sex as you like but love is taboo. I'm talking about the real thing, the grand passion, which may not allow affection or convenience or happiness. The truth is that love smashes into your life li... Read More about Representations of love in the novels of Jeanette Winterson from 1985 to 2000.

Social conditioning versus biological determinism : a study of the women characters in the 'minor' novels of Thomas Hardy (1985)
Thesis
Thomas, J. 1. Social conditioning versus biological determinism : a study of the women characters in the 'minor' novels of Thomas Hardy. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215533

The popular and critical consensus with regard to the novels of Thomas Hardy is that they exemplify a fatalistic or pessimistic philosophy consequent upon their author's early contact with evolutionary thought. One of the functions of this thesis is... Read More about Social conditioning versus biological determinism : a study of the women characters in the 'minor' novels of Thomas Hardy.