All Outputs (5)

The impact of the climate emergency on 21st century fiction (2023)
Thesis
Gillen, G. H. (2023). The impact of the climate emergency on 21st century fiction. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4321483

This research supports a new movement in contemporary literature: cli-fi. The term has been attributed to environmental dystopias as far back as the nineteen-sixties. In the 21st Century, many writers are imagining life during or after severe changes... Read More about The impact of the climate emergency on 21st century fiction.

Lazarus Junction: Crossing the Divide. The Influence of Crime Procedural Tropes on the Construction of Supernatural Urban Fantasy (2022)
Thesis
Dobson, D. L. (2022). Lazarus Junction: Crossing the Divide. The Influence of Crime Procedural Tropes on the Construction of Supernatural Urban Fantasy. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4247127

This thesis considers the influence of crime procedural tropes in the writing of Lazarus Junction: Crossing the Divide. It considers the intrusion of the city, and examines how Lazarus Junction seeks to portray a world threatened by a malevolent forc... Read More about Lazarus Junction: Crossing the Divide. The Influence of Crime Procedural Tropes on the Construction of Supernatural Urban Fantasy.

From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007 (2022)
Thesis
Morris, R. E. (2022). From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4320670

This thesis examines girl protagonists who demonstrate heroism through various types of performance beginning with Noel Streatfeild’s Ballet Shoes (1936) and concluding with J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series (1997-2007). According to Seth Lerer, ‘... Read More about From Ballet Shoes to Polyjuice Potion : performing girl heroes from 1936-2007.

Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing (2020)
Thesis
Goodman, J. E. (2020). Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4420801

Domestic spaces carry layers of meaning. They evidence structural changes over time, representing different social and economic ideologies and priorities. Their spatial organisation affects the way that life is conducted within them. They are the phy... Read More about Metaphors for Change: the Narrative Power of Domestic Space in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British Women’s Writing.

Coal, correspondence, and nineteenth century poetry : Joseph Skipsey and the problems of social class (2018)
Thesis
Tait, G. J. (2018). Coal, correspondence, and nineteenth century poetry : Joseph Skipsey and the problems of social class. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4306375

This thesis explores the life and work of the poet and coal miner Joseph Skipsey (1832-1903) by examining his correspondence with some of the most notable cultural figures of the late-Victorian period. This work is, as far as I am aware, the first mo... Read More about Coal, correspondence, and nineteenth century poetry : Joseph Skipsey and the problems of social class.