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"A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf (1997)
Thesis
Zamorano Rueda, A. I. "A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212152

This thesis shows how the notion of androgyny works in the fiction of Violet Trefusis. It also posits her writing in connection to some novels by Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Working within a theoretical framework provided by Julia Kristev... Read More about "A sea that had no shores" : the fiction of Violet Trefusis in relation to V. Sackville-West and V. Woolf.

Wozanazo : a bio-bibliographical survey of twentieth-century Black South African women writers (1996)
Thesis
Sobott-Mogwe, G. Wozanazo : a bio-bibliographical survey of twentieth-century Black South African women writers. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215519

The canon of South African literature, as shaped by publishers, academics and past government education policies, reflects dominant race, class, language and gender biases. Knowledge of large areas of South African literature is still limited by such... Read More about Wozanazo : a bio-bibliographical survey of twentieth-century Black South African women writers.

All done by mirrors: reflectivity in the novels of Elizabeth Taylor (1912-75) (1992)
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Crompton, N. J. R. All done by mirrors: reflectivity in the novels of Elizabeth Taylor (1912-75). (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213904

Elizabeth Taylor's texts are elusive and allusive. Part 1 offers a biographical sketch of the writer, then applies theory, drawing on and adapting the work of Harold Bloom, Roman Ingarden, Michael Riffaterre, Linda Hutcheon and Patricia Waugh, among... Read More about All done by mirrors: reflectivity in the novels of Elizabeth Taylor (1912-75).

The fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : irony within a dual philosophical framework (1990)
Thesis
Merican, F. F. The fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : irony within a dual philosophical framework. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217710

The thesis examines how Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, writing from the ironic perspective of the rootless, displaced European writer, utilises a dual framework of Hindu philosophy and religious tradition, and Platonic thought on Love to augment the .ironic n... Read More about The fiction of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : irony within a dual philosophical framework.

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.