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This research presents a comprehensive narrative of the development of slavery in early Indiana history. It chronicles the evolution from a French system of slavery to one influenced by Virginian legal code. In exploring the nature of the practiced slavery and the obstacles to slavery’s implementation, the evidence demonstrates that while Indiana did practice slavery, the state was never at risk of developing a plantation-style slave society. The 1820 Indiana Supreme Court case Polly v. Lasselle, which officially ended any legal form of slavery in the state, exemplifies the evolution of slavery and the constantly changing power relationship between owner and slave. By means of previously unused primary sources, this thesis creates a new account of the court case and places it within the context of Indiana’s slavery history. / Department of History

Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-20T17:10:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-03-20. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-20T17:25:56Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000841172.pdf: 1126715 bytes, checksum: 74d1263162a94bdea5f2edde140e168b (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / O presente estudo tem como objetivo discutir as teorias de Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) e Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) sobre a graça, a dignidade, o belo e o sublime, comparando-as, a fim de mostrar as divergências e as confluências dessas concepções estéticas, que foram desenvolvidas nos períodos clássico (com Schiller) e romântico (com Kleist). Tendo como referencial principal para a análise dessas categorias os ensaios Sobre graça e dignidade (Über Anmut und Würde), de Schiller, e Sobre o teatro de marionetes (Über das Marionettentheater), de Kleist, procuramos mostrar na dissertação como as teorias estéticas dos dois autores refletem as tensões existentes entre Classicismo e Romantismo na Alemanha, e como essas tensões estabelecem diferenças entre a ideia de forma em Schiller e Kleist, tendo em vista que a harmonia clássica e a desarticulação dessa harmonia são temas frequentes. Schiller preza pela manutenção da harmonia e busca na arte o caminho para que o homem alcance o equilíbrio; Kleist, pela via da desconstrução do modelo clássico, joga com a forma, de maneira a desarticulá-la, transformando-a em palco para o advento do ritual dionisíaco; não mais a serenidade e harmonia de Apolo que imperam, mas sim o frenesi de Dionísio, que domina e se expande de maneira extraordinária. Dessa maneira, as categorias do belo, da graça e do sublime ganham em Schiller e Kleist dimensões díspares e afins, abrindo espaço para a comparação de suas obras. Aproveitando-nos dos apontamentos feitos por Friedrich Schiller sobre a tragédia como instância que proporciona ao homem o entretenimento e a liberdade através de meios morais, utilizamos as peças Die Jungfrau von Orleans (Friedrich Schiller, 1801) e Penthesilea (Heinrich von Kleist, 1808) como via de exemplificação prática de como estes autores usaram as concepções estéticas apontadas acima para a construção da ação de suas heroínas... / This study has the objective to discuss the theories of Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) and Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) about grace, dignity, beauty and sublime, comparing them in order to show the differences and the confluences of these aesthetic concepts that were developed in the classical period (with Schiller) and romantic (with Kleist).Using as a basis for the analysis of these categories the essays On Grace and Dignity (Über Anmut und Würde), by Schiller and On the Marionette Theatre (Über das Marionettentheater), by Kleist, we are showing as the aesthetic theories of the two authors reflect the tensions between Classicism and Romanticism in Germany, and how these tensions establish differences between the idea of form in Schiller and Kleist, considering that classical harmony and the dismantling of this harmony are common themes. Schiller values the maintenance of harmony and search in the art a way for men to achieve balance; Kleist, through the deconstruction of the classical model, play with form, dismantling it, turning it into a stage for the advent of the Dionysian ritual; no more serenity and harmony of Apollo that reign, but the frenzy of Dionysus, which dominates and expands in an extraordinary way. Therefore, the categories of beauty, grace and sublime acquire in Schiller and Kleist different and similar dimensions, making possible the comparison of their works. Utilizing the notes made by Friedrich Schiller about the tragedy as an instance that provides entertainment to man and freedom through moral means, we are using the plays Die Jungfrau von Orleans (Friedrich Schiller, 1801) and Penthesilea (Heinrich von Kleist, 1808) as a form of practical exemplification of how these authors used the aesthetic conceptions mentioned above for the construction of the action of his heroines, characterizing them to attend these aesthetic assumptions

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Le libertinage, en plus d'être associé à une esthétique littéraire circonscrite à quelques décennies, a été un art de vivre, une étape cruciale dans le processus d'émancipation de l'Homme. Ce sont les libertins qui, à partir du XVIIe siècle, ont posé un regard critique sur tout ce qui se présentait comme une entrave à la liberté, sur les tyrannies religieuses, politiques, intellectuelles ou morales. Les pulsions physiques ayant subi de graves oppressions pendant l'Ancien Régime, il était inévitable que la sexualité devienne un enjeu majeur, voire le symbole même de l'affirmation de soi. Les romans libertins, qui remportent un franc succès malgré les interdits dont ils sont frappés, sont toutefois bien davantage qu'une présentation de scènes de débauche. Ils mettent en place des stratégies stylistiques et rhétoriques qui visent à dire la sexualité et, ultimement, à influencer les mentalités. Cette langue libertine se révèle être feutrée ou audacieuse, flamboyante, hypocrite ou irrévérencieuse selon les périodes qu'elle traverse. En effet, des débuts de l'époque libertine à sa chute irrémédiable au tournant du siècle, en passant par son apogée vers les années 1730, cette langue subit des métamorphoses foudroyantes que nous avons choisi d'analyser à partir de deux romans représentant les moments-clés. Rédigé en 1739 dans une langue fleurie et grandiloquente, Le Sopha de Crébillon fils incarne l'esprit de la période dorée du libertinage alors que La Philosophie dans le boudoir de Sade, paru en 1795, est plutôt saturé de mots interdits et d'idées scandaleuses qui laissent entrevoir l'émergence de l'écriture moderne. Les écarts entre ces oeuvres, tant en ce qui concerne le sujet et le style que le contact avec le lecteur, nous permettront de cerner les objectifs recherchés par les deux auteurs. Se détachant d'une part graduellement des anciens modes de pensée, ces écrivains manifestent un attachement marqué pour certaines réflexions du XVIIIe siècle. Nous nous intéresserons donc, dans un premier temps, aux emprunts faits aux discours philosophiques, techniques rhétoriques et lieux communs de la conversation mondaine afin de déterminer si leur entreprise de séduction se base davantage sur l'art de plaire ou sur celui de persuader. Nous poursuivrons par l'analyse des traits stylistiques qui les distinguent de la norme langagière de leur époque. Notre démarche procèdera de l'analyse minutieuse des marques textuelles comme le lexique et les figures afin de cerner le style de chacun. Si les écarts de Crébillon manifestent une tendance à camoufler les critiques sociales derrière l'ambiguïté et l'ironie, ceux de Sade visent à détruire les normes langagières par un excès de crudité. Nous verrons enfin si ces deux ouvrages licencieux s'inscrivent dans le genre pornographique. De plus en plus modernes d'autre part, les auteurs des Lumières commencent à réaliser l'importance du lectorat et à développer des techniques de communication. Nous nous intéresserons dans un troisième chapitre à la structure dialogique qui implique le lecteur dans Le Sopha, aux stratégies de répétition qui visent à anéantir sa sensibilité dans La Philosophie dans le boudoir, ainsi qu'à la présence commune de personnages-lecteurs qui ont pour objectif d'indiquer le mode de lecture à adopter. Nous constaterons enfin que cette conception de la littérature comme outil pour critiquer, imposer son individualité et influencer le public évolue rapidement vers la Modernité. Bref, il s'agit de voir comment ces deux écrivains ont participé à la transformation de la langue libertine en langue moderne. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Libertin, Liberté, Langue, Lumières, Dix-huitième siècle, Crébillon, Sade.

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Preface: Sir Benjamin D'Urban only spent four years as Governor of the Cape Colony, yet to many people he is one of the most easily identifiable of all British Governors. The principal reason for this, it seems, is the continuing emphasis placed upon his short-lived settlement of the Colony's troublesome eastern frontier in 1835. The main objectives of this thesis have been to examine some of the most notable analyses of that settlement together with an attempt to remove D'Urban's governorship from the narrow and controversial confines imposed by his frontier policy. I have tried to place his governorship in the wider context of his day, examining the various controls upon him, and his overall role as Governor together with some of his administration's less well known but ultimately equally important aspects. In effect, I have tried to view D'Urban in 'the round '. The thesis makes no pretence at being a complete survey. Several important and possibly contributory aspects to a fuller understanding of D'Urban's Cape interlude - notably his ten years in various executive positions in the West Indies and British Guiana, and his period as commander-in-chief of the British army in Canada - were beyond the reach of anything more than a cursory review. Presumably there are documents relative to this period of D'Urban's life in the Archives in Montreal, Georgetown and London. D'Urban's reputation in South Africa continues to rest upon the short-lived system he established in 1835 and the great promise for future relations between black and white that many authors then and since saw in it, or alternately failed to see in it. With this in mind, and the realisation that 145 years and a succession of Governors, High Commissioners and Prime Ministers have passed since 1835, the following extract from the front page of The Daily Dispatch of 10 May, 1980, is revealing. It was reported that the Ciskei government demanded "all the land between the Kei and Fish Rivers, the Indian Ocean and the Stormberg Mountains to form the territory of an independent Ciskei ." The fundamental questions of to whom the land belongs and of how to establish a just modus vivendi with the Xhosa, which plagued both D'Urban's short administration and the Colonial Office for much of the Nineteenth Century are still with us today. Any analysis of his four year period as Governor of the Cape must necessarily be tempered by this realisation.

The strong-minded woman as a character capable of genuine self-determination has not received nearly as much literary attention and study as the less psychologically and socially aware sublime woman, the innocent woman, and the femme fatale. Consequently, the strong-minded woman is only an occasional literary phenomenon and is absent entirely during some literary periods. Thus the purpose of this thesis is to establish that the strong-minded woman exists as a literary figure, that she is a fully developed character capable of forming meaningful and even traditional relationships when allowed by circumstances. She is capable of relying on her own abilities and is willing to take the consequences stemming from her actions.

Die sechs Streichquartette von Sebastian George (?–1796), die 1777 in Moskau entstanden sind, dürften die ältesten instrumentalen kammermusikalischen Werke in der russischen Musikgeschichte sein.