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For some time I have been collecting folk material of the pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah, and their subsequent building of the Manti Temple. A few of the county's senior citizens witnessed part of the construction in the late 1870's and 1880's and the dedication in 1888 of the Temple. Many more are descendants of men and women who were directly involved in the building of the Temple and in the early work done there after its construction.The stories that these people tell are significant. A collection of them represents a rich folk history of a religious, pioneering people who, in spite of their lack of material possessions, sacrificed to donate in coin and in kind a million dollars and eleven years of labor to build a House of the Lord. Many of their descendants have continued maintenance and ordinance work with similar zeal. Lives that are influneced by this particular building seem buoyed up and intensified by the tremendous task thereby incurred. This commitment, an eternal commitment for the Mormon people, is exemplified in the oral history and folklore that continues to live.The organization of the collection and its accompanying historical accounts and critical evaluation take the following order: the settlement of the Sanpete Valley as it reflects the character of the builders of the Manti Temple; the folkways and customs of the construction period as revealed in oral tradition and folk history; the folk history of the construction of the Temple and temple guide stories; and finally, the collection in relation to American and Mormon folklore and as a source of material for literature.This collection of folk history and oral traditions is of value because it preserves the pioneer culture for future generations. Also, it serves as a ballast to the ever-moving tradition of American literature, for it recalls a significant saga of vigorous physical, mental, and particularly spiritual accomplishments instrumental in the building of the nation.

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Call number: LD2668 .T4 1949 K61 / Master of Science

Dissertation / No abstract available / African Languages / Thesis (M.A. (African Languages))

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<p>The costume design for California State University at Long Beach?s Spring 2015 produc- tion of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl displays the influence of Grecian myth on the characters. The costumes show which characters have been influenced more so by the mythology and those that have been influenced by other time periods. As the Stones have the strongest connection to the Grecian roots, they are the main focus of the paper. Reviews of past productions, articles, and literary sources based in Grecian myths and legends will display their connection to their Grecian roots.

<p> Both her feminine subjectivity and extensive time frame (ranging from 1914-1974), make the works of Ana&iuml;s Nin an important example of the depth and range of self-exploration, perhaps more so than in previous writers. Nin was committed to a creative process inclusive of psyche, the body and aesthetics derived from her own life experiences. This analysis of the mythic tropes that permeate Nin&rsquo;s literary diaries and fiction demonstrates the ways in which Nin created a mythic style of her own, which contrasts with the aesthetics of T.S. Eliot&rsquo;s mythic method. In fact, as a late Modernist, Nin particularly emphasized what this dissertation will call earth mother consciousness as a response to the wasteland of her time, and as a way to create a connection between literature and life. Thus, a better understanding of Nin&rsquo;s literary achievements emerges through a study of a mythic perspective, which helps to secure Nin&rsquo;s belonging in the literary canon. </p><p> This archetypal analysis shows myth playing a fluid role that reveals psyche in the process of writing a continuously changing sense of self into a personal myth of her own, revealing the extensive possibilities of an opulent feminine psyche. The literary diary, for Nin, is a genre that with its traces of the trickstar/trickster archetype, among others, reveals a mercurial, yet particular understanding of an internalized and embodied experience as a writer. Keywords: Ana&iuml;s Nin, modernism, mythology, literary diaries, women&rsquo;s studies, feminism, personal myth, archetypes, trickstar, trickster, Jung, self-life writing.</p>

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