Inaug.-diss.--Munich. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [v]-viii.

Inaug.-diss.--Munich. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [v]-viii. Also issued online.

Inaug.-diss.--Munich. / Lebenslauf. "Literaturverzeichnis": p. [v]-viii.

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1912. / Published also in an enlarged edition under title: William Branch Giles: a study in the politics of Virginia and the nation from 1790-1830. Bibliography: p. [210]-221. Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1912. / Published also in an enlarged edition under title: William Branch Giles: a study in the politics of Virginia and the nation from 1790-1830. Bibliography: p. [210]-221.

Thesis--University of Chicago, 1912. / Published also in an enlarged edition under title: William Branch Giles: a study in the politics of Virginia and the nation from 1790-1830. Bibliography: p. [210]-221.

2 v. : ill., tables in back pocket / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, 1973

The architect Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 – 1960) designed the red telephone kiosk, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Battersea Power Station, and the House of Commons Chamber amongst other major projects. Yet this thesis is the first scholarly study of his work as a theorist and practitioner. Scott’s ideas provide a window into how architects, critics, and clients of his generation thought about architecture, helping us to understand the design of the interwar period in a way that the backward projection of our own intellectual frameworks cannot do. Often relegated to a minor place in architectural histories, in his time Scott was one of the best known architects in the world, author of numerous iconic structures and widely influential. By returning him to a prominent place in the narrative, the thesis reveals a world in which so-called traditionalists and modernists were concerned with the exploration of common themes – the social role of the architect, the psychological effect of buildings, the nature of construction and tradition. The first two chapters explore Scott’s ideas about history and architectural context by investigating his work at Oxford and Cambridge. The third chapter focuses on his church work as a way of understanding his ideas about tradition and the role of psychology in architecture. The fourth chapter explores the ways that he gave meaning to his designs using rhetoric and planning. Set against the backdrop of the postwar decline of his reputation, the final chapter examines the legacy of his architectural theories. By returning Scott to the historical narrative, our understanding of interwar architecture is greatly broadened. And by expanding our knowledge of the least understood era of twentieth century architecture, we come to better understand how modern architecture as we know it was forged.

This thesis has explored the theme of Productive Unity in John Barth’s novel, Giles Goat – Boy. Productive Unity is the process in which the tendency to individuation and the tendency to connection counteract resulting in a unity in polarity. In part, Barth deals with Productive Unity by showing the intellectual development of his protagonist, George Giles. This study has traced George’s development as he moves towards a discovery and understanding of Productive Unity. Barth also treats Productive Unity in his characterization. This study has discussed characterization in terms of the characters’ attempts to distinguish between opposites in accordance with the tendency to individuation, to ignore distinctions in accordance with the tendency to connection, and to simultaneously distinguish between opposites and ignore distinctions in accordance with Productive Unity. Further, this study has examined the theme of Productive Unity as Barth develops it through his idea of cyclology.

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