The purpose of this study was to prove that Saul Bellow‘s characters are questing heroes and to show how human quest is reflected in Bellow‘s novels „Herzog“ and „Henderson the Rain King“. Different forms of human quest in literature have been investigated referring to Ihab Hassan‘s „Selves at Risk. Patterns of Quest in Contemporary American Letters“. The method of textual analysis has been chosen for the study. The research demonstrated that both Herzog and Henderson are questing heroes searching for identity, social assertion, communication, love, understanding, self-worth and the meaning of life. The main heroes undergo a series of difficulties, loss and recovery, and finally they create identity and learn to be human��to tolerate and accept human behaviour, to live here and now.

Thesis (Ed.D.) -- Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Harold Abeles. Dissertation Committee: Lenore Pogonowski. Discography: p. 228-230. Includes bibliographical references: (leaves 211-217).

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of the Second World War upon the agricultural economy of Henderson County, Texas, with primary emphasis upon the economic and social changes brought about by wartime conditions during the years 1940 through 1945.

Bakgrund: Demenssjukdom påverkar de kognitiva funktionerna och varje år insjuknar ca 20000–25000 personer i en demenssjukdom. Sömnstörningar är vanliga och drabbar många vuxna men är speciellt påfrestande för personer med en demenssjukdom. Sömnlöshet eller sömnstörningar påverkar livskvaliteten och hälsan på ett negativt sätt. Problem: Sömnproblematik är ett problemområde hos personerna med en demenssjukdom som kan leda till störningar i det vardagliga livet genom att yttra sig som oro eller förvirring eller förvärra Behavirol and Psycological Symtoms of Dementia (BPSD-symtom). En farmakologisk behandling av sömnstörningarna ger mer utmaningar då det kan medför sedering och fall. Syfte: Syftet är att skapa en översikt av omvårdnadsåtgärder för att främja sömnen hos personer med en demenssjukdom. Metod: En allmän litteraturöversikt bestående av åtta kvantitativa studier, en kvalitativ studie och en mixad studie, utgör resultatet i detta examensarbete. Resultat: I resultatet framkom tre kategorier för att främja sömnen hos personer med en demenssjukdom. Dessa var att främja sömnen via beröring, olika aktiviteter och olika aspekter i miljön hos personerna. Slutsats: Omvårdnadsåtgärder kan användas för att främja sömnen och ett personcentrerat arbetssätt bör användas för att omvårdnadsåtgärderna ska gynna den enskilda individen. Författarna anser även att ytterligare forskning behövs inom området för att främja sömnen hos personer med en demenssjukdom. / Background: Dementia affects cognitive functions and every year, about 20,000-25,000 people fall ill with dementia. Sleep disorders are common and affect many adults but are especially stressful for people with dementia. Insomnia or sleep disorders affect the quality of life and health in a negative way. Problems: Sleep problems are a problem area in people with a dementia disease that can lead to disturbances in daily life by manifesting as anxiety or confusion or worsening Behavioral and Psycological Symtoms of Dementia (BPSD-symptoms). A pharmacological treatment of the sleep disorders presents more challenges as it can lead to sedation and falls. Aim: The aim is to create an overview of nursing actions to promote sleep in people with dementia. Method: A general literature review consisting of eight quantitative studies, a qualitative study and one mixed study constitutes the result of this work. Results: The results revealed three categories for promoting sleep in people with dementia. These were to promote sleep through touch, various activities and various aspects of the environment in the people. Conclusion: Nursing measures can be used to promote sleep and a person-centered approach should be used to ensure that the nursing measures benefit the individual. The authors also consider that further research is needed in the field to improve the sleep of people with dementia.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 203-216). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

This is a critical study of Hamish Henderson (1919-2002). It examines his work as a poet, translator, folklorist, and cultural and political commentator. Through close textual analysis, this project shows how Henderson’s various writings can be considered part of a life-long engagement with the complex relationship between politics and aesthetics. This includes the purpose of poetry and its relation to ‘the people’; the defining qualities of folk culture and its political potential; conceptions of nationalism and internationalism; and notions of Scottish history and ‘tradition’. Bemoaning a modern disconnect between the artist and society, Henderson explored the possible causes of this disjuncture and proposed various solutions. His views on these issues were tested in a series of public ‘flytings’, or opinion column debates, with the poet Hugh MacDiarmid between 1959 and 1968. Chapter One is an analysis of the form and content of these exchanges. In Chapter Two, Henderson’s poetic responses to the War, his collected Ballads of World War II (1947) and Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica (1948), are considered in light of his professed aim to create a poetry that ‘becomes people’. Chapter Three examines Henderson’s relationship with the life and works of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937). Drawing from Henderson’s translation of Gramsci’s prison letters, this chapter examines how the Italian thinker both validated and undermined his approach to folk culture. Chapter Four considers Henderson’s perceived ‘turn’ away from art-poetry towards folk-song. With reference to his writings on various poets, his own poetry and song, and that of others that he admired, this chapter reflects on Henderson’s ideas about the distinctiveness of the Scottish literary tradition, and about the politics of authorship. Chapter Five interrogates Henderson’s various writings on folk culture according to his role as a ‘folk revivalist’ who seeks to reinstate folk-song as a popular mode of collective selfexpression, and as a ‘folklorist’ who documents the folk tradition. This project argues for a holistic examination of Henderson’s cultural politics, restoring his writings to their original contexts and providing an account of the constantly renegotiated relationship between art and society present throughout his work.

Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248).

Research paper--Bethel College, 2006. / "A research paper presented to the Department of History, Bethel College... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course, Social Science Seminar, History 482, Mark Jantzen, advisor"--t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p.65-68).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004. / Document formatted into pages. Includes bibliographical references. Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2009 Aug. 18.