Dissertation. / Database: University of Tampere. Format: PDF. Bibl.

This thesis is an examination of the mass-market publishing industry in Britain after the First World War and of the 'literature' read by the lower-middle and working classes: novels and weekly magazines. We chronicle the development of the industry both generally and through the experiences of three publishers, examine the activity and motivations of the reading public and consider the treatment of contemporary issues and attitudes within popular fiction as a useful barometer for the historian. There are seven chapters. Chapter 1 considers the period before 1914 in order to provide the necessary background for an understanding of the focus of this study, 1914-1950. The origins of the popular publishing industry and Wilkie Collins' 'Unknown Public' are examined and continuities with post-1914 popular literature traced. In Chapter 2 a broad overview of our period is conducted: the development of the industry and of the market, the influence of war and the depression, and the effect on reading of the growth of other leisure activities. Chapters 3 and 5 look at the reading habits of adults and children/adolescents from the lower-middle and working classes. In both cases contemporaries and readers themselves seemed to think 'escapism' was paramount in the selection of 'light' fiction and there was therefore a significant continuity between child and adult reading. Finally, Chapters 4, 6 and 7 focus on the histories and influence of three publishers of popular fiction during this period. These include two of the most successful (Mills and Boon, D.C. Thomson) and in contrast, a prominent but declining firm (The Religious Tract Society). In each case the complex relationship between market forces and editorial policies is discussed. We conclude that a reciprocal relationship existed between publisher and reader, with the latter dictating much of what was published. Popular fiction, moreover, served to reinforce predominant stereotypes and ideological views of society rather than to impose specific doctrine.

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Early nineteenth-century Eurocentric perceptions of natural history led to the flora and fauna of Australia being thought of as deficient and inferior compared with those of other lands. By the 1820s, Australia had become known as ???the land of contrarieties???. This, and Eurocentric attitudes to nature in general, influenced the expectations and perceptions of immigrants throughout the century. Yet at the same time there was developing an aesthetic appreciation of the natural history of Australia. This thesis examines the tension between these two perceptions in the popular natural history writing of the nineteenth century, mainly through the writing of five authors ??? George Bennett (1804-1893), Louisa Anne Meredith (1812-1895), Samuel Hannaford (1937-1874), Horace Wheelwright (1815-1865) and Donald Macdonald (1859?-1932). George Bennett was a scientist, who saw Australian plants and animals more as scientific specimens than objects of beauty. Louisa Meredith perceived them in the familiar language of English romantic poetry. Samuel Hannaford used another language, that of popular British natural history writers of the mid-nineteenth century. To Horace Wheelwright, Australian animals were equally valuable to the sportsman???s gun as to the naturalist???s pen. Donald Macdonald was the only one of these major writers to have been born in Australia. Although proud of his British heritage, he rejoiced in the beauty of his native land. His writing demonstrates his joy, and his novel attitude to Australian natural history continued and developed in the present century.

Orientador: Edgar Salvadori De Decca / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T23:49:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_MarcelaMarrafonde_M.pdf: 5918208 bytes, checksum: b7173edefb34edf72752927ea8fe2f36 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Résumé: Cette dissertation analyse comment la nationalité brésilienne a été représentée à travers des images- textueles, iconographiques et monumentales- des fleuves. La nature, surtout la nature tropicale, a été associée à l¿identité nationale, spécialement à partir du Romantisme. Avec ce présupposé, des oeuvres classiques des auteurs brésiliens renommés, comme O Guarani, de José de Alencar; Capítulos de História Colonial, de Capistrano de Abreu; et Relatos monçoeiros, de Affonso Taunay, ont été choisis comme sources d¿analyse pour ce travail. Le ¿territoire de la mémoire¿ de la nation à travers des fleuves se développe dans ces oeuvres, originant de fortes images textuelles, mais il acquérit plus de vivacité par le moyen du monument aux fleuves, qui a été erige dans le grand escalier du Musée Paulista, à l¿époque où Affonso Taunay l¿a dirigé. Outre la construction des amphores avec des eaux de principaux fleuves brésiliens, Taunay a conçu une salle dans le Musée Paulista où le fleuve Tietê figure comme protagoniste dans les tableaux qui enregistrent les épisodes des ¿monções¿. L¿élection de certains fleuves par les auteurs transmet aussi la manière dont ils ont compris la nationalité, qui est comprise dans cette recherche comme une construction affirmée, contestée et reformulée le long du temps, depuis son invention / Resumo: Esta dissertação analisa como a nacionalidade brasileira foi representada através das imagens- textuais, iconográficas e monumentais- dos rios. A natureza, sobretudo a natureza tropical, foi associada à identidade nacional, especialmente a partir do Romantismo. Com este pressuposto, elegeu-se como fontes de análise para este trabalho, obras clássicas de renomados autores brasileiros, como O Guarani, de José de Alencar; Capítulos de História Colonial, de Capistrano de Abreu; e Relatos monçoeiros, de Affonso Taunay. O ¿território da memória¿ da nação através dos rios desenvolve-se nestas obras, originando fortes imagens textuais, porém adquire maior vivacidade por meio do monumento aos rios, erigido na escadaria do Museu Paulista, à época da direção de Affonso Taunay. Além da construção de ânforas com águas dos principais rios brasileiros, Taunay concebeu uma sala no Museu Paulista em que o rio Tietê figura como protagonista em telas que registram episódios das monções. A eleição de determinados rios pelos autores reflete também a forma como entenderam a nacionalidade, que é compreendida, nesta pesquisa, como uma construção afirmada, contestada e reformulada ao longo do tempo, desde sua invenção / Mestrado / Politica, Memoria e Cidade / Mestre em História

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Kwok, Yat Kam. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-109). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 論文摘要 --- p.iii / Acknowledgments --- p.iv / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter One: --- A Romantic Poet with a Roving Vision: Walt Whitman's Poems --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- A Medley of Images: Stephen Crane's Youthful War --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Survivors under Siege: Ambrose Bierce's Modern War --- p.71 / Conclusion --- p.100 / Works Cited --- p.105

This thesis analyzes the complexities of Argentinean politics during Juan Domingo Perâon's last presidency, (1973-1974), as presented in Osvaldo Soriano's novel No habrâa mâas penas ni olvido. Soriano's work, set in the fictitious town of Colonia Vela, in the state of Buenos Aires, illustrates in a small scale the different social and political components that make up the national body. Historical and fictitious elements dramatize the conflict among the left and right wings of the Peronist Party. These two factions divide the villagers, who hold diverse images of Perâon and what the party entails, while putting their political beliefs and physical well-being at stake. Quickly the two splinter parties trigger an open arm conflict while fighting under the same slogan: "Perâon o muerte". Supported by diverse theoretical perspectives, this thesis reveals that Soriano's novel sheds light into one of the most confusing periods of Argentinean history while rescuing the sacrifices of the people. / by Delia Pamela Fuentes. / Abstract in English. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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This dissertation examines how news and information circulated among select colonies in the British and French Caribbean during a series of military conflicts from 1763 to 1804, including the American War of Independence (1775-1783), French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), and the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). The colonies included in this study are Barbados, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Saint-Domingue. This dissertation argues that the sociopolitical upheaval experienced by colonial residents during these military conflicts led to an increased desire for news that was satiated by the development and improvement of many processes of collecting and distributing information. This dissertation looks at some of these processes, the ways in which select social groups both influenced and were affected by them, and why such phenomena occurred in the greater context of the 18th and early 19th century Caribbean at large. In terms of the types of processes, it examines various kinds of print culture, such as colonial newspapers, books, and almanacs, as well as correspondence records among different social groups. In terms of which groups are studied, these include printers, postal service workers, colonial and naval officials, and Catholic missionaries. The dissertation is divided into five chapters, the first of which provides insight into the operation of the mail service established in the aforementioned colonies, and the ways in which the Atlantic Revolutions impacted their service in terms of the different historical actors responsible for collecting and distributing correspondences. Chapter two looks at select British and French colonial printers, their print shops, and the book trade in the Caribbean isles during the 18th century. Chapter three delves into the colonial newspapers and compares the differences and similarities among government-sanctioned newspapers vis-à-vis independently produced papers. It uses the case of the Haitian Revolution to track how news of the slave insurrection was disseminated or constricted in the weeks immediately following the night of 22 August 1791. Chapter four examines the colonial almanac as a means of connecting colonial residents with people across the wider Atlantic World. It also surveys the development of these pocketbooks from mere astrological calendars to essential items that owners customized and frequently carried on their person, given the swathes of information they featured after the American War of Independence. The final chapter looks at the daily operations of Capuchin and Dominican missionaries in Martinique and Guadeloupe at the end of the 18th century and how they maintained their communications within the islands and with the heads of their Catholic orders in France, as well as in Rome. Overall, this project aims to fill in some of the gaps in the literature regarding how select British and French colonial residents received and dispatched information, and the effect this had in their respective Caribbean islands. It also sheds light on some of the ways that slaves were incorporated into the mechanisms by which information was collected and distributed, such as their encounters with printers, employment as couriers, and use as messengers to relay documents between colonial officials. In doing so, it hopes to encourage future discussion regarding how information moved in the British and French Caribbean amid periods of revolution and military conflict, how and why these processes changed, and the impact this had on print culture and mail systems in the post-revolutionary period of the 19th century.