This thesis documents research undertaken regarding the intentions and effects of the landscape description in four of Joseph Conrad’s short stories and novels. The research was concerned with “Heart of Darkness” and “An Outpost of Progress” and how these two texts depicted Africa, and Lord Jim and “Karain: A Memory” for a description of Asia, although Conrad’s wider oeuvre was consulted where it had bearing on the research. The research was concerned with how Conrad used generic elements of the adventure stories of empire, and whether his stories could be said to support or undermine any prevailing notions of race, racial difference and racial and cultural superiority which were prevalent at the time that Conrad was writing. To this end, key examples of the imperial romance genre were analysed, and their philosophical and cultural framework was analysed. Conrad’s works were then situated against these concepts and texts, starting with Africa, and then moving on to Asia. This thesis argues that in Africa, Conrad uses landscape description and the relationship between his protagonists and the landscapes that they find themselves in to subvert notions of superiority, specifically attacking European technology, the image of the torch of progress, and the religious rationale for empire building. For Asia, this thesis argues that in the story of Lord Jim Conrad uses Orientalised images of the Asian female as they were situated in and connected to the landscapes and forests of Asia to suggest a threat to the conception of the masculine hero of imperial adventure fiction, and simultaneously show that the modes of engaging with this threat in the traditional adventure romance story were inadequate when faced with the reality of life in these spaces. Finally, the story of “Karain: A Memory” is examined from the perspectives of history and of the notion of the exotic. It is argued that in this story, Conrad is critiquing the concepts of modernization and of standard European tales of exoticism and adventure. / published_or_final_version / English / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (doctoral)--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg i. B., 1933. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 4).

Thesis (doctoral)--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität zu Freiburg i. B., 1933. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 4).

梁佩嫦. / 手稿本 (cops. 283 複印本) / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學硏究院語文學部. / Shou gao ben (cops. 283 fu yin ben) / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-75). / Liang Peichang. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue yan jiu yuan yu wen xue bu. / 引言 --- p.1-3 / Chapter 第一章 --- 『物色』的定義及溯源 --- p.4-85 / Chapter 甲 --- 定義 --- p.5-27 / Chapter 乙 --- 溯源 --- p.28-85 / Chapter 1 --- 詩經中的即物起興 --- p.28-47 / Chapter 2 --- 屈宗辭賦中的景物　 --- p.48-69 / Chapter 3 --- 漢賦中情景之結合 --- p.70-85 / Chapter 第二章 --- 《文選》「物色賦」四篇分析 --- p.86-171 / Chapter 甲 --- 宗玉《風賦》 --- p.95-118 / Chapter 乙 --- 潘岳〈秋興賦〉 --- p.119-138 / Chapter 丙 --- 謝惠連〈雪賦〉　 --- p.139-152 / Chapter 丁 --- 謝莊〈月賦〉 --- p.153-171 / Chapter 第三章 --- 六朝賦「物色」選例　　 --- p.172-263 / Chapter 甲 --- 時代喪亂的寫照 --- p.175-188 / Chapter 1 --- 曹丕〈感物賦〉 / Chapter 2 --- 王粲〈登樓賦〉 / Chapter 3 --- 鮑照〈蕪城賦〉 / Chapter 乙 --- 佛老思想的反映 --- p.189-201 / Chapter 1 --- 孫綽〈登天台小賦〉 / Chapter 2 --- 湛方生〈風賦〉〈懷春賦〉等 / Chapter 3 --- 謝靈運〈山居賦〉 / Chapter 丙 --- 描述隱居山林　 --- p.202-206 / Chapter 1 --- 潘岳〈閒居賦〉 / Chapter 2 --- 陸倕〈歸田賦〉 / Chapter 丁 --- 記敘羈旅官遊 --- p.206-221 / Chapter 1 --- 陸機〈述思賦〉等 / Chapter 2 --- 謝靈運〈歸塗賦〉 / Chapter 3 --- 鮑照〈遊思賦〉 / Chapter 4 --- 江淹〈去故鄉賦〉等 / Chapter 戊 --- 抒發生離死別 --- p.222-246 / Chapter 1 --- 曹丕〈柳賦〉等 / Chapter 2 --- 陸機〈思親賦〉等 / Chapter 3 --- 江淹〈別賦〉〈恨賦〉 / Chapter 4 --- 梁簡文帝〈秋興賦〉〈臨秋賦〉、梁元帝〈蕩婦秋思賦〉 / Chapter 己　 --- 應制酬唱 --- p.247-263 / Chapter 1 --- 二曹〈愁霖賦〉〈喜霽賦〉等 / Chapter 2 --- 謝朓〈七夕賦奉護軍命作〉 / Chapter 3 --- 庾信〈春賦〉 / Chapter 第四章 --- 「物色」與六朝人生活與風尚的關係 --- p.264-307 / Chapter 甲 --- 貴遊風氣 --- p.264-285 / Chapter 乙 --- 登山臨水，巖棲山居 --- p.226-301 / Chapter 丙 --- 構築庭園　 --- p.302-307 / Chapter 第五章 --- 六朝賦中「物色」的技巧 --- p.308-371 / Chapter 甲 --- 設色 --- p.310-326 / Chapter 乙 --- 練字 --- p.327-357 / Chapter 丙 --- 音律 --- p.358-371 / Chapter 第六章 --- 結論 --- p.372-388 / 注釋 --- p.1-60 / 參考書目 --- p.61-74

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bern, 1913. / Published simultaneously, with identical pagination, with the thesis note and vita (Bern : Büchler, 1913). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bern, 1913. / Published simultaneously, with identical pagination, with the thesis note and vita (Bern : Büchler, 1913). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis -- Departmental honors in English. / Bibliography: ℓ. 103-108.

Inaug.-Diss.--Berlin. / Lebenslauf. "Das ganze Werk wird demnächst unter dem Titel: 'Die Natur in der angelsächsischen Dichtung ... ' im Verlag von Mayer & Müller in Berlin Erscheinen."

The focus of this study is a trend in British children’s literature concerning the ancientness of British landscape, with what I argue is a Neo-Romantic sensibility. Neo-Romanticism is marked by highly subjective viewpoints on the countryside, and I argue that it illuminates our understanding of post-war children’s literature, particularly in what is often called its Second Golden Age. Through discussion of four generally overlooked authors, each of importance to this formative publishing era, I aim to explore certain aspects of the Second Golden Age children’s literature establishment. I argue that the trend I critique is characterised by ambiguity, defined by the imaginative practice entailed in the archaeological view.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 287-299).