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31	"O sun that we see to be God": Swinburne's Apollonian Mythopoeia Levin, Yisrael 09 December 2008 (has links) This dissertation examines the place of Hellenism in nineteenth-century literature as a background to my discussion of Algernon Charles Swinburne’s poetic treatment of Apollo, the Greek god of poetry and of the sun. My point of departure is the common view that sees the Victorians’ fascination with Hellenism as representing a collective sense of dissatisfaction with Christian culture, its politics, and morality. Raised High Anglican, Swinburne was an avid and devoted believer throughout his early life. However, a spiritual crisis which he experienced during his years in Oxford in the late 1850s caused him to grow extremely critical of Christianity and eventually forsake his faith by his mid-twenties. Yet Swinburne’s rejection of Christianity did not result in his rejection of spirituality. And indeed, throughout his poetic career, Swinburne searches for alternative deities that would replace the Christian God. One such deity is Apollo, who becomes a pivotal figure in Swinburne poetry starting with the 1878 publication of Poems and Ballads and in the collections that follow. Focusing on seven major poems written during a period of almost three decades, I show how Apollo serves as the main deity in an emerging Swinburnean mythology. Swinburne’s Apollonian myth, I show, consists of three stages: the invocation and conceptualization of Apollo as a new god by manipulating Biblical and Classical notions of divinity; the formation of a unique Apollonian theology; and the shift toward a nihilistic agnostic vision of spirituality. Each stage, I argue, presents the development of Swinburne’s thought, as well as his deep engagement with nineteenth-century debates about religion, mythography, and the reformative function of poetry. As such, my dissertation has two main purposes: first, expanding the scope of Swinburne scholarship by providing a new thematic context for his later poetry; and second, reclaiming Swinburne’s place in nineteenth-century intellectual history by showing his contribution and involvement in discussions about some of the period’s most central issues. Victorian Literature Victorian Poetry Algernon Charles Swinburne Greek Mythology Mythography Religion Spirituality Anti-Christian Nineteenth-Century Literature Romantic Literature and Poetry Nineteenth-Century Hellenism Formalism and Neoformalism Apollo
32	Antinatalist Sexual Dissidence in Decadent Literature Moore, Conner Furie 22 July 2021 (has links) No description available. Literature Decadent literature Decadent movement decadence antinatalism sexual dissidence queer theory Charles Baudelaire Rachilde Algernon Charles Swinburne Oscar Wilde Vernon Lee Arthur Schopenhauer Lee Edelman Max Nordau feminism literary criticism
33	Conditional Truths: Remapping Paths To Documentary 'Independence' Lang, Ian William, n/a January 2003 (has links) (Synopsis to introductory statement): An introductory statement to five documentary films made by Ian Lang in Australia between 1981 and 1997 exemplifying a 'democratising' model of sustainable and ethical documentary film production. This document critically reflects on the production process of these films to accompany their submission for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Publication at Griffith University. It finds that a contemporary tendency towards 'post-industrial' conditions allows an observational film-maker to negotiate a critical inter-dependence rather than a romantically conceived 'independence' traditional to the genre. [Full thesis consists of introductory statement plus six DVD videodiscs.] documentary film Australian documentary low-budget film low-budget documentary documentary production documentary ethics ethical film Queensland film independent film-maker interdependent filmmaking interdependent production conditional truth independent film-making documentary truth post-industrial documentary democratisation of film sustainable documentary guerilla film guerrilla film indigenous film Aboriginal film 'Wheels across the Himalaya' 'Yallambee - People of Hope' 'This is what I call living' ' Grandfathers and Revolutions' observational film art documentary visual-arts film 'Judith Hewitson' 'Ian Howard' 'Swinburne film' 'SBS Independent' 'Queensland College of Art' Documentary Producer Documentary Director Australia Australian digital filmmaker digital documentary 16mm documentary cinema verite documentary history multiculturalism globalism ethnographic disability 'documentary impulse' micro-doc

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