The purpose of this thesis are to show that Fielding's dramas reflect the social and political abuses prevalent in England during the first four decades of the eighteenth century; to show through careful delineation of specific drams that those dramas led to repeated attempts by the Walpole Ministry to pass a licensing act; and to show that Fielding was seriously concerned about the political and social deterioration which he felt was occurring during the decade of the 1730's.

All of the aforementioned factors--love, money, the abuse of confidence, the guilt growing out of it, the response of the victim--contribute to the moral view constantly evolving towards an ultimate statement in the three novels of James's maturity. This thesis will attempt to explicate in full that statement. For James's theme of abuse of confidence, together with all of its elements, was in itself only the vehicle of a finely attuned moral awareness.

The purpose of the study at hand is to follow up the suggestions in Winters's observations and Booth's thesis, and to examine both the extent and the nature of money and other financial considerations as these matters appear in the four most important novels of James's early period.

L'objet de cette thèse est l'étude des interactions du formaldéhyde avec l'eau, système qui possède à la fois un intérêt fondamental et des applications dans les domaines de la chimie atmosphérique et de l'astrochimie. Nous avons déterminé par spectroscopie d'absorption infrarouge la constante de Henry du formaldéhyde, qualifiant sa solubilité dans l'eau ou la glace, pour des solutions aqueuses de fraction molaire inférieure à 1%, et des températures entre 270 et 295 K, représentantes des conditions atmosphériques.La composition de ces solutions a été étudiée par calorimétrie différentielle à balayage, diffraction des rayons X et spectroscopie Raman pour différentes concentrations (1-30 % en mol. frac.) et températures (183-453 K). L'analyse des solutions gelées a montré différentes phases cristallines selon les conditions expérimentales. Nous avons fait la première observation, par spectroscopie Raman, du formaldéhyde en phase liquide sous sa forme H2CO, pour des températures supérieures à 363 K.Le mécanisme d'hydratation de formaldéhyde en méthylène glycol CH2(OH)2 a été étudié par calculs ab initio dans les phases gazeuse et liquide. Un mécanisme coopératif a été mis en évidence et les effets de l'ajout de molécules d'eau autour du soluté sur les géométries et les énergies ont été analysés. Des simulations de dynamique moléculaire ab initio ont été réalisées pour étudier les systèmes comprenant des molécules d'eau et de méthylène glycol ou de H(CH2O)2OH, à 300 K. Les structures préférentielles des solutés et les effets de polarisation dus à l'interaction du soluté avec le solvant ont été déterminés. Les spectres Raman calculés ont été comparés aux expérimentaux. / The subject of this work is the study of the interactions of formaldehyde with water, which has both a fundamental interest and applications in the fields of atmospheric chemistry and astrochemistry. We focused first on the determination, by infrared absorption spectroscopy, of Henry's law constant for formaldehyde, characterizing its solubility into water or ice, for aqueous solutions of molar fraction below 1%, and temperatures between 270 and 295 K, representative of the atmospheric conditions. The composition of the formaldehyde aqueous solutions has also been studied, using differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, for a large range of concentrations (1-30 % mol. frac.) and temperatures (183-453 K). The analysis of the frozen solutions showed different crystallized phases depending on the experimental conditions. We made the first observations, by Raman spectroscopy, of formaldehyde in the liquid phase under its gas form, for temperatures above 363 K. The hydration mechanism of formaldehyde into methylene glycol CH2(OH)2 has been investigated by ab initio calculations in the gas and liquid phases. A cooperative mechanism has been highlighted and the effects of additional water molecules around the solute on the geometries and on the energies have been analyzed. We also used ab initio molecular dynamics to study systems comprising water molecules and methylene glycol or the next oligomer HCH2O)2OH, at 300 K. The preferred structures of the solute and the polarization effects due to the interaction of the solute with the solvent have been determined. Calculated Raman spectra were compared to the experimental ones.

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University. Missing pages 26-30. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The thesis presents the social philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Though he wrote no explicit philosophy, his social views were analyzed to discover underlying general assumptions. His concept of the nature of man was used as a departure point in this thesis. His writings were the primary source material. Critical and biographical works were used for background information. Thoreau accepted the Transcendental ideas that man's nature transcends his experiences, that he is a supernatural being, and that he is able to influence the moral universe. Thoreau held that man's position in the universe was central, that he was, by nature, good, that he was a spiritual force in the universe and that the universe was friendly to man's ambitions. Thoreau concluded that man's possibilities were unlimited if he would only recognize the spiritual nature of his being. Transcendentalism also influenced Thoreau to hold that the absolute laws were manifested in man. He concluded that one's obligation should be to follow these laws. Thoreau carried this idea to its extreme by advocating a life of being good rather than doing good. One would be good by following the higher laws as they were conveyed to man through conscience. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University. Missing pages 26-30. / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The thesis presents the social philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Though he wrote no explicit philosophy, his social views were analyzed to discover underlying general assumptions. His concept of the nature of man was used as a departure point in this thesis. His writings were the primary source material. Critical and biographical works were used for background information. Thoreau accepted the Transcendental ideas that man's nature transcends his experiences, that he is a supernatural being, and that he is able to influence the moral universe. Thoreau held that man's position in the universe was central, that he was, by nature, good, that he was a spiritual force in the universe and that the universe was friendly to man's ambitions. Thoreau concluded that man's possibilities were unlimited if he would only recognize the spiritual nature of his being [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

This thesis examines the influence of Latin literature and values on the fiction of Henry James, with particular reference to the authors who wrote under Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. The similarities between their works and his are analysed in terms of structure, style, setting, plot, theme, imagery, characterisation and didacticism by close readings and comparisons of the texts. The writings to be compared are Horace's Odes with James's “Daisy Miller,” Virgil's Aeneid with The Ambassadors, and the histories of Livy and Tacitus with The Golden Bowl. In the end, this dissertation attempts to demonstrate how the morals that James sought to commend to his young and burgeoning America were based on those of the ancient Augustan age, a period that he may have believed bore a strong resemblance to his own times, while he may also have felt that emulation and appropriation of these canonical classical writers could help him to become a classic himself. The results of this enquiry are offered as a contribution to both classical reception studies and Jamesian studies.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1974. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-260). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

Dans ce travail, nous avons pris le parti d'interroger l'uvre de Michel Henry à partir de problèmes qui ne sont pas explicitement formulés par elle : l'égalité et la démocratie. L'intérêt d'une telle lecture est qu'elle permet d'aborder ces problèmes sous un angle neuf : il ne s'agit plus seulement d'interroger l'égalité et la démocratie à partir des structures sociales, mais à partir de ce que le phénoménologue appelle la subjectivité monadique ou encore l'individualité. Comment le concept d'individualité de Michel Henry permet-il de penser à nouveaux frais l'égalité et la démocratie ? L'ambition de la première partie de ce travail est d'aller chercher dans la phénoménologie matérielle de Michel Henry des éléments qui permettent un ré-examen du partage établi entre l'illusion, l'idéologie et la vérité. En effet, ce partage nous permet de pouvoir interroger les conditions de possibilité d'une relation égalitaire entre les individus. Nos questions sont les suivantes : qu'est-ce que l'égalité ? En quoi une société égalitaire implique-t-elle, non pas la suppression des rôles et de leur spécificité, mais une certaine façon de les faire jouer en collectivité ? Dans la seconde partie de notre travail, nous interrogeons la relation entre la vie et les formes sociales. L'objectif fondamental poursuivi dans cette seconde partie est de mettre au jour, dans la phénoménologie de Michel Henry, des éléments qui nous permettent de revisiter le rapport entre la vie et le commun ; ce rapport permet d'interroger les conditions de possibilité d'une société égalitaire ou de la démocratie. Nous posons alors les questions suivantes : l'égalité entre les individus s'inscrit-elle uniquement dans l'expérience singulière du commun en tant que tel ou est-elle liée aux modalités sociales qui définissent, pour une part, ce commun ? Quelles sont les modalités qui rendent possible une société égalitaire ou ce que nous appelons, avec Michel Henry, une démocratie radicale ? Contre quelles tendances cette société égalitaire doit-elle lutter pour se maintenir ?