Gilbert Stuart completed the portrait of the new bride, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, as well as portraits of 15 other women during his Washington period from late 1803 to early 1805. Scholars have often discounted this period in Stuart's work for its "compositional simplicity" and repeat choice of a stock white dress for the portraits of many of these women. But to dismiss this period is Stuart's work is to dismiss a period when Stuart positioned himself in the center of the "first circle" in Washington, a circle that included Dolley Madison and her most ambitious friends. Women, in this era after the American and French revolutions, had the freedom to enter into the public discourse. They were liberated from many of the more conservative principals of the early colonial period, shedding their restrictive clothing in the process. Stuart's salon, a highly visible public venue, as well as his ability to portray the strength of character and a direct, forthright gaze of the American woman, all made him extremely popular with women. Stuart, a critical force within the construction of a new image for this Nation, based on Jeffersonian ideas of republicanism, based his practice on simple, natural design influences. My goal is to more thoroughly examine Stuart's decisions in composing Betsy Bonaparte's portrait, as well as the facts surrounding her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte's youngest brother. I will then consider why Elizabeth Bonaparte's wedding portrait represents the chef d'ouvre of his work during this period and how the young bride served as his muse, influencing his Washington style, and the women who followed her into the painter's studio. / text

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 1994. / Submitted to the Dept. of English. Adviser: Elizabeth Ammons. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [198]-209). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 2007. / Spine title: American Red Cross in World War I. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online through Digital Dissertations.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of History, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37).

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1993. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [236]-244).

Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Discusses the poetry of H.D., Gwendolyn Brooks, Louise Glück, and Anne Carson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 261-267). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Michigan University, 2009. / Bibliography: leaves 72-78.

Orientador: Luiz Carlos da Silva Dantas / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-22T20:33:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Missio_Edmir_M.pdf: 5815826 bytes, checksum: 49e9d4345dde152e3a7a1fe5b33278ae (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 / Resumo: A obra De l'Allemagne, de Mme de Stael, editada em 1810, divulgou pela primeira vez e colocou ao alcance de um amplo público, na França e demais povos latinos do século XIX, a literatura, a filosofia e as idéias que circulavam nos círculos intelectuais mais restritos da Alemanha. Este livro, que provocará uma revolução nos espíritos e influenciará de modo notável as gerações seguintes, expõe os principais temas que deverão despontar no Romantismo. Esta dissertação contém uma apresentação da obra e a tradução de um certo número de capítulos ou excertos de capítulos previamente comentados, cujo objetivo seria o de evocar o p.ercurso intelectual da autora. Na realidade, a tese faz a apresentação das primeiras obras de MIne de Stael, de sua herança suíça e francesa, de sua crítica e distanciamento do espírito das Luzes, de seus grandes romances e ele suas relações como poder político, de modo a melhor compreender as questões envolvidas em De l'Allemagne e seu contexto histórico. A tradução de passagens essenciais de De I 'Allemagne tem por base a seleção dos excertos da edição trances a da Larousse, permitindo aos leitores brasileiros um contato mais "direto" com as idéias de Mme de Stael, e uma reflexão sobre as questões de nosso próprio movimento romântico / Abstract: Not informed. / Mestrado / Teoria e Critica Literaria / Mestre em Teoria Literaria