N/A / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Univ., Diss.--Tübingen, 2005. / Literaturverz. S. [923] - 945.

Thesis--University of Michigan. / Without thesis statement. Bibliography: p. [252]-256.

Ralph Ellison died without ever completing his second novel. After his death, the executor of his literary estate, John F. Callahan, edited Ellison's work into a novel published under the title Juneteenth. This thesis examines the problems posed by Ellison's posthumously released text, especially the issues of authorial intent and reading incomplete narratives. As a way of addressing these problems, this thesis draws upon the field of literacy studies as a method for approaching Ellison's fragmented text. Theory from the field of literacy studies provides a lens through which the novel is examined. A close reading of Juneteenth foregrounds the ways in which Ellison represents literate traditions in the novel, and speculates as to what these representations reflect about the author's concerns. / Graduation Date: 2000

Scholarship on Emerson to date has not considered Spinoza’s influence upon his thought. Indeed, from his lifetime until the twentieth century, Emerson’s friends and disciples engaged in a concerted cover-up because of Spinoza’s hated name. However, Emerson mentioned his respect and admiration of Spinoza in his journals, letters, lectures, and essays, and Emerson’s thought clearly shows an importation of ideas central to Spinoza’s system of metaphysics, ethics, and biblical hermeneutics. In this essay, I undertake a biographical and philosophical study in order to show the extent of Spinoza’s influence on Emerson and how this changes the traditional understanding of Emerson’s thought.

Inaug.-diss.--Breslau. / At head of title: Mittelalterliche geschichte. Lebenslauf.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Detroit 1952. / "June 1952" Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53).

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Heidelberg--Neuphilologische Fakultät, 1985. / Bibliogr. p. 371-380.

Inaug.-Diss.--Königsberg. / Lebenslauf.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1976. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 813-330).