This thesis examines and contextualises historically significant aspects of the ways in which David Roberts’ lucrative lithographic publication Egypt and Nubia (1846-49) represented the “Orient”. The analysis demonstrates that Roberts used tropes, particularly ruins and dispossessed figures, largely derived from a revised version of British picturesque landscape art, in order to depict Egypt as a developmentally poor state. By establishing how this imagery was interpreted in the context of the early Victorian British Empire, the thesis offers an elucidation of the connection between British imperial attitudes and the picturesque in Roberts’ work. The contemporary perception of Egypt and Nubia as a definitive representation of the state is argued to relate, not only to the utility of the picturesque as an “accurate” descriptive mode, despite its highly mediated nature, but also to the ways in which Britain responded to shifting political relationships with Egypt and the Ottoman Empire between 1830 and 1869. This political element of the research also suggests a more problematised reading of Robert’s work in relation to constructs of British imperialism and Edward Said’s theory of ‘Orientalism’, than has been provided by previous art historical accounts. A significant and innovative feature of the research is its focus on extensive analysis of textual descriptions of Egypt in early Victorian Britain and contemporary imperial historiography in relation to characteristics displayed in Roberts’ art. This offers a basis for a more specific, contextual understanding of Roberts’ work, as well as historically repositioning nineteenth-century British picturesque art practice and the visual culture of the early Victorian British Empire.

Bibliography: leaves 246-258. / xxxi, 258 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 1996?

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2008. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 114 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-114).

Thèse (Ph.D.) -- Université de Montréal, 2004. / "Thèse présentée à la Faculté des études supérieures en vue de l'obtention du grade de docteur en histoire de l'art" Version électronique également disponible sur Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-84).

viii, 122 p. / This thesis examines the intersection of republicanism and imperialism in the early nineteenth-century Americas. I focus primarily on Joel Roberts Poinsett, a United States ambassador and statesman, whose career provides a lens into the tensions inherent in a yeoman republic reliant on territorial expansion, yet predicated on the inclusive principles of liberty and virtue. During his diplomatic service in Chile in the 1810s and Mexico in the 1820s, I argue that Poinsett distinguished the character of the United States from that of European empires by actively fostering republican culture and institutions, while also pursuing an increasingly aggressive program of national self-interest. The imperial nature of Poinsett's ideology became pronounced as he pursued the annexation of Texas and the removal of the Cherokee Indians, requiring him to construct an exclusionary and racialized understanding of American republicanism. / Adviser: Carlos Aguirre

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Letras, Departamento de Teoria Literária e Literaturas, Pós-Graduação em Literatura, 2011. / Submitted by Albânia Cézar de Melo (albania@bce.unb.br) on 2012-03-12T15:03:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_WiliamAlvesBiserra.pdf: 3946093 bytes, checksum: 5a7e1e2352533add50ff5d06baeda9f7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marília Freitas(marilia@bce.unb.br) on 2012-03-20T12:36:08Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_WiliamAlvesBiserra.pdf: 3946093 bytes, checksum: 5a7e1e2352533add50ff5d06baeda9f7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-03-20T12:36:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2011_WiliamAlvesBiserra.pdf: 3946093 bytes, checksum: 5a7e1e2352533add50ff5d06baeda9f7 (MD5) / A presente tese procura compreender a marginalização das mulheres no imaginário católico romano e sua exclusão do sacerdócio, por meio da análise de três obras: A Legenda Áurea, do frade dominicano Jacopo Devarazze (séc. XIII d.C.) e os romances The Wild Girl e Impossible Saints da escritora inglesa contemporânea Michèle Roberts. Além disso, serão discutidas obras paralelas que foram importantes para a construção dos romances: o anônimo Evangelho Gnóstico de Maria (c. 230 d.C.) e O Livro da Vida de Santa Teresa d ‘Ávila (Séc. XVI, d.C). A ortodoxia romana não nasceu pronta, precisou se impôr por meio de séculos de luta. Em algum momento nessa longa trajetória, as mulheres foram excluídas da estrutura hierárquica eclesial. Elas haviam sido muito importantes para o estabelecimento do cristianismo, eram pregadoras, missionárias e sacerdotisas. Uma vez estatizado o movimento, porém, foram ideologicamente vilificadas pela ortodoxia e proibidas de exercer o sacerdócio. Michèle Roberts buscou questionar essa injustiça histórica por meio da literatura. Os romances da autora, que foram escolhidos para análise questionam, recontam e desconstroem a tradição cristã. A autora se vale do feminismo e das técnicas ficcionais contemporâneas para subverter a metanarrativa patriarcal que satanizou o corpo e reificou a mulher. O aspecto literário irá juntar-se às questões históricas, políticas, teológicas e psicológicas para perguntar: afinal, as Santas feministas são impossíveis ou não? ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT / This thesis aims to understand the marginalization of women in Roman Catholic imaginary and their exclusion from priesthood. Such will be done by means of analyzing three works: The Golden Legend, by dominican friar Jacopo Devarazze (13th century C.E.) and the novels The Wild Girl and Impossible Saints, by contemporary British author Michèle Roberts. Besides, other works that were important for the writing of the novels will also be dicussed, namely: the anonymous Gnostic Gospel of Mary (c. 230 C.E.) and The Book of My Life, by Saint Teresa of Ávila (16th century C.E.). Roman Orthodoxy wasn’t born ready, it had to be developed and imposed through many centuries of struggle. At some point in this long way, women were excluded from church hierarchy. They had been preachers, missionaries and priests, and were very important in establishing Christianity. However, once the movement got official they were ideologically vilified by the Orthodoxy and were forbidden priesthood. MIchèle Roberts tried to question such historical injustice through fiction. Her novels chosen for this thesis analyse, re-tell and deconstruct Christian tradition. The author uses feminism and contemporary narrative methods to subvert the patriarchal metanarrative that devilized the body and reified women. The literary aspect will side with historical, political, theological and psychological questions in order to ask: are feminist Saints impossible or not?

In this research, hyperspectral and multispectral images were utilized for vegetation studies in the greenbelt corridor near Denton. EO-1 Hyperion was the hyperspectral image and Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) was the multispectral image used for this research. In the first part of the research, both the images were classified for land cover mapping (after necessary atmospheric correction and geometric registration) using supervised classification method with maximum likelihood algorithm and accuracy of the classification was also assessed for comparison. Hyperspectral image was preprocessed for classification through principal component analysis (PCA), segmented principal component analysis and minimum noise fraction (MNF) transform. Three different images were achieved after these pre-processing of the hyperspectral image. Therefore, a total of four images were classified and assessed the accuracy. In the second part, a more precise and improved land cover study was done on hyperspectral image using linear spectral unmixing method. Finally, several vegetation constituents like chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, caroteoids were distinguished from the hyperspectral image using feature-oriented principal component analysis (FOPCA) method and which component dominates which type of land cover particularly vegetation were correlated.