Troubled by the uncertain status of language as an instrument of knowledge, early modern writers sought new means to discover, communicate, and even produce knowledge. …
The dissertation examines how poetry from the mid seventeenth century to the mid eighteenth century sought to dissociate allegiances from their political implications and disentangle …
This dissertation constructs a critical theory of language, translation, and self-translation from the resources to be found in the writings of Walter Benjamin and Theodor …
Wallace Stevens' reconciliation, Brown University honors theses, 1961. Vol. 1, American civilization, American literature, Applied mathematics, 1-SIZE 1-N HO 1961 1, …
This dissertation examines the errant role that pleasure plays in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English writers' attempts to define the epistemological, ethical, and civic value of …
A poetic exploration of the fractured self and home within the context of growing up. The Long Way Back's central narrative surrounds attempts to come …
A translation of the Cambridge Songs from Latin and Old High German into English, with basic commentary. Includes music (in an appendix) where possible.
Tempest Time is an exploration of post-apocalyptic poetic possibilities. Told in prose-poetry fragments, Tempest Time pieces together the remnants of a world shattered by catastrophe.
This thesis analyzes power relations in the forms of asymmetries and hierarchies of gender and race. The analysis falls on three texts, Sor Juana Inés …
MULTIPLE SELVES is a multimedia project that layers self portrait photography and video, digital painting, animation, and poetry into a short film and accompanying printed …