Browsing by Author "Pilditch, Jan"
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Ken Arvidson - 1938-2011
(University of Waikato, 2011)in memoriam - Kenneth Owen Arvidson was a local man and, one is driven to suspect, knew everyone and everything of the wider Waikato region. Born in Hamilton, Ken became a member of the English Department at Waikato ...
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Illuminated cities: transgression and transcendence in urban Scottish literature
(The University of Waikato, 2000)Canonical representation and critical appraisal of urban Scottish literature before the publication of Alasdair Gray’s Lanark, in 1981, emphasizes its innate realism. This realist reading pays attention to surfaces and ... -
Let the Real Scheherazade Stand: Literary Representations of Middle Eastern Women
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis considers the multiple and complex ways in which Arab and Middle Eastern women have been conceived in literature written by both Western and Arab male and female authors. It covers almost a millennium of ... -
British Women Travellers And The Harems: Liberties, Enslavement and Domesticity
(University of Waikato, 2013)This thesis examines the complex perspective of a woman traveller. Wortley Montagu, Martineau, Burton and their contemporaries, represented the harem through various lenses. The Oriental harem has fascinated Western ... -
'The Doors of Perception': Science, Religion, and Literature in Britain's Long-Nineteenth Century, 1789-1914
(University of Waikato, 2013)In Britain’s long-nineteenth century (1789-1914), religious explanations of the world were challenged with the rise of science, leading to the question of how religion survived. Both fiction and non-fiction explored this ... -
'Riot', 'Revolution' and 'Rape': The theatre relationship and performance breakdown
(University of Waikato, 2005)This thesis considers theories about the relationship between theatre makers and audience members in theatre – how this relationship is established and how it can break down. The thesis posits that the breakdown of a theatre ...
