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Heroes in Their Mirrors: An Examination of The Wars and Famous Last Words

dc.contributor.advisorRosenblood, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Janiceen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:54:49Z
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:54:49Z
dc.date.created2011-10-31en_US
dc.date.issued1992-09en_US
dc.description.abstract<p>To discover Robert Raymond Ross' and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley's motivations for situating their fantasies within a framework of war, this thesis examines The Wars and Famous Last Words from a psychoanalytic and formalistic perspective. The first chapter of this thesis examines Ross' and Mauberley's compulsions to repeat, through displacements, the pre-war deaths of family members, and their compulsions' origins within the Oedipus complex. The second chapter explicates the ramifications of Mauberley's inability to resolve his Oedipal conflict. The fourth chapter probes the protagonists' identification with deities of Judaeo-Christian theology. The concluding chapter explores how war functions as an externalized metaphor for the inner conflicts of Ross and Mauberley.</p>en_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/6454en_US
dc.identifier.other7489en_US
dc.identifier.other2321455en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/11491
dc.subjectEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Language and Literatureen_US
dc.titleHeroes in Their Mirrors: An Examination of The Wars and Famous Last Wordsen_US
dc.typethesisen_US

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