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Two eighteenth-century English adaptations of the Celestina : Celestina: or the Spanish bawd : a tragi-comedy; and the Bawd of Madrid.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
The introductory chapter discusses previous studies of Celestina
imitations and adaptations, and the position of early Celestinesque
works in Spanish literature. I then move further afield to investigate
the diffusion ...
The treatment of family life and relationships in the works of James Joyce from Dubliners to Ulysses
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
Joyce's treatment of family life and relationships reveals
both a continuing concern with many of the same themes and a
distinctive development from Dubliners to Ulysses. Throughout
the works he is concerned with such ...
Robert Buchanan 1841-1901: an assessment of his career.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
Robert Buchanan was widely regarded during his
lifetime as a poet of distinction, a capable and powerful
novelist, and a critic of some perception, yet his name is
now associated only with one regrettable episode, ...
CULTURAL CONTACT IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA BETWEEN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY, AS REFLECTED IN SPECIMEN TEXTS OF EARLY CASTILIAN LITERATURE: PRIMERA CRONICA GENERAL, CALILA E DILINA AND EL CONDE LUCANOR.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974-02)
This thesis is an investigation, on the basis of three texts
chosen from early Castilian literature, of the importance of thirteenth
and fourteenth century Castilian as a vehicle by which information about
Islam and the ...
Benedetto Accolti D'arezzo, Florentine lawyer, humanist and chancellor.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the life
and works of the Florentine lawyer, humanist and chancellor,
Benedetto Accolti d'Arezzo, who lived from 1415 to 1464.
The first chapter is a history of the Accolti ...
The dramaturgy of Thomas Heywood 1594-1613
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
This dissertation is an attempt to describe the
characteristics of Thomas Heywood's dramatic style. The study is
divided into three parts. The first deals with the playwright's
theatrical career and discusses how his ...
Dynamic behaviour of a vibratory linkage mechanism with bearing clearance.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
The work presented involves the theoretical and experimental
studies of the kinematic and dynamic effects of bearing clearance in linkage
mechanisms.
In the test mechanism developed a six-bar linkage, having a
test ...
Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1272-1311), as locum tenens et capitaneus in the duchy of Aquitaine
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
This thesis is a detailed reconstruction and analysis of the terms of
appointment, functions, events and success of Henry de Lacy,Third Earl
of Lincoln, as locum tenens et capitaneus in the duchy of Aquitaine. He acted ...
A commentary with introduction on the Florida of Apuleius.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
The most recent, and in many ways the best, text of the Florida
of Apuleius is that of P. Vallette in the Budé series (Paris, 1924).
I have, however, used the Teubner text by R. Helm (Leipzig, 1910, reprinted
with addenda ...
THE FORMULATION OF SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS WITH PREDETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS OF RADIATION ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING
(Queen Mary University of London, 1974)
A comprehensive study of the substitute materials used in clinical
radiation dosimetry has shown that many of the existing products
give poor simulation for both photon and electron interactions•
Those materials with ...