The 2008 financial crisis impacted catastrophically on people’s lives on a global basis, leaving the world population a feeling of shock and non-understanding. British theatre has tried to respond to this phenomenon both ...

The aim of my thesis is to identify Baldessar Castiglione's influence on the "conduct book" genre in the English Renaissance.In the first part of my dissertation I focus on the general definition and historical background ...

The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the protagonist of Charlotte Brontë's tales of Glass Town and Angria and the influence of Byronism in the creation of this character. The project follows the process of evolution ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the agency of poignant female characters in Restoration tragedies in relation to specific political and social concerns of the period. The research analyses seven different works in ...

La città di Londra e la sua presenza sia come palcoscenico di storie che come entità personificata negli scritti di autori del XVI secolo, analizzando le diverse versioni di Londra presentate dagli autori.

This paper takes into consideration the so-called ‘minor works’ written for the radio by one of the most celebrated contemporary playwrights of our time, Tom Stoppard, with the purpose of showing the enormous potential of ...

An analysis of Newton’s main life events and works highlights how his scientific commitment has always been followed by a living interest for theology, Biblical exegesis and alchemy. Chiefly due to a late re-discovery of ...

This thesis explores the evolution of the English vernacular in the early Renaissance. It investigates how the language was adopted to assert national identity through poetry in a comparative study between Italy, France ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the search for and coveyance of knowledge in the poetry of John Donne. Starting from his love poetry and continuing whith his profane and religious writings, this study will demonstrate ...