L’importanza degli edifici nei romanzi di Thomas Hardy è ormai riconosciuta dalla critica. Nei ‘Wessex novels’ l’architettura non costituisce un semplice sfondo, ma contribuisce a caratterizzare i personaggi. Questo studio ...

The lack of balance between the rational side of human beings and their emotional part is an issue which characterises a considerable part of the British nineteenth-century literature and culture. Both the rise of technology ...

The nineteenth century was characterized by important changes in society following the Industrial revolution and in this transformation era great personalities arose from the midst. This dissertation will consider one of ...

My dissertation aims to explore how the melodramatic mode influences Thomas Hardy’s representation of human experience in four of his major novels. In particular, this study will be conducted through the perspective ...

La tesi analizza alcuni aspetti del romanzo Castle Rackrent facendo dei riferimenti alla storia irelandese durante gli anni precedenti alla pubblicazione del romanzo.

The nineteenth century is a period of transition, of great discoveries and also great contrasts. Strict morality, hypocrisy, charity and compassion are considered to be the pillars of Victorian society. Yet there is also ...

My dissertation aims to investigate how the experiences of intellectually ambitious women in mid-Victorian England are reflected in George Eliot’s essays and two main novels "The Mill on the Floss" (1860) and "Romola" ...

This dissertation aims to analyze the myth of “going native” in Rudyard Kipling’s Kim and four short stories, namely Miss Youghal’s ‘Sais’, Beyond the Pale, To Be Filed for Reference and The Man Who Would Be King. In the ...

Nella mia tesi di laurea andrò ad analizzare uno dei romanzi storici della serie dei Waverly Novels di Sir Walter Scott: Redgauntlet. Sir Walter Scott è ritenuto uno dei padri della cultura scozzese dal momento che le sue ...