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  1. 6. The Haunting of Hill House: The Heterosexual Horror of the Home

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Författare :Fanny Berg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Shirley Jackson; queer reading; internalization; self-surveillance; heteronormativity;

    Sammanfattning : The female gothic as a genre, with its emergence in the 19th century, has a history of critiquing women’s place in the domestic sphere by showcasing the horrors of the home. When The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1959, it did so with both this historical genre background, as well as with a resurgence of traditional gender roles as an ideal. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The Secret Trade : Booksellers, advertisement and sexually transmitted diseases in eighteenth-century London

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Makrina Hjälm Ellnemyr; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Eighteenth century; London; England; medicine; booksellers; book trade; trade; syphilis; sexuality; advertisement; disease; history; trade card; bill head; Historia; 1700-tal; handel; bokhandlare; London; England; medicin; sexualitet;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between booksellers, medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, and advertising in eighteenth-century London. The analysis is based on trade cards, prints and advertisement in newspapers and periodicals. LÄS MER

  4. 8. An Hibernian Tale – Representations of Identity in the Irish Big House Novel

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Ludvig Bertilsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Big House; Irish Literature; Castle Rackrent; The Real Charlotte; Maria Edgeworth; Somerville and Ross; Irish History; Irish Identity; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The genre of the Irish “Big House” novel is one deeply entrenched in historical context. To be unaware of the setting, and the significance of identity within it, lessens the understanding and impact of character, motivations, and conflict in the text. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Imitation and Protest: Two Case Studies of Depictions of Marriage in Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Författare :Jonatan Jönsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Literature has long been an effective vehicle for conveying women’s morals and opinions when they have otherwise been ignored and supressed. Fifty years apart, Anne Brontë and Olive Schreiner wrote fiction critical of different aspects of marriage with noticeably different results and conclusions. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Grain Size Analysis of Late Pleistocene Loess Deposits, Jersey

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Joakim Edlund; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Jersey; loess; grain size; ice age; past climate; Jersey; löss; kornstorlek; istid; forntida klimat;

    Sammanfattning : As the world faces the effects of rapid climate change it is essential that we understand how the Earth’s climate has evolved in recent geological history. The island of Jersey harbours loess deposits which hold clues to recent climate change which have not been extensively studied. LÄS MER