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Alexander the Great and the English novel
Includes bibliographical references.
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| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Howell, Patrick |
| author2 | Anderson, Peter |
| author_browse | Anderson, Peter Howell, Patrick |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11948 Alexander the Great and the English novel Howell, Patrick Anderson, Peter English Language and Literature Includes bibliographical references. This work focuses on the manner in which Alexander the Great is received and reconfigured within the confines of the contemporary English-language novel. The Macedonian king has held the attention of writers and artists throughout the centuries; this dissertation seeks to investigate how modern authors, working at a remove of centuries, with limited evidence, have contrived to fashion coherent literary narratives from his life, and how this process is influenced by the authors and the society for which they write. The theoretical backbone of this approach is provided by reception theory, which provides a useful technical vocabulary and outlook by which to approach the phenomena which affect the comprehension of, and subsequent re-appropriation, of cultural artifacts. 2015-01-10T13:28:34Z 2015-01-10T13:28:34Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11948 eng application/pdf Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | English Language and Literature Howell, Patrick Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| title_full | Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| title_fullStr | Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| title_short | Alexander the Great and the English novel |
| title_sort | alexander the great and the english novel |
| topic | English Language and Literature |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11948 |
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