Bc. Lenka Pospíšilová

Master's thesis

Yankeedom and Tidewater: the Two Nations and their Influence on Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe

Yankeedom and Tidewater: the Two Nations and their Influence on Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce čerpá z konceptu jedenácti různých národů, jež lze nalézt ve Spojených státech amerických, z těchto národů pak analyzuje dva, které vznikly v 17. století v koloniální Americe – Yankeedom a Tidewater, a nakonec zkoumá, jak se příslušnost k daným národům odráží v dílech spisovatelů Nathaniela Hawthorna a Edgara Allana Poea. Kapitola „Založení Yankeedom a Tidewater“ je rozdělena do …more
Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to draw on the concept of eleven distinct nations recognized within the United States, analyze the two of them dating back to the 17th-century colonial America – Yankeedom and Tidewater, and examine how the nationality of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, writers belonging, respectively, to these particular nations, is manifested in their work. The chapter “Founding …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 12. 8. 2020

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 10. 9. 2020
  • Supervisor: M.A. Jeffrey Alan Smith, Ph.D.
  • Reader: Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

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