• Humour in vernacular hagiography from the tenth to the thirteenth century in England 

  Kehoe Rouchy, Niamh Bridget (University College Cork, 2018)

  This thesis is the first sustained study of the execution and purpose of literary humour in vernacular saints’ lives circulating from the late tenth to the late thirteenth century in England. Although humour has often been ...
• Translating the past: an analysis of Beowulf's reception history through the figures of Grendel and Grendel's mother 

  Killilea, Alison Elizabeth (University College Cork, 2018)

  Since the nineteenth century, Beowulf has received sustained critical attention in the form of scholarship, translation, and adaptation. The figures of Grendel and Grendel’s mother have been presented to us in various forms ...
• Stealing From Winter 

  Wall, William (University College Cork, 2018)

  This thesis was submitted as part of a PhD by Prior Publication. It explores my motivations for writing, the thematic concerns which run through all my work and have their roots in my early experiences, and some of my ...
• Britain’s Bourse: cultural and literary exchanges between England and the Low Countries in the early modern era (c. 1580-1620) 

  Higgins, Siobhán (University College Cork, 2017)

  This thesis presents the argument that Anglo-Dutch military contact during the late sixteenth and early to mid seventeenth century created a body of English literature, or even a genre of early modern literature that could ...
• Marlowe's medievalism: subversion and medieval literature in Christopher Marlowe's drama 

  O'Halloran, Meadhbh Eibhlinn (University College Cork, 2017)

  This thesis is the first sustained study of Christopher Marlowe’s strategic handling of medieval literature. This study identifies and explores Marlowe’s subversive use of a range of medieval material, both textual and ...

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