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The Postcolonial Gothic: Towards an Exploration of this Theory through Selective Readings of John Banville’s Kepler and Ghosts and Mary Morrissy’s Mother of Pearl.
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)
The title of this thesis points to an ongoing dialogue between the Gothic and the postcolonial within the space of the novel. In reality however there are a variety of other exchanges that continually intersect with the ...
The conflict between social identity and religious identity in the work of Jack Kerouac
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)
Reimagining Tolkien: a post-colonial perspective on the Lord of the Rings
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)
This thesis analyses J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings from a post-colonial perspective. An Oxford don and philologist, who was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa but spent the majority of his life in Britain, Tolkien ...
Vagabonds of the Western World(s): Continuities, Tensions and the Development of Irish Rock Music, 1968-78
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2012)
This study examines the compositions and performance practices of three Irish rock musicians professionally active during the ‗classic‘ rock period of 1968-78. The primary research question focuses on establishing the ...