Award Date

1-1-2005

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

English

First Committee Member

Darlene Unrue

Number of Pages

62

Abstract

In order to flesh out obscured meanings of Death of a Man, one must understand the political and social milieu between 1917-1936 in America and Europe. Incorporating a new historicist approach, this paper considers the social and political warnings contained in Boyle's Death of a Man. That American critics rejected Boyle's novel is evidence of American biases toward Europe during a period of American isolationism. The novel itself confronts European attitudes that in many cases were the result of The Treaty of Versailles and that led to World War II. Viewing Boyle's novel as a piece of Gothic writing overlaid with modernist technique enables us to see the novel in a different light. Considering the historical period, I analyze reasons scholars have misunderstood the novel. Furthermore, I ask that Death of a Man's importance be reconsidered in terms of Boyle's canon as well as the modernist canon as a whole.

Keywords

Analogues; Boyle; Death; Gothic; Kay; Man; Modernist; Perspectives; Political; Reality

Controlled Subject

Literature, Modern; American literature

File Format

pdf

File Size

1802.24 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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