Browsing Doctoral Theses by Subject "18th century"

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The French Contribution to the Exploration of the Pacific in the Eighteenth Century

Dunmore, John (Victoria University of Wellington, 1961)

THIS THESIS is an attempt to examine and correlate the voyages of the French in the Pacific Ocean during the latter part of the eighteenth century. So far, no study of this kind has been attempted, most recent research ...
Lyricism and Happiness in the Autobiographical Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hollard, Thoron Lincoln (Victoria University of Wellington, 1978)

One aspect of Rousseau's prose style, not only in La Nouvelle Heloise but also in the autobiographical writings, particularly the Confessions and the Reveries du promeneur solitaire, is his lyricism. While Rousseau's ...