Date of Award
Summer 8-12-2014
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Leeanne Richardson
Second Advisor
Dr. Paul Schmidt
Third Advisor
Dr. Murray Brown
Abstract
This thesis explores the use of architecture in the ghost story "Episode of Cathedral History" by Montague Rhodes James. The focus entails an examination of the architectural theories of John Ruskin, which impacted James's personal views on education, female empowerment, and Modernism. These views are reflected in "Episode of Cathedral History" as story elements that bear symbolic values that James hides under the auspices of entertainment for the purpose of creating a commentary and warning about the chaos of the emerging Modern world.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/5670126
Recommended Citation
Townsend, Daniel, "The Haunted Don's House: Architectural Liminality, Socio-poltical Conservation and Burgeoning Modernism in Montague Rhodes James's "Episode of Cathedral History"." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2014.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/5670126