Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Carey, Daniel"
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Balance, binary debate and missing women: a discourse analysis and creative response to 30 years of the abortion debate on RTÉ current affairs television, 1983-2013
Dully, Hilary (2017-02-23)Since the introduction of a foetal right to life into the Irish Constitution in 1983, abortion has persisted as a contentious issue in public debate in Ireland. This practice-based study investigates Irish public discourse ... -
Body and Soul: Turning Turk in Early Modern Barbary captivity narratives
Keady, Marion Ann (2016-12-20)This thesis focuses on early modern Barbary captivity narratives which describe Christian encounters with the Islamic world, and gives particular attention to questions of sexuality and gender. From the short fledgling ... -
Fortune and the Troilus and Cressida Story; A Study of the Representations and Functions of Fortune in Boccaccio's Filostrato, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida
Ansaldo, Marina (2011-09)This thesis examines the representations of Fortune in Boccaccio's Filostrato, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Both in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, Fortune was intrinsically ... -
Patrons, Peers and Subscribers: The Publication of Mary Barber's Poems on Several Occasions (1734)
O'Flaherty, Emily (2013-09-30)Mary Barber's volume Poems on Several Occasions (1734) was one of the first collections of poetry written by a woman to be published by subscription. The subscription list to this volume, which comprised 918 names -- ... -
Richard Hakluyt: An essay in bibliography 1580–88
Payne, Anthony (NUI Galway, 2020-03-18)This thesis comprises ten chapters each describing a printed book or manuscript produced between 1580 and 1588 by or otherwise associated with Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), the advocate of overseas discovery, trade and ... -
Suspended pratfalls: Slapstick in contemporary art
Hanes, Levi (2018-02-22)This thesis considers a comedic trend in contemporary art that engages in a process of critical enquiry towards its own material structure and contextual frameworks. Certain contemporary artists employ a form of critical ... -
The visual culture of the Franklin search expeditions to the Arctic (1848-55)
O'Dochartaigh, Eavan (2018-02-22)This thesis examines the visual representation of the Canadian Arctic and adjacent regions during the period of the Franklin search expeditions from 1848 to 1855. The study traverses the disciplines of literature, visual ...