The Ineuitabile of Honorius Augustodunensis: A Study in the Textures of early Twelfth-Century Augustinianisms

Thesis advisor: Steven F. BrownDespite several centuries of scholarly activity, one of the most outstanding figures of the twelfth-century renaissance, Honorius Augustodunensis, remains an elusive figure. Almost nothing is known of his life--where he was born, where exactly he lived, or where he died. Yet in his own day, Honorius's considerable literary output was extremely popular, was copied in profusion, and housed in libraries across Europe. Unfortunately, most studies of Honorius's works have consisted of very general surveys that oversimplify his thought and present Honorius himself as a `simplistic' thinker. Based upon a new critical edition of the two surviving recensions of Honorius's dialogue, Inevitabile, this study seeks to redress this problem. After a careful review of the scholarly literature on the text, from 1552 to 1996, several passages from both redactions of the Ineuitabile are carefully analyzed to illustrate both the complexity of Honorius's use of his sources (auctores/auctoritates), and his masterful blending of literary allusion with dialectic, which is the foundation of his theological methodology. Finally, it is shown that the doctrine of predestination in the earliest recension of the Inevitabile, which has traditionally been labelled `Augustinian', is in fact based, in large measure, on the teachings of John Scottus Eriugena. This study seeks to change the way that Honorius's texts are read and interpreted, in the firm conviction that only by engaging with the intricacies of his sources and methodology, can his true achievement be understood and the purpose behind his vast corpus of writings be grasped.Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013.Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.Discipline: Theology

THE EMBRACE IS ALL: GALWAY KINNELL\u27S POETRY, 1950 - 1985

This dissertation contains two major parts: an essay and an extensive bibliography. The essay discusses Kinnell\u27s poetry in order to illuminate his major themes and describe his poetics. The bibliography provides virtually complete lists of primary and secondary materials. Both essay and bibliography owe much to a study of the Charles G. Bell Collection at Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire. The collection contains letters and drafts sent by Kinnell to Bell over a 33-year period. Notes on the Bell Collection appear in an appendix to the dissertation. The essay, first major part of the dissertation, examines Kinnell\u27s poetry and poetics from the 1950s to 1985, focusing on the poems of Mortal Acts, Mortal Words, the books of poetry represented in Selected Poems, and Kinnell\u27s latest collection, The Past. Section I of the dissertation charts the evolution of Kinnell\u27s poetics and his major themes through the individual poets who have influenced him as well as through the traditions with which he aligns himself. Then it demonstrates the effects of these influences and traditions on the form and substance of individual poems in Kinnell\u27s first four books of poetry. Section II interprets Mortal Acts, Mortal Words in terms of the primary goal underlying all of Kinnell\u27s poetry: spiritual growth. Kinnell\u27s poetry, rooted in a shared human reality, is the spiritual autobiography of a man both individual and representative, who suffers from a spiritual and emotional ailment common in secular, technological societies and who searches for ways through poetry to renew, recreate and perfect the self. The bibliography provides two chronological listings of primary materials. The first lists periodical publications from Kinnell\u27s first published poem to poems published in September, 1985. The second annotates Kinnell\u27s periodical writings, except for original poetry, and publications in book form. The bibliography covers secondary materials, including interviews and book reviews, through 1984, and lists and annotates as many references to Kinnell as can be located by standard bibliographical tools, including databases accessible through on-line searches. Additional items were located by luck and by examination of the Bell Collection

Estudio diacrónico del acusativo preposicional sardo

332 p.Esta tesis se centra en el fenómeno del acusativo preposicional en el sardo, con particularatención al dialecto arborense. La investigación tiene dos objetivos. Uno es de carácter descriptivo:ampliar el cuadro de datos relativos al acusativo preposicional sardo, tanto desde un punto de vistadiacrónico, como desde un punto de vista sincrónico; el otro objetivo es de carácter explicativo: sequiere proporcionar una interpretación de la variabilidad del acusativo preposicional sardo quepermita superar algunas dificultades explicativas que surgen de la variabilidad entre diferentesdialectos sardos y de la variabilidad interna a cada dialecto. Se ha establecido un corpus diacrónicode datos y se ha creado un corpus sincrónico de materiales de arborense, un dialecto pocoestudiado. Para el análisis de los datos se han establecido dos tipos de parámetros: unos parámetroscorrespondientes a la animacidad y definitud/especificidad del nominal objeto (relevantes en elacusativo preposicional desde un punto de vista interlingüístico); unos parámetros correspondientesa las propiedades del contexto oracional y discursivo donde el nominal objeto se encuentra(posición del objeto respecto al verbo, duplicación pronominal del objeto, posición en estructurascoordinadas). También , se considera el acusativo preposicional dentro de algunas cuestionestipológica y diacrónicamente relevantes, como el alignment de las lenguas romances y la teoría dela transitividad