Untitled - Memorial University of Newfoundland
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
I would like to thank my husband, John, and family for their loving support<br />
and encouragement that wascrucial to the completion <strong>of</strong> my thesis . I am grateful to<br />
my supervisor , Dr. Peter K. Ayers, for his time. perceptive comments and guidance.<br />
I wish to thank <strong>Memorial</strong> Universi ty <strong>of</strong> <strong>Newfoundland</strong> for awardin g me a<br />
Graduate Fellowship and The Very Reverend Edward and Marjori e Rusted Harlow<br />
Travel Gran t which made valuable research in England possible.<br />
My thanks to the staff <strong>of</strong> the Queen Eliz.a.beth ITLibrary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Memorial</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>, partic ularly those in the Inter library Loans department. My gratitude to all<br />
the instruc tors in both the Department <strong>of</strong> Classics and the. Department <strong>of</strong> English<br />
Language and Literamre who contributed to my academic career and love for<br />
scholarly wor k. I am grateful to Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Richard Buchler whose dedication to<br />
dramaltheatre was an inspiration to me, and Dr. Stella A1g00-Baksb whose course on<br />
Postcolonial Literature helped to crystallize the theoretical framework <strong>of</strong> my thesis .<br />
I appreciate all my friends and colleagues for their prayerful supportand<br />
encouragement.<br />
Thi s work is dedicated in loving memory <strong>of</strong> my paren ts. Millicent Eme1ia<br />
Iohnson (nee Morri son) and Samuel Williamson Johnson.<br />
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