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8524535 Raines,Helon Howell THE MOVING SPHERE:MARGARET DRABBLE'S NOVELS OF CONNECTION AND CONTRADICTION University of Denver PH.D.1985 University Microfilms International 300 N.Zeeb Road,Ann Arbor,Ml48106 Copyright 1986 by Raines,Helon Howell All Rights Reserved
THE MOVING SPHERE: MARGARET DRABBLE'S NOVELS OF CONNECTION AND CONTRADICTION A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities University of Denver In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Helon Howell Raines August 1985
GRADUATE STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER Upon the recommendation of the chairperson of the Department of English this dissertation is hereby accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Professor in charge of dissertation 44 Dean of Graduate Studies August,1985 Date
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction:"Margaret Drabble:Feminist Novelist?".....1 Chapter One:"In An Untherapeutic World"................34 Chapter Two:HIndependent Women".......................100 Chapter Three:mEros and Nature"............. .....159 Chapter Four:"Yearning for Transcedence"..............198 Chapter Five:"A Passionate Survivor"..................236 Chapter Six:mApocalypsem..............................275 Chapter Seven:"A Dialectical Solution"........... 。··.315 Appendix,·····。··。 ·…………….361 Partia1 Bibliography,············ .389 ii