University of Louisville ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses College of Arts & Sciences 5-2021 Þorn: A novel excerpt exploring giantesses, their relation to women's bodily expectations, and patriarchal control in the literature of early modern Britain and contemporary America. Brady P Alexander University of Louisville Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/honors Part of the Fiction Commons, Literature in English, British Isles Commons, and the Other English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Alexander, Brady P, "Þorn: A novel excerpt exploring giantesses, their relation to women's bodily expectations, and patriarchal control in the literature of early modern Britain and contemporary America." (2021). College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses. Paper 258. Retrieved from https://ir.library.louisville.edu/honors/258 This Senior Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts & Sciences at ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ThinkIR: The University of Louisville's Institutional Repository. This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has retained all other copyrights. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Running head: ÞORN Þorn: A Novel Excerpt Exploring Giantesses, Their Relation to Women's Bodily Expectations, and Patriarchal Control in the Literature of Early Modern Britain and Contemporary America By Brady Alexander Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Graduation summa cum laude University of Louisville March, 2021 ÞORN 2 Table of Contents Lay Summary……………………………………………………………………….3 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………..4 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………5 Þorn…………………………………………………………………………………10 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………….