University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Theses and Dissertations 8-2019 Westward Empire: George Berkeley’s ‘Verses on the Prospect of Planting of Arts’ in American Art and Cultural History Elizabeth Kiszonas University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the American Art and Architecture Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kiszonas, Elizabeth, "Westward Empire: George Berkeley’s ‘Verses on the Prospect of Planting of Arts’ in American Art and Cultural History" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 3432. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3432 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Westward Empire: George Berkeley’s ‘Verses on the Prospect of Planting of Arts’ in American Art and Cultural History A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History by Elizabeth Kiszonas Rutgers University Bachelor of Arts in History, 2001 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Master of Divinity, 2005 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Master of Theology, 2011 August 2019 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council. ____________________________________ James Gigantino, Ph.D. Dissertation Director ____________________________________ ____________________________________ Leo Mazow, Ph.D. Daniel Sutherland, Ph.D. Committee Member Committee Member ____________________________________ Elliott West, Ph.D. Committee Member Abstract This study investigates the extraordinary half-life of a single line of poetry: “Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way…”.