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- 2541: Herman Melville
- ... novelists; known primarily as the author of Moby Dick. He belonged to a group of eminent pre-Civil War writers-American Romantics or members of the American Renaissance-who created a new and vigorous national literature. He is one of the notable examples of an American author whose work went largely unrecognized in his own time and died in obscurity. American novelist, a major literary figure whose exploration of psychological and ...
- 2542: Hard Times And The Nineteenth Century
- ... forth his protest, for we are not aware of such a system being in operation anywhere in England. They believed that there might have been too great a part of the studies dedicated to mythology, literature, and history. "In almost every school in the kingdom passages of our finest poets are learned by heart; and Shakespeare and Walter Scott were among the Penates." It was their opinion that schools such as ...
- 2543: Hans Christian Andersen
- ... different angles that it takes for purposes of explanation and clarification make it difficult to categorize. Some categorize the book as science fiction, others label it thriller fiction, while others still dismiss it as feminist literature. The book has been broken into determinants, which are important to the success of the story. These include existential apologia, oral history, speculative fiction, confession, and dystopia. Existential apologia is a defense and celebration of ...
- 2544: Grapes Of Wrath - Theme Of Journey
- ... the general theme of humanity's journey, his novel attains the status of a classic, for humanity will always be on a journey. This makes The Grapes of Wrath not only a classic work of literature, but a timeless one as well. Works Cited French, Warren. "John Steinbeck" Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 1, Gale Research Co.: Book Tower: Detroit 1973. Lechteihn, Yuri. "The Awakening of Tom Joad." 2 pp. Online. Internet ...
- 2545: Giver
- ... assign them what to do, and so that they won't even notice that they are in such a situation that they are controlled. After all, this novel is a good example of utopia/dystopia literature.
- 2546: Flying Home
- ... Twayne. 1991 Bloom, Harold, ed. Ralph Ellison. Modern Critical Views. New York: Chelsea. 1986. Trimmer, Joseph F. Ralph Ellison’s ‘Flying Home’. Studies In Short Fiction 9 (1972):175-182 Ellison, Ralph. "Flying Home." Western Literature in a World Context. Ed. Nancy Lyman. New York: SMP. 1995. 1758-1770
- 2547: Far From The Madding Crowd
- English Literature Coursework Assignment - Far From The Madding Crowd (Prose written before 1900) ‘Compare and contrast Bathsheba Everdene’s three suitors’ In the novel ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’ the main female role, Bathsheba Everdene, is pursued ...
- 2548: Fahrenheit 451 & Brave New World
- ... his science fiction novel Brave New World. Written late in his career, Brave New World also deals with man in a changed society. Huxley asks his readers to look at the role of science and literature in the future world, scared that it may be rendered useless and discarded. Unlike Bradbury, Huxley includes in his book a group of people unaffected by the changes in society, a group that still has ...
- 2549: Evil - By Edgar Alan Poe
- Born in 1809, Edgar Alan Poe is considered by many critics and fans of literature to be one of the greatest writers of all time. He was born into a strict religious environment. His father constantly abused him. His family was considered very dysfunctional, which is part of the reason ...
- 2550: Eveline
- ... Prize four times, for Beyond the Horizon, Anna Christine, Strange Interlude, and last for Long Day’s Journey into Night. He has also won many other awards. His biggest achievement was the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936. However, his best play was never really noticed by the public until after his death, Long Day’s Journey into Night. Eugene Gladstone O’Neill died in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1957 ...
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