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- 301: Edgar Allen Poe
- By: Anonymous Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to American literature have become increasingly more prominent as the years have passed. As short fiction has become a more accepted genre in literary circles, Poe's theories are studied with more passion. Although he lived a rather ... as his muse, finding the inspiration to write of death and love and reunion. He died on October 7, 1849 (Hart 521-2). Throughout his short-lived life, Edgar Allan Poe compiled a collection of literature, offering poetry, short fiction and literary criticism. In fact, perhaps even more than his poetry and short fiction, Poe's criticism is what has endured, and has recently come into its own. In his Brassfield ... s theories have become even more important. For the short story, Poe believed in an inverse approach to writing. He believed that the writer should have one "single effect," which motivated the entire piece of literature. The writer would come up with the "end," and find the "means" by which to achieve it. Poe said once in a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Twice-Told Tales": "A skillful literary artist ...
- 302: John Steinbeck
- ... contrast, “a singularly silent man.” Steinbeck’s father, also named John, worked as the treasurer of Monterey County. He had chosen a safe, practical course in life, in order to support his family. John enjoyed literature from an early age on. His mother read him the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the stories of King Arthur. John attended Salinas High School, an experience he generally disliked ... While attending Stanford University, John Steinbeck decided that a degree was of no use to a writer. Instead, he studied the things that interested him and would help him progress as a writer. He studied literature, history, and classical Greek. He convinced university officials to let him learn human anatomy alongside the medical students. Dissecting cadavers would help him “know more about people”, he explained. Steinbeck’s creative writing teacher taught ... of Wrath.” One morning in 1962 John and Elaine Steinbeck were eating breakfast and watching the morning news. They were startled to hear the announcer say, “John Steinbeck has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.” The Swedish Academy, which awards the prize each year, had elected Steinbeck ober all the other writers in the world. The prize honored not one of his books, but all of them. The Nobel ...
- 303: Transcendentalism
- Transcendentalism was a movement in philosophy, literature, and religion that emerged and was popular in the nineteenth century New England because of a need to redefine man and his place in the world in response to a new and changing society. The ... a semi-religious attitude towards nature. Transcendentalists urged people to look to nature to learn about oneself. Nature is a mystery and full of symbols. This concept paved the way for a new current in literature - symbolist literature. Physical nature is in itself neutral. Attributes such as beautiful depend on the individual's disposition. For example, if one feels lousy, he will dismiss a gorgeous day, but if he is in a ...
- 304: The Power of Reading
- ... life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” This quote reveals a true fact of life that reading is fundamental! It also reveals the power that literature has upon a person’s life and his/her offspring’s. Reading is far mare beneficial than any form of entertainment. When one is exposed to literature, one can be certain of gaining an extensive knowledge of vocabulary and a reliable source of entertainment that lies at the palm of your hands at any point of time or given place. Reading literature is a powerful tool that enhances one’s vocabulary. Gaining the necessary knowledge of vocabulary from reading is an effortless way of meeting the demands summoned by society today. Not only is one able ...
- 305: Similarities and Differences Between The Odyssey and Oedipus the King
- Similarities and Differences Between The Odyssey and Oedipus the King In the world of literature, there are many similarities and differences between them. These similarities and differences are significant because the reader can learn and thoroughly comprehend them. Two examples of such literature are the epic poems Oedipus the King , written by Sophocles and The Odyssey, written by Homer who were both Greek poets. Oedipus the King and The Odyssey share many similarities. The most important and significant ... Oedipus down when he became livid from accusations of murder. These two characters were also similar in that they both ruled kingdoms in cities of Greece. What was also similar between these two works of literature was the fact that gods ruled the people below them. These gods controlled the humans' every move like if the people were puppets on puppet strings. In other words, gods controlled the fate of ...
- 306: Student's Rights
- ... look at what these "legitimate rules" are, particularly as they apply to freedom of speech, expression, and something they like to call "material disruption of the educational environment." The first item on the list is literature, specifically a student's right to post it. It reads "Students shall have the right to post any literature of a non-commercial nature without prior censorship or approval by the Administration or School Board in any designated posting area, provided, however, the designated representative shall be accorded the right to remove posted material ... LOOK AT IT! What makes his (or her) opinion more valid than mine? What our Administrators ought to be doing is not to restrict rights but to empower individuality, work so a student can post literature to educate other people without prior consent from anyone. Whether someone posts literature that I agree with or not, at least I can choose a position and stand with it. As it is now, ...
- 307: Censorship in Public Schools
- ... advocates of school library book censorship believe that adults must have control over what children read. They feel that unless responsible adults oversee what students are reading, students will be exposed to the worst in literature. This literature can go from simply causing offense, to "resulting in emotional damage and even leading to anti-social behavior" (Berger 61). Their beliefs lead them to pull the offending books from the shelves so that young ... freedoms as everyone else, including the right to read whatever they want. They feel that it is only in this way "that children can develop the taste and understanding to distinguish between trash and serious literature" (Berger 61). And it is with this group that I make my stand against censorship. The purpose of education remains what it has always been in a free society: to develop a free and ...
- 308: Comparison Of Tones Used By Ph
- ... time when a literate Negro would have only existed in a nightmare and when even the majority of the white women in the country were illiterate, these two authors of distinguished valor managed to write literature and recite speeches that inspired some of the most impenetrable minds to change their ways of thinking. Wheatley would move her readers with her subtle, yet powerful literature while Douglass would do the same with his powerful use of words. Phillis Wheatley was one of the more passive abolishionist writers. Because she was a slave and she was aware of her position in ... does not blatantly protest about slavery and call her readers savages like Douglass would do. Instead she and realized has realized her position in serialized her position in society as a slave and In her literature she criticizes slavery through rli Although, Phillis Wheatley was an abolishnist writer, she passive than a lot of her literature didn’t always reflect. At first glance it would For a man going against ...
- 309: Essay On The Shining Houses By
- A Shining Reason To Hope There is a reason to hope in all literature. Hope can be defined as something which one longs to see realized, or in other words, any form of optimism, with a belief of a positive outcome. Hope in a piece of literature verifies a level of goodness in the world, which can be illustrated many different ways by an author. "The Shining Houses" by Alice Munro is an auspicious example of hope in a short story. Alice ... help you. Knowing that there will always be someone there for you makes one truly realize that there is goodness in the world. Hope gives anyone a reason to believe, and in a piece of literature, this reason to believe creates a warm, positive mood. Hope is one of the highest levels of optimism, and along with being present in every piece of literature, hope is also present in everyone' ...
- 310: Educating Rita
- ... true? Educating Rita, written by Willy Russell, is a play about Rita, a working class hairdresser who yearns for a change in her life and to be better educated; also it is about a dissipated literature professor who tutors Rita to earn some extra money. Many of the changes in the play occur mainly due to the ways Rita and Frank interact and change each other. In ways this play is ... flatmate. She is someone who influences Rita to change in many ways. One way is she encourages Rita to change her voice, "As Trish says there is not a lot of point in discussing beautiful literature in an ugly voice." She is changing herself by becoming more like others, Rita is losing her individuality and originality mainly towards Trishs opinions. "Me an' Trish sat up last night and read them. She ... disregards it as, "done him." It's a monotonous, non-sentimental and non-subjective answer unlike the old Rita who asked Frank whether he had read work by T.S. Elliot was more excited by literature. "Have you read his stuff...All of it...Every last syllable." Frank realises this and explains to Rita that she has changed from her innocent freshness to becoming an echo to other people. "And ...
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