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- 811: T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
- ... then in Lloyd's Bank until 1925. Then he joined the London publishing firm of Faber and Gwyer, becoming director when the firm became Faber and Faber in 1929. Eliot won the Nobel prize for literature in 1948 and other major literary awards. Eliot saw an exhausted poetic mode being employed, that contained no verbal excitement or original craftsmanship, by the Georgian poets who were active when he settled in London ... passages, his building up of the total pattern of meaning through the immediate comparison of images without overt explanation of what they are doing, together with his use of indirect references to other works of literature (some at times quite obscure). Eliot starts his poem "The Hollow Men" with a quote from Joseph Conrad's novel the Heart of Darkness. The line "Mistah Kurtz-he dead" refers to a Mr. Kurtz ...
- 812: Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... that $1 million has been given to the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences to research marijuana (27). McCaffrey does not explain that the $1 million is to be used for a literature review, and a literature review will not get marijuana legalized because a clinical trial is still needed. McCaffrey then states that if it is found that marijuana can be used as medicine then “we must immediately make them (marijuana ...
- 813: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his ...
- 814: How do Textual Features Combine To Convey a Theme of the Poem?
- How do Textual Features Combine To Convey a Theme of the Poem? Milton wrote extensively throughout his life, and studied literature profoundly. His cunningness and literary techniques were observed in all of his literature. However, at the prime of his life, his weak eyes gave as his intense work and studies caused his blindness. As a result of this tragedy, Milton created a sonnet about his blindness. He questioned ...
- 815: Huckleberry Finn - Critical Essay
- ... example of racist trash ever written" (Mark Twain Journal by Thadious Davis, Fall 1984 and Spring 1985). Yet, again to counter that is a quote by the great American writer Ernest Hemingway, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn…it’s the best book we’ve had…There has been nothing as good since" (The Green Hills of Africa [Scribner’s. 1953] 22). The ... slaves seem to accept their lesser positions as contended to "white folks". This is the most critical junction that has earned Twain innumerable criticism and caused such long discrepancies among the scholars of American heritage literature. The oddest, most peculiar description in the novel after Huck’s almost symbolic acceptance of Jim’s persona, Twain makes a pivot that then mocks Jim’s buffoonery towards the end. After all that Huck ...
- 816: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... world in gothic ways, really captures the reader´s attention. Even though he lead a tough life and was known as a sadistic drug addict and alcoholic, he still managed to produce great pieces of literature. Three of his greatest works were "The Tell Tale heart", "The Fall of the House Usher", and "The Raven." All of these are very known troughout the world and are considered three of Poe´s ... Walker found him unconscious, (thought to be intoxicated) in the street. Poe remained hospitalized, oscillating between a somatic state and violent delirium, until his death at 5 am on the 7th of 1849. Poe's literature hardly relates to the harsh realities of 19th century life. The dark, chaotic, romantic worlds he created represent an escape from the real, unromantic miseries of life to a place where miseries become grand, beautiful ...
- 817: Characteristics of the Beowulf Poem
- Characteristics of the Beowulf Poem There are many characteristics of the Beowulf poem that make it a significant part of the history of literature. It is a perfect representation of how the people in eighth century England communicated, what their feelings were, and their culture. "It gives us vital information about Old English social life and about Old English ... s greatest epic poems. It is composed of English history, heroism, and fantasy. It will remain a monument of Old English forever. Works Cited "Beowulf." Encyclopædia Britannica. 1990 ed. Beowulf. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M. H. Abrams et al. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. 19-72. Foster, Edward. "Beowulf." Masterplots. Revised ed. New Jersey: Salem Press, 1986. Raffel, Burton. Beowulf. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press ...
- 818: Crime And Punishment 8
- Violence in literature often has a greater meaning than simply providing entertainment for the reader. In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake; the act of violence contributes to a greater meaning of the complete work. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov s actions in Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is ...
- 819: Robert Frost's Use of Nature In His Poetry
- Robert Frost's Use of Nature In His Poetry In most poetry and literature people can pick out certain characteristics that tend to appear in each piece of the authors work. In the work of Robert Frost he has certain ideas and themes that can be found in many of his creations of literature. Nature is one theme that seems to play a major role in the poetry he writes. He tends to use nature to symbolize something that has to do with human life or situations that humans ...
- 820: Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature
- Contrasting Poets Lawrence and Shapiro in Their Views of Nature Throughout the history of literature, poetic views of nature has evolved through time. One of the most differing eras is the twentieth century. With it's non-classical views, the twentieth century is one of the most influential eras. While ... D.H. Lawrence's Poetry." http://www.std.com/albright/l3.html. February 6, 1996. Becker, George. D.H. Lawrence. New York : Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1980. Granner, R.C., and Malcolm Stern. McDougal, Little Literature. Evanson, Ill: McDougal Little and Company, 1989. Magill, Frank. "Karl Shapiro." Critical Survey of Poetry. Englewoods Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1982. Randall, Jarrel. "Karl Shapiro." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1975 ...
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