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- 881: The Cherokee Indians
- ... choice pieces. These lifestyles, major events and other minor ones became the source and reason behind the stories told by Indians. Many stories and poems reflected happenings in their lives and feelings they had. Indian literature allows us to see and feel what the Indians had to go through. Much of the literature they had was passed on orally. This is unfortunate since you lose so much meaning and feeling when reading something rather than having it told to you out loud.
- 882: Steinbeck, His Critics, And Of
- ... 1948, Steinbeck was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. On December 28, 1950, Steinbeck married his third wife, Elaine Anderson Scott. On October 25, 1962, Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On September 14, 1964, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His support of the Vietnam War in his final years came as a shock to some (Bloom 14). Throughout his life, John Steinbeck remained ... writings extends one's knowledge of men beyond the "expedient range" of experience and makes for "a fuller realization of democracy" (Tedlock 22). Steinbeck has not fared well in the hands of historians of contemporary literature (Telock Introduction XXXIX). Writes Frederick J. Hoffman in The Modern Novel in America: 1900-1950, "His interest in biology is a source of confusion in his interpretation of the human scene" (Tedlock Introduction XXXIX). He ...
- 883: The Yellow Wallpaper Vs. Story
- ... both written from a feminist point of view. But, the women had different types of life changes and different responses to the change in their life. Works Cited Choplin, Kate. The Story of an Hour. Literature for Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet et al. 5th ed. New York: Longman, 2000, 12-13. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. Literature for Composition. Ed. Sylvan Barnet et al. 5th ed. New York: Longman, 2000, 12-13.
- 884: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
- ... Find" in the hopes of portraying to the reader the racist views of the time: many of the ideals possess "a kind of holy madness or beauty." (Kirszner 238). These are the words mentioned in Literature, and express the emotions that OConnor made the grandmother experience in the story. The story takes on a sort of irony throughout to provide a comedic look at old values and traditions, displaying to ... saint, but we later discover the truth about just how perverse she is. The "beauty" and "holy madness" is evident throughout the entire story and illustrated best when the characters interact. Works Cited Mandell, Kirszner &. Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing Compact 4th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt College, 2000. Evans, Chris. Site visited January 20, 2000. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/msgspool/evans/309/amlit/841779875.html. 2000. Babycenter. Site visited January 20 ...
- 885: Their Eyes Were Watching God B
- ... the basis for her best work. Therefore, the work that has denoted her as one of the twentieth century's most influential authors did not come until after she had graduated from college. However, the literature she composed in college was by no means inferior. She was a defiant free-spirit even during her early college career. While working on an anthropological study for her mentor, Franz Boas, she was exposed ... proportions. The image of the mother in African-American culture is on of guidance, love, and wisdom... Understanding the role of women in the African-American community starts by examining the roles... in Afro-American literature. (Bourn, 1). Bourn goes on to state that the role of the mother-daughter relationship is expressed vividly in Their Eyes... by the relationship that develops between Janie and her Grandmother. "The strong relationship between ...
- 886: Spender And Sankichi Two Views
- ... and man's inhumanity to man. Works Cited Bruckner, Karl. The Day of the Bomb. Trans. Frances Lobb. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company Inc., 1962, 98-99. Daiches, David. The Present Age in British Literature. N.p.: Indiana University Press, 1958, 48-49. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973, 322. Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1946, 30 ... Collected Poems. New York: Random House, 1955, 134-135. Spender, Stephen. World Within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Weatherhead, A.K. "Stephen Spender: Lyric Impulse and Will." Comtemporary Literature. Vol. 12, No. 4. N.p.: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1971, 451-465. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Carolyn Riley. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1973, 323.
- 887: Hemingway
- ... of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novel confirmed his power and presence in the literacy world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. This novel also won the Pulitzer Prize award. III. July 21st, 1899, Ernest Hemingway was born. He was born to DR Clarence Edmonds and Grace Hall Hemingway. He grew up in a small conservative town ... novels called The Old Man and the Sea. 7. In 1953 Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for is novel The Old Man and the Sea. 8. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. 9. On November 30th in 1960, Ernest Hemingway was committed to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During the month of December he was given electroshock therapy. 10. In 1961 Ernest Hemingway took his own ...
- 888: Medieval Morality Plays
- ... there have been many books, plays, songs, pamphlets, sermons, lectures, etc. written. These writings were all written with some kind of purpose to either inform, persuade, entertain, or teach their audience. One such form of literature not too widely known about is that of the medieval morality plays. These plays were not aimed to entertain, but to teach morals and religion to the uneducated lower classes of people in medieval Europe ... what it is today if it wasn t for the medieval morality plays. All in all, morality plays were important for the cultural growth of the western world. Works Cited Dohrn, Lori. Religion and Medieval Literature: A Look at Morality Plays. 14 Feb1999. Hanning, Robert W. "Miracle, Mystery, and Morality Plays." The Encyclopedia Americana. 1997 ed. Morality Play. 22 Feb 1999. Morality Plays. 22 Feb 1999. Warren, K.M. "Moralities (Morality ...
- 889: Comparison Of Shakespeare Shal
- ... to a Summer s Day by William Shakespeare Seamus Heaney was born in 1939 in a small agricultural town in county Derry. In 1957 he went to Queen s University in Belfast where he studied literature. He returned to Queen s in 1965 as a lecturer. In 1972 Heaney moved to the Republic of Ireland because of the bitterness between Catholics and Protestants in the North. He taught at Carysfort College ... at Harvard University, Massachusetts and Cambridge, England. His poetry is mainly concentrated upon his childhood years in Northern Ireland. The greatest achievement so far in his life is that he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1995. William Shakespeare is recognised the world over as being the greatest playwright, dramatists and writer of all time. He was born in 1564 and baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. He was ...
- 890: Gender Effects on Criminal Sentencing
- ... through a lesser jail sentence. The authors also propose a solution to this problem of discrimination, saying that by increasing the public's awareness of this issue, a greater equality can be achieved. In another literature review (Anderson, 1976), two types of chivalrous treatment of women are discussed. Both result in discrimination in the favor of the woman; the notion that women have completely different motives than men, and that women ... of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association. Anderson , E. (1976). "The 'chivalrous' treatment of the female offender in the arms of the criminal justice system: A review of the literature." Social Problems, 23, 350-357. Nagel, S. and Weitzman, L. (1972). "Double standard of American justice." Society, 9, 18-25, 62-63. Rappaport, Elizabeth (1991). "The death penalty and gender discrimination." Law and Society Review ...
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