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- 261: The Life and Times of Edgar ALlan Poe
- ... good of Edgar's future as a poet. Edgar was very pleased to read this and said that it was "the very first words of encouragement I ever remembered to have heard" and he began writing to Neal on a regular basis explaining what a good poet he was etc. Later on, in mid-November Edgar found a publisher for his new volume of poems in a Baltimore firm called Hatch ... poems. Edgar left West Point on the 19th of February and headed for New York City. He was thinly clad and soon became ill and said to John Allan; "I hardly know what I am writing". Somehow he managed to make a living and it is not known where he stayed during these months but eventually he returned to Baltimore to settle among his father's family. "Mr. Allan has married ... allowed to visit her anymore. According to a Maryland journalist named Lambert Wilmer, who also had published a play based on Edgar's broken off engagement with Elmira Royster, Edgar was very occupied with his writing during this period of his life, and he had now turned to fiction, probably hoping to make some more money than he did on poetry. His first published tale appeared in the Philadelphia Saturday ...
- 262: T.S. Eliot
- ... published 1927-30) are examined for evidence of Eliot’s pilgrimage towards a Christian faith and his membership of the Anglican Church. The earlier poem, The Hollow Men, was published when Eliot was experiencing extreme personal difficulty in his work and with his first wife’s poor health. Writing himself about an even earlier work, The Waste Land (1922), Eliot concluded that ‘some forms of illness are extremely favourable to religious illumination’. I have not had personal experience of this but I am aware that serious illness and death can often make people focus sharply on the meaning of life. This could be said of the circumstances surrounding the writing of ...
- 263: Word Processing
- ... a rough outline first, which is then modified and corrected; the changes involving words, lines or larger items of text. Adults often go through the same process, producing a rough draft, editing it and then writing it out again. A word processing program for a micro is provided on tape and loaded from the cassette recorder in the usual way. ( in some versions the word processing program is available as a ... can be inserted or deleted. In some instances whole paragraphs can be moved from one location in the text to another. Spelling and punctuation can be modified before finalising. Children can come to associate creative writing with the use of pencils or pens and all the physical difficulties of writing with these. They should therefore start word processing early. Even so, difficulties may occur because of unfamiliarity with the keyboard and limited speed using two fingers, so that creative brains are slowed down initially ...
- 264: The Howl of a Generation
- ... but the message is alive and well. The Beats have forever altered the nature of American consciousness. The impact of the Beats would certainly not have been as universal or influential if not for the writing of one poem; "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded ... of hope of escape from the "Molochs" of society. The story of the poem’s history serves well as an account of the birth of the Beat Generation. Ginsberg’s life leading up to the writing of "Howl," the actual creation of the poem, its legendary first reading, and the aftermath of its public debut all figure prominently into the history of the literary movement. One can understand the impact of ... Ginsberg began to feel dislocated and depressed. Ginsberg knew he was at a crossroads in his art between his apprenticeship to academic models of literature (mentor William Carlos Williams specifically), and breaking through to a personal voice which could sing of experience beyond the bounds of what was permissible – by 50’s academic standards – to speak of in poetry. Battling writer’s block, Ginsberg decided to enroll in graduate school ...
- 265: Privacy And Anonymity And Information Network Technologies
- ... come to know as the 'information age'. With the advent of new technologies; particularly that of the Internet this information can be sold and exchanged quite easily. Before the use of widespread computer technologies, our personal information had no real value beyond its immediate transaction. When data and information was provided by a citizen or consumer it had no secondary reuse. However, due to advances in technology and data retrieval systems ... the 'data base phase'. The emergence of sophisticatd data base technology in the early eighties made it possible to store and retrieve large amounts of information efficiently and economically. During this time, considerable amounts of personal data were transfered to computerized records, which have been stored on record. Another implicator in the invasion of privacy has been what is described as a 'network phase', in which many individuals and organizations are relying heavily on digital networks such as the Internet to help conduct their personal business. The Internet specifically has facilitated the integration of different databases and allowed data to become completely mobile, and easily retreived by anyone. The use of such networks has expanded the capability of elctronically ...
- 266: Creative Writing: The Murder Case
- Creative Writing: The Murder Case It was April, and El Nino was pelting the rooftop in full force. The rain came down in buckets, only to let up for a few seconds, then resume with a crash ... surprises the burglar, a stuggle ensues, and somebody gets hurt, usually the victim is only beaten up a little, but occasionally, someone dies. Back at the station, Jack and Wally sat at their desks silently writing their reports. They had to transcribe their notes into some kind of order so they could compile them with the reports of the crime lab and the coroner into a finished report. Jack had labelled ... was an agenda, listing hotels, names of business contacts, and companies that the victim was planning to visit on his trip. These names could prove helpful. Jack printed the agenda. The third file was a personal diary. Jack read the entry. "Thursday, March 19, 1998: Spoke to Hugh today, he is sending me on another trip to deal with the Nazis for some diamonds. He wants me to carry a ...
- 267: Anna Karenina: Characters and the Life Novel
- ... Tolstoy reveals Levin in a manner which gives him a sense of roundedness and lifelikeness. On his quest for meaning in his life, Levin is essentially a realist, just as Tolstoy wishes to be in writing Anna Karenina. We first encounter Levin when he arrives in Moscow to propose to Kitty Shtcherbatsky. When Kitty refuses his proposal, Levin has been defeated in the first step he feels is necessary for personal satisfaction. After the refusal, Levin returns again to the county in hopes of finding personal satisfaction in the country life style. He turns to farming, mowing with the peasants and other such manual work to fill his time, all the while still searching for meaning in his life. This ...
- 268: Tools Used in the Writing of Short Stories
- Tools Used in the Writing of Short Stories There is a fairly large group of authors that fall into the short story genre. These authors use these short stories to show people things that they might not have seen before ... also evident in the fact that Prosser lashed out against the whole society and not at one part in particular. In the story "Paul's Case," Willa Cather tries to show that not sharing ones personal feelings can be destructive to a persons subconscious, and cause him/her to do things to get away from their feelings. The use of Man-versus-society conflict is evident in that Paul is always ... feeling that no one is able to understand him. These three stories are only a few selected out of a vast variety of stories, but even in these few stories, the tools used in their writing are evident. From the characterization in "The Most Dangerous Game," to the point of view in "Paul's Case," the tools help in the understanding of the story. With the use of the literary ...
- 269: The Work of Cormac McCarthy
- ... the author of many "American styled" novels such as Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Crossing, writes very good stories that appeal to the senses and the soul. He doesn't have famous writing "heroes" that give him an inspiration to write, nor give him ideas of what to write. Because of this lack of models, McCarthy has some characteristics of other famous American authors, but for the most part he uses a unique style of writing that is shown in all of his novels, and ties together The Crossing and its predecessor All the Pretty Horses using expressive theme, obscure symbols, eerie motifs, and a unequaled prose. When looking at McCarthy's writing as a whole, one can see a style that is beyond the "norm." Critics compare his work to life in our world, "…his singular ability to convey the world not so much as a ...
- 270: Herman Melville 2
- Herman Melville created many characters in his writing that had a mysterious nature to them. Melville himself had a bit of mystery in his own personal character and this quality is shown through many characters such as Claggart and Bartleby. Besides having a mysterious side to him, this author was stubborn. Even though his work wasn t always praised he remained ... Captain Veere in Billy Budd and Bartleby in the story Bartleby the Scrivener. Melville was also passively resistant and he shows this through his characters Billy Budd and Bartleby. Herman Melville portrayed himself in his writing by giving personality traits to his literary characters that were similar to the ones he himself possessed. Melville had a strong desire to reveal the complexities of human life, so mystery was often a ...
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