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- 1601: Song Of Myself
- ... poetry, Whitman's "Song of Myself" makes the soul sensual and makes divine the flesh. In Whitman's time, the dichotomy between the soul and the body had been clearly defined by centuries of Western philosophy and theology. Today, the goodness of the soul and the badness of the flesh still remain a significant notion in contemporary thought. Even Whitman's literary predecessor, Emerson, chose to distinctly differentiate the soul from ...
- 1602: Sister Carrie
- ... many eyes, so many opinions", so no wonder there are different approaches and interpretations towards the novel which is influenced not just by the reader’s reading or personal experience, but also by their particular philosophy of life as well as knowledge about the historical background. "Sister Carrie" can be read as a novel of desire, seduction, or the critique of capitalism and consumerism. It’s definitely not the plot or ...
- 1603: Robert Browning
- ... souls, is the sum and substance of it all. (p.69) Browning lived his life with the concept of a God present always in the world. (DeVane and Smalley, 1984). His faith was not a philosophy or religion, but rather involved intuition. Browning discerned what God meant to him and what application it had on his life. His real theme in his poetry was a "God in the spirit of the ...
- 1604: Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
- ... Harding, Anthony John. Coleridge and the Inspired Word. Mcgill-Queens University Press: 1985. 48, 146. Piper, H.W. The singing of Mount Abora: Coleridge’s Use of Biblical Imagery and Natual Aymbolism in Poetry and Philosophy. Associated University Press: 1976. 43-48, 103-127.
- 1605: Penelope As Moral Agent
- ... about women's roles in decision-making) because the passages "raise serious doubt about the exact parameters involved in male guardianship of a wife in the Odyssey." Another (and more constructive) example of when the philosophy of Aristotle and the depiction by Homer of women and their roles and responsibilities in society is on page 108 in the last sentence of her essay: Insofar as tragic choices of the kind identified ...
- 1606: Ontology
- Ontology One of the most controversial debates in philosophy has been over the nature of being. In the Pre-Socratic era the dispute focused on whether change was constant while our human perceptions made static separations so that we could make sense of our ...
- 1607: On The Waterfront
- ... Iddie and Terry both came from extremely different societies, however, they both were able to understand that the silence that was taken also causes trouble. It was time for the mob to be challenged. The philosophy that Terry grew up with is to hurt someone before they can hurt you. This is an exactly opposite example to how Iddie was taught to think: a pure example ofopposite’s attract. In the ...
- 1608: Of Mice And Men
- ... to grind" (Tedlock 22). Gibbs is one of the first Steinbeck critics to argue that "successful adaptation to environment is not enough for human beings" (Tedlock 22). Gibbs' misgivings about the range of Steinbeck's philosophy are "broadly representative of the least prejudiced and least condemnatory" of the critics who share them (Tedlock 22). Writes Gibbs, "Steinbeck's revulsion against prudery and hypocrisy carries him to violent extremes" (Tedlock 22). Gibbs ...
- 1609: Jane Eyre: Sexism
- ... This idea is very similar to most of humankind. Men are, on average, larger than women. Plus, females will most often be attracted to the bigger, stronger male out of a group. Using this natural philosophy, one can see more easily how 19th century sexual and "loving" feelings are established through inherent traits which may be viewed as "sexist". However, for one to claim that nature rules everything we do is ...
- 1610: Invisible Man
- ... five different forms of rebirth along with their psychological implications. Jacques Lacan, a more recent theorist than Freud or Jung, based his works on a revision of Freudian ideas. Lacan is the father of the philosophy of psychoanalysis. That is, he believed that psychoanalysis was a valid field of thought independent of its use as a medicinal therapy.(11) In The Critical Tradition, the editor points out that "Lacan approached literature ...
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