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Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Alice In Wonderland
508 words"In Lewis Carroll's nonsense world, of Alice in Wonderland, we are privileged to see our familiar adult society (somewhat exaggerated, so that we are sure to get the joke) through the thought of the wise child Alice" (Hubbell). The criticisms show how Carroll depicts Alice in this work. Carroll shows Alice as the frustrated child in a world of adult nonsense, the heroine, and reveals his own inner-view of women. Alice is everything that Victorian children, of this time, are not. Hubbell gives us...
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Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Literary Criticism Vol
1,734 wordsThe Innovations and Predictions of H. G. Wells When one mentions the term "science fiction, " only one name should come to mind: H. G Wells. Wells is indeed best known today as the father of modern science fiction. Over a career that spanned five decades, Wells produced nearly one hundred full-length books, a large number of them novels. The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The War of Worlds, World Brain, and several other works in Wells's canon are classics in the field of science fiction that ...
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The Literary Style Of Ts Eliot
1,515 words... tic structure to mythical method. Eliot's perception of life as nothing more than a struggle is expressed in his literary works by his use of realistic themes such as depression, human isolation and through his religious imagery. For example, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a dramatic monologue about love. On the other hand, The Waste Land and Ash Wednesday is more mythical and explains deeper into religion and God. Eliot created his writing style based on his own personal experiences...
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Edgar Allan Poe Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism
1,584 wordsWebsters Collegiate Dictionary defines existentialism as a chiefly 20 th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for his acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad (407). Without question existentialism is extremely complicated and almost incomprehensible. However Katharena Eiermann ...
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William Randolph Hearst Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol
1,455 wordsGeorge Orson Welles, known more commonly as Orson Welles was a director, producer, writer, and actor. Mr. Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father was an inventor and manufacturer and his mother a talented pianist. Welles was regarded as an absolute genius from early childhood and his creative abilities were encouraged and nurtured. His early childhood was to a large extent, directed by his mother's physician and admirer, Dr. Maurice Bernstein. (Russell 9) He made a succ...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol Pet Dog
1,283 wordsJoyce Oates The Lady with the Pet Dog has a strange and suspenseful structure. When reading the story, the reader senses confusion, much like the life of Anna. The author reveals Annas character through the structure of the story, and through the imagery in the story. Alfred Kazin said that Annas life seems to move through a world wholly physical in its detail (Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 11 313). Annas life throughout the story is disordered and repetitious. Linda W. Wagner says Oates ...
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Dreams On Of Mice And Men
993 words"The Depression brought a massive influx of hopeful refugees to California from elsewhere in the United States, including 300, 000 new agricultural workers -- the people of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. These newcomers worked in the fields and stores for fifteen cents an hour while Hollywood made movies about their lot, Woody Guthrie sang songs about them, and union organizers tried hard to make a labor-based revolution. The fortunes of these 'Okies' is just one of the sweeping topics that S...
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Criticism Of Racism In Joseph Conrad Heart Darkness
1,739 wordsCriticism of Racism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Introduction Criticism on Novel Marlow's role Description Kurtz' Portrayal Criticism on Racism in Heart of Darkness Conclusion The issue of race within modern and classic literature has always been and will continue to be a contentious issue of discussion prevalent throughout society and especially educational facilities. Within Joseph Conrad's classic novel Heart of Darkness the representation of indigenous Africans their society and cult...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism Vol
1,194 wordsThe Common Hemingway Protagonist: Soldiers Home Essay, The Common Hemingway Protagonist: Soldiers Home The Common Hemingway Protagonist: Soldiers Home Various authors, through years of discipline, develop their own style in creating characters. Ernest Hemingway varied his style by establishing an indestructible template for pressing characters into molded protagonists. This template protagonist follows a unique set of standards unlike any other character, produced by any other author. In his lit...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol Detroit Mi Gale
2,078 wordsA recurring theme in J. D. Salinger's stories concerns people who dont fit in with the traditional American culture. Salinger's most successful tales are of those who cannot adjust to the real world. His main characters are super-intelligent humans who must choose between the phony real world (American culture) and a morally pure, nice world. Salinger's misfit hero[es] (Levine 498), unlike the rest of society, are caught in the struggle between a superficial world and a conscious morality. In th...
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Detroit Gale Research Shakespearean Criticism
1,403 wordsShakespeare's Othello begins with a marriage between Othello and Desdemona. This marriage was the result of the strong bond of love which they felt together. During their marriage, Othello started to feel a sense of jealousy with Desdemona's behavior. This jealousy was being created by Desdemona's beauty and sexual power. With the presence of Desdemona, Othello felt belittled with her sexuality. Female sexuality is a threat to the patriarchal society, and Othello must control it. Desdemona's sex...
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Edgar Allan Poe Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism
1,664 wordsWebster? s Collegiate Dictionary defines existentialism as? a chiefly 20 th century philosophical movement embracing diverse doctrines but centering on analysis of individual existence in an unfathomable universe and the plight of the individual who must assume ultimate responsibility for his acts of free will without any certain knowledge of what is right or wrong or good or bad? (407). Without question existentialism is extremely complicated and almost incomprehensible. However Katharena Eierm...
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Caged Bird Sings Contemporary Literary Criticism
1,127 wordsA babys love for his mother is probably the sweetest emotion we can savor. (Angelou) By consistently weaving the theme of motherhood into her literature, Maya Angelou creates both personal narratives and poems that the reader can relate to. Her exploration of this universal theme lends itself to a very large and diverse audience. Throughout Angelou's works, she allows her followers to witness her metamorphosis through different aspects of motherhood. Well-worked themes are always present in Ange...
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William Randolph Hearst Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol
2,912 wordsGeorge Orson Welles, known more commonly as Orson Welles was a director, producer, writer, and actor. Mr. Welles was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His father was an inventor and manufacturer and his mother a talented pianist. Welles was regarded as an absolute genius from early childhood and his creative abilities were encouraged and nurtured. His early childhood was to a large extent, directed by his mothers physician and admirer, Dr. Maurice Bernstein. (Russell 9) He made a succe...
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Laurie Lanzen Harris Detroit Gale Research
545 wordsRevenge For Your Father In Shakespeare's tragic epic Hamlet, one man is torn between loyalty of his new king or the revenge of his old king and past on father. Should Hamlet lose everything while his uncle controls what should be his? Many things led to the down fall of Hamlet some of them are the murderous acts of Claudius, the act loyalty to revenge the death of a king and father, and the great depression that Hamlet struggles to control. In Hamlet there are many unfortunate events. The start ...
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Temporary Insanity Shakespearean Criticism
1,289 wordsHamlet s Temporary Insanity William Shakespeare s Hamlet is a tragic story of a young prince who goes mad after his father s death, and the related events. In the story his Uncle, who then usurps the throne to which Hamlet s father had previously occupied, kills Hamlet s father. Hamlet is pushed to temporary insanity because of the conflict between his morals and the morals of society. The morals in question are those of whether or not it is moral to kill out of revenge of a loved one. This pape...
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Gale Research Company Oliver Twist
2,110 wordsHow Charles Dickens Life Influenced Oliver Twist The range of his creative activity is, in the first place, limited to the world of his youth (Cecil 169). This quote explains many people. What has previously happened to a person has a tremendous impact on them. It can affect their decisions, emotions, and life. The life of a person can sometimes be seen quite easily through what they do. Artists often reveal what their life has been like through the works that they create. The same can be said a...
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Tragedy Of Hamlet Shakespearean Criticism
1,172 wordsThe Truth Behind William Shakespeare's Hamlet A Tragedy must not be the spectacle of a perfectly good man brought from prosperity to adversity. For this merely shocks us-Aristotle- 300 bc (pg. 229, Shakespearean criticism, vol. 3) Thesis: William Shakespeare, one of the greatest dramatists in the world, has been famous and well known since the early 1600 s. Some of his greatest works have been reproduced hundreds of times. He wrote poems, sonnets, plays, tragedies, histories, and comedies. Hamle...
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol Theme Of The Book
1,816 wordsThe Themes of Slaughterhouse-Five The first theme of Slaughterhouse-Five, and perhaps the most obvious, is the war and its contrast with love, beauty, humanity, innocence etc. Slaughterhouse-Five, like Vonnegut's previous books, manages to tell us that war is bad for us and that it would be better for us to love one another. To find the wars contrast with love is quite difficult, because the book doesnt talk about any couple that was cruelly torn apart by the war (Billy didnt seem to love his wi...
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