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Development of English Literature from 'Beowulf' to Alexander Pope

very clear division between those who followed Christianity in the genuine way, and those who used it merely for their own advance...

African Epic Sundiata

However, supernatural strength is indicated when he finally does stand. Sundiata instructed that a heavy iron rod should be brough...

Literary Influence of the Romantic Period

self realization, self expression and self reliance were all an aspect of the awareness of the self within the natural world. The ...

Gender in Classic Literature

of a womans time. However, the student will want to state, if one reads Eves apologie closely, then one can begin to see the femi...

Ancient Literature and Companionship

of common suffering or accomplishment. Once the student working on this project sees these factors, it becomes obvious throughout ...

Conflict and Plot Analysis of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

as "the best of times and the worst of times" -- those of hope and optimism, but also of disillusionment and despair. It was extr...

Literature Considerations of Global Issues

the dream-sensation, the co-mingling of absurdity, surprise and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt". Conrad urges hi...

Nursing, Pregnancy, and Use of Cocaine

In twelve pages contemporary literature relevant to the nursing role in at risk population pregnancies concentrating on the use of...

Background of Madrid in Terms of History and Literature

This paper consists of seven pages and concentrates on the rich history and literature of the Spanish capital of Madrid and the th...

Assessing the Value of Literature

This paper addresses various techniques for determining the true value of literature. The author uses Bradbury's, Fahrenheit 451 ...

Pre Meiji Japan, Literature, and Feudalism

In five pages this paper considers feudal Japan in a comparative analysis of two works of literature Donald Keene's Anthology of J...

Changing Twentieth Century Aesthetic Norms Regarding Black Literature

In six pages the ways in which black literature's aesthetic norms have changed and evolved are discussed in a consideration of the...

The Impact of World War II on Literature

first novel, Tales of the South Pacific (Macmillan, 1947) (Meador 14). This book, which was based on actual World War II experienc...

Arab Nationalism's Misconceptions and Actual Reality

In twenty seven pages Arab nationalism is the focus of this paper which separates fact from fiction in a consideration of socioeco...

Overview of the Molly Maguires Group

In six pages this paper examines the violent post Civil War labor history of the Pennsylvania coal mines in this overview of the M...

Paper Life of Ernest Hemingway

In seven pages the ways in which Hemingway's real life mirrored his characters and fiction are examined within the context of vari...

Edith Wharton's Life, Writings, and Men

to ask her to marry him, but he remained her closest and most enduring friend throughout his life. Strangely, however, it was not...

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett III

In six pages the ways in which Hammett's novel rejuvenated what had become by that time a tired detective fiction genre are explor...

Is The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos Nonfiction or Historical Fiction?

In five pages this paper argues that despite some fictitious elements this work by John Demos represents a text of historical fict...

Critical Reception to Alice Adams's Fiction

In eight pages the varied critical responses to Adams's fiction particularly as it portrayed class is discussed with reference mad...

Spiritual Home in the Novels Beloved, Love is Medicine and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In eight pags this paper examines the meaning of a spiritual home in these three works of fiction. There are no additional source...

The Writing Techniques Alice Walker Uses to Address Her Concerns

In six pages the ways in which Walker employs fiction to express her concern about specific issues and love of humanity are consid...

Life in the White World as Portrayed in Sula by Toni Morrison and Meridian by Alice Walker

In a paper that contains six pages the ways in which relationships between blacks and whites are portrayed are discussed and argue...

Historical Fiction Analysis of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

and by those that believe the slaves are helpless as well. Intrinsically, such analysis will help the reader to decipher whether ...

Arna W. Bontemps' 'A Summer Tragedy'

In five pages a biography of this predominantly children's author is provided as well as an examination of his adult fiction work....

An Overview of Roots by Alex Haley

In a book report that contains five pages Haley's 'autobiographical fiction' is discussed. There are no other sources listed in t...

New Millennium Fears and the Realities of Y2K

This paper separates fiction from fact in this overview of fears about the new millennium and Y2K's actual realities in eight page...

The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

Chinese had been killed. Between 20,000 and 80,000 Chinese women were raped--and many soldiers went beyond rape to disembowel wome...

Anastasia and the Anna Anderson Riddle

the Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, being invited to see the patient. The Grand Duchess pulled the bedsheet off the patient and said ...

Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

the reader. McCarthys life was in and of itself heartbreaking. She was an orphan by the age of six and reared by grandparents. Th...