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Classical Literature and Women

In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...

Fantasy Literature for Children

In five pages this report considers fantasy literature for children in an agrement with Ursula K. Le Guin's definition that fantas...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Entertainment and Education in Literature

In 5 pages this paper discusses how literature can be both educational as well as entertaining within the precepts of Horace the p...

Fantasy to Postmodern Evolution of Children's Literature

In eight pages the evolution from fantasy to postmodern in the children's literature genre is considered in an examination of The ...

Fantasy Literature for Children and Spiritual and Christian Symbolism

In seven pages George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are compared ...

Literature and Male Power Myth

the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...

Literature Review on the Effects of Illness on Marital Happiness

In ten pages this essay presents a review of literature discussing how satisfaction in marriage is affected by chronic illness. T...

Reflections of Times in Literature for Children

How literature for children reflects the time periods of their composition is discussed in four pages. Four sources are cited in ...

Literature and Social Visions

In five pages this paper discusses how the social visions of the authors are featured in The Red and the Black by Stendhal and Hea...

Canadian Prairie Literature and Robert Kroetsch

In five pages this paper discusses the postmodernism and garrison mentality featured in the 'Seed Catalogue' poem by Robert Kroets...

Literature Overview of Microbial Organism Adhesion

In five pages this literature overview focuses upon microbe molecular configuration and curvature in terms of the influential fact...

Literature and Themes of Power and Race

In five pages this paper considers power and race as they are portrayed in the short stories 'Desiree's Baby' by Kate Chopin, 'Bat...

Contemporary Literature and the Maintenance of Identity

In five pages this essay examines maintaining identity in the first 50 years of the 20th century in a consideration of such litera...

Literature and Domestic Abuse

boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy(Roethke). This is...

Postcolonial Literature and Symbols

each. Before going on, it pays to define post colonialism. DeHay (2004) explains that the definition she likes to use for postc...

Literature Review on the Disadvantages of Standardized Testing

up a new job opportunity, for psychometricians, those who think about standardized tests (USA Today, 2004). These are people who d...

Propaganda and Literature

In five pages this paper examines historical literature in terms of the employment of literary propaganda. Two sources are cited ...

High School Medieval Literature Class and King Arthur Reading Materials

In twenty pages twenty works related to the King Arthur legend and Camelot are briefly reviewed and include Le Morte d'Arthur by T...

American 'Palefaces' and 'Redskins' in Literature

In five pages this report discusses the 'pale face' or 'redskin' literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth century with the 'pal...

Works of Italian Literature 'I Vicere,' 'Gli Indifferenti,' and 'Il Giorno della Civetta' Analyzed

a new way of looking at the world. It is also a new way for a student to look at Italian history, as represented in Federico de R...

Literature Review on Turnovers in Nursing

In five pages this research paper examines the problems of nursing turnover in a consideration of a literature review on solutions...

Feminist Utopian Literature Represented by Women on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

destroyed, and that in its place, a society based on equality and not by the limitations imposed by gender. Piercys radical views...

Colonial to Romantic Period American Literature

In five pages this paper examines how American literature evolved from he colonial times of Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Benja...

American Society in Literature

This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...

Little Girls and the Effects of Children's Literature

relate to the inquisitive Alice who illustrated that an adventurous spirit was not limited to the male gender. Three years later,...

Chivalry Changes in Literature

women... Defend the weak and innocent... / Fight with honor... / Avenge the wronged. / Never abandon a friend, ally, or noble caus...

Literature and Reality

In twelve pages this paper examines how reality is perceived in the literary works Jazz by Toni Morrison, Waiting for Godot by Sam...

Literature Review of War and Memory as Associated with PTSD

In twenty pages this paper examines the literature pertinent to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a consideration of the impacts o...

Irish Literature Topics

This research paper addresses a variety of questions that address books drawn from Irish literature, such as Dubliners and Castle ...