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American Literature as Defined by Edgar Allan Poe

In three pages a consideration of the short stories 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' 'The Imp of the Perverse,' and 'Ligeia' reve...

High Modern British Literature and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

In five pages this paper applies an article written by Brian Richardson in an examination of how Brave New World represents high m...

Classical Greek Literature and Women's Tragic Marriages

Aeschylus introduces a complete reversal of gender roles, placing the character of Clytemnestra in a ruling role over Argos in the...

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...

Classical Literature and Women

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

Literature and Social Outcasts

In seven pages this paper social outcasts Daisy Miller, the protagonist featured in the title of Henry James' novella and Holden C...

War and Beauty in Literature

Hemingway's works are discussed as they highlight the aspect of beauty as it appears in war. This unlikely subject is contemplated...

Twentieth Century Literature and What an 'American' Represents

This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...

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...

Literature Review on the Pros and Cons of the Electoral College

In eight pages this literature review assesses the pros and cons of the U.S. electoral college system with the presidential electi...

Literature and Free Will v. Fate

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Nineteenth Century Literature, Realism, and Romanticism

In 5 pages this paper discusses how realism and romanticism are represented in literature of the nineteenth century with compariso...

Children's Literature and the Use of Comedy

Comedy is almost universal in children's literature. This paper examines how a number of children's books make use of this storyte...

The Issue of Censorship and Applying it to Modern Literature

5 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the application of censorship principles to the books of J.K. Rowling. ...

Literature and Social Isolation

In seven pages this paper considers how social isolation is represented in Philoctetes by Sophocles, Apology by Plato, and Night b...

The Concept of Ambition as Reflected in Literature

In five pages the idea of ambition is discussed in an examination of such literary works as A Delicate Balance by Jose Armas, Balt...

Literature Review on Peasantry

(1983) noted that he is not worried about Marxism as historical materialism is a mode of inquiry as well as a form of revolutionar...

Literature, Humor, and Morality

In four pages this paper discusses how morality is humorously depicted in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters, Machiavelli's Madragol...

Defining Aspects in Literature

This paper examines the essential elements that make up a literary work and define the writer. The author discusses Shakespeare, ...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

Literature and Gender Issues

This research report compares and contrasts the ideas of Salmon Rushdie and Conan Doyle in respect to gender roles. The concept of...

Literature and Analysis of Character, Theme, Symbols, and Setting

indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...

Four Essays On Literature

This paper bundles four essays into one. In five pages the writer separately discusses specific questions regarding Eliot's The L...

Literature Review on Rehabilitation and Nursing Practices

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses rehabilitation in terms of nursing practices with a detailed literature review fea...

Romantic Literature and the Idealization of Children

In ten pages this paper examines how children were idealized in the romantic writings of Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Charlotte...

Propaganda and Literature Relating to British Imperialism

... The English in the Americas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were as driven by ideological convictions, by a belief ...