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Short Story Mimetics and Verisimilitude

By the time we reach mid story, and the speech of Stella-Rondo, we have suspended disbelief, as we might in good theater, and bel...

Modernist Literature and Definitive Characteristics

In nine pages this paper examines the definitive characteristics of modernist literature in a consideration of works by Virginia W...

Doubles in the Work of Woolf and Conrad

Africa is symbolic of delving into the darkest recesses of the human soul. Conrad reveals that when Kurtz came to the Congo he w...

Literary Modernism in the Works of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce

the most important elements of modernist literature is that which involves perspective. With modernist literature this involves "t...

Novel Essays by George Lukacs and Virginia Woolf

criticism points toward a different orientation, as she accuses previous writers of materialism, and explains this accusation by ...

Poetry, Literature, and Justice and Freedom Themes

the theme that speaks of freedom from the perspective of the freedom of expression. Oscar is a young man who is curious, and intel...

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and the Characters of Clarissa and Septimus

In five pages this paper examines the characters in this Virginia Woolf novel in terms of how they reflect changing social moods o...

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...

Modernist Themes in 'Death in Venice' and 'Mrs. Dalloway' Compared

Complex inner feelings and emotions as conveyed by modernist authors Thomas Mann and Virginia Woolf are compared and contrasted al...

Mann, Gide, Kafka, Woolf, and Modernism

It was realistic, but the writing was complicated and required the reader to become intimately involved with the subject matter. ...

Comparative Analysis of Protagonists in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Mrs. Dalloway, and A Room with a View

young woman who is constrained in her behaviour and her attitudes by social and family ties, but who is eventually able to break f...

Literary Modernism in the Works of Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot

(Longman, 2001). Others, however, bravely forged away from tradition and convention. Longman (2001, PG) notes:...

Edward Albee's Play Tiny Alice and Its Critical Reception

plot, he said that he could not possibly relate what went on during the three-hour production (Kolin and Davis 19). Author Philip ...

Overview of Author Virginia Woolf and Her Influence

breakdown" (Anonymous Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), 2002; vwoolf.htm). After the serious tragedies is when her writing truly began, ...

High Modernism and Postmodern Art in the Works of William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf

"exciting, gripping story of crime and bloodshed" (Anonymous PG) leaves the reader with many unanswered questions, which only serv...

Cinema and Aristotelian Considerations

In a paper consisting of five pages the cinematic adaptations of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Much Ado About Nothing, and Sween...

Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf and Community

chapters, Woolf presents scenes of varying lengths, which are separated by a blank space, with each scene offering a fragmentary v...

Various Quotations and their Meaning

This essay is made-up of eleven mini-essays, which all offer explanation of a quote taken from great works of literature by Virgin...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Review

This 3 page paper gives an example of a film review. This paper includes a review of the play called Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool...

The Female Influence on British Literature

however, the lives of the fictional Frankenstein and the author of the book had many similarities. Both were treated as objects r...

Realization of Two Women Characters in Mrs. Dalloway

this errand for herself rather than having someone do it for her. A few lines later we read "What a lark! What a plunge!" (Woolf 3...

The Concept of Time in Woolf and Wilde

can do no wrong, which makes her introduction to the novel somewhat gooey and overwrought. However, she does point out that Woolf ...

The Concept of Time in Two Novels

do no wrong, which makes her introduction to the novel somewhat gooey and overwrought. However, she does point out that Woolf foll...

An Analysis of “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf

age: "To her son these words conveyed an extraordinary joy, as if it were settled, the expedition were bound to take place, and th...

Virginia Woolf and E.B. White: Essays

a background. Woolfs imagery concentrates on light and dark, and various colors. She mentions "dark autumn nights," a "yellow-und...

An Analysis of Slavery and Freedom in America

This paper consisting of six pages analyzes early Virginia's demographic and economic development as it is depicted in American Sl...

Nursing Contributions of Virginia Henderson

In three pages this paper discusses how the nursing profession was impacted by Virginia Henderson's many contributions. Four sour...

Nick in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

In five pages Albee's employment of allusion in his play are examined as they impact upon the Nick character with connections made...

The 'Other' Couple in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

In six pages the other couple Nick and Honey who view the deteriorating marriage of Martha and George are examined in terms of imp...

Female Protagonist in Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

his own resulting suicide because he believes his life is not worth living (which, in many ways, parallels Clarissas own ambivalen...