July 2020
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Posted On BlogErnest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald: Friends and Frenemies
This is a story about a couple of drinking pals and their exploits, and it gets a little weird and a little unfriendly.
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Washington Irving: literary celebrity and author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
I can imagine the dark sky and the rain on the classroom windows and the autumn leaves blowing on the street outside. It was then…
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Literary Bios: Emily Dickinson, author of epistles and poems
Emily Dickinson crafted phenomenal poetry and led an interesting life, albeit a quiet one. Her poems, such as “Faith” and “Much Madness is Divinest Sense”…
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Building Background: Border Legends of Scotland, tales of magic and monsters
After writing about Sir Walter Scott, I had to track down the Border stories that inspired him to write great movements within literature, because, well,…
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Literary Bios: Sir Walter Scott, author of “Ivanhoe”
When I think of Sir Walter Scott, I think about Smailholm Tower, where under its looming shadow he was raised on romantic, adventurous tales of…
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Posted On BlogThe three basic functions of language definition and examples
Brief post today to look at the different types of language use, and for today’s post, that includes informative, expressive (therefore receptive), and directive.
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Building Background: Victorian Literature (1837-1901)
Another movement that kicked off toward the tail-end of the Romanticism movement was the Victorian Period, which literally lasted from the reign of Queen Victoria,…
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Building Background: Transcendentalism (1836-1860)
Toward the end of the movement, we also found new ways to think of Romanticism in the transcendentalist movement, which was a bit more nonconformist.…
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Building Background: The Romanticism Movement (1790-1850)
“I’m bit of a romantic,” you’ve probably heard somebody say before in movies or cheesy television dramas. Every time I hear it, I immediately think…
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Literary Analysis: Gulliver’s Travels, a wild, satirical ride replete with social commentary
I love me some Jonathan Swift, so the last few posts have been focused on his life and writings, and this one is no different,…
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Literary Analysis: “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal is worth addressing on its own because it’s a funny, shocking piece that was my first experience with satire (or sustained irony),…
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Literary Bios: Jonathan Swift: An expert satirist
I remember reading A Modest Proposal at a young age and finding it funny—because our class had the background on the satirical piece itself. Audiences…
