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Literary Bios: H.D., The Imagists, and Oread
Just like Gertrude Stein, H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) was born in Pennsylvania (Bethlehem to be specific), and she attended Bryn…
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Literary Bios: Gertrude Stein and “The Lost Generation”
When somebody says, “The Lost Generation,” there are immediate visuals culled up from the depths of our mind. For me,…
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Building Background: The Beat Generation, authors, and their works
I think the first thing that is synonymous with these revolutionary baby boomers is that they grew up during the…
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Literary Analysis: Jaws, a tale of fear, adventure, and a man-eating shark
At the time Jaws was published, Benchley was an accomplished writer but wasn’t making enough money even though he had…
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Literary Bios: Peter Benchley, author of the novel Jaws
It’s the summertime, so I thought it would be a good idea to talk about some of my favorite (let’s…
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Building Background: Neoclassical literature and its impact (1660-1798)
The era in which this period thrived seems to be somewhere between 1660 and 1798 and features three important sections,…
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Building Background: The Literary Renaissance (1550-1688)
I know this era to be when writing kicked off after years of it being relegated to the Church, and…
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Writing Craft: Reading and writing as a reciprocal process
These days, we know reading and writing go together like peas and carrots, but that was not always the case.…
Book Reviews
- Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee’: Parental Love
- Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Halloween Tree’: A History of Death
- Book List: World War Z by Max Brooks
- Stephen King’s ‘Fairy Tale’: Book Review and Bildungsroman
