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Neoclassical literature and its impact (1660-1798)

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The era in which this period thrived seems to be somewhere between 1660 and 1798 and features three important sections, that include the Restoration period, the Augustan period, and the Age of Johnson. This is also knowns as the “Enlightenment Period.”

Joshua Sampson June 26, 2020 Blog

The Literary Renaissance (1550-1688)

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I know this era to be when writing kicked off after years of it being relegated to the Church, and it’s also really impressive to see that the amount of output authors had in relation to what was available.

Joshua Sampson June 25, 2020 Blog

Reading and Writing as a Reciprocal Process

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These days, we know reading and writing go together like peas and carrots, but that was not always […]

Joshua Sampson June 24, 2020 Blog

Robert Penn Warren: Author of “All the King’s Men”

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At the end of his life, Robert Pen Warren was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet who had […]

Joshua Sampson June 23, 2020 Blog

Art as Subjective or Objective

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We’ve all heard our friends and family write off artistic criticism as, “Well, all art’s subjective,” and that’s all well and good, but it seems to downplay the important aspects of criticism.

Joshua Sampson June 22, 2020 Blog

What is New Historicism, and why does it matter?

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We’ve been looking at different types of critical examination recently and New Historicism should be added to the […]

Joshua Sampson June 21, 2020 Blog

What is New Criticism, and why does it matter?

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New Criticism is a form of “close reading” which allows the critic to examine the text without all the other, um, well, baggage, including its history, the author’s or the reader’s opinion.

Joshua Sampson June 20, 2020 Blog

Daniel Defoe: Prolific Author of “Robinson Crusoe” and “Moll Flanders”

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Even when I’m feeling like I am on a good row of writing, the thought of writing something that nearly eclipses the Bible or trying to shake things up with my political ideas is ridiculous; but, that’s why I took up blogging because short, non-confrontational pieces work for me, and, apparently, both long and short confrontational and epic pieces worked for Defoe.

Joshua Sampson June 19, 2020 Blog

William Makepeace Thackeray: The man and satirist behind “Vanity Fair”

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Thackeray was born in Calcutta in 1811, but after the death of his father, who succumbed to fever in 1815, he moved back to England for education.

Joshua Sampson June 18, 2020 Blog

Poetry and Aging

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I did some research on poems about age and getting older, and found out that most of them are pretty bitter or sad, but I did find a few poems that were a bit more…well, optimistic.

Joshua Sampson June 17, 2020 Blog

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