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What the heck is a “Procatalepsis”?

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When you start digging into literature, you start finding a lot of Greek words, because the Greeks had a huge impact on language for multiple reasons (they were certainly cultured and used one of the first alphabets).

Joshua Sampson June 16, 2020 Blog

Homonym, Homophone, and Homograph Confusion

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I, for the life of me, have always struggled with the difference between a homonym, homophone, and a […]

Joshua Sampson June 15, 2020 Blog

How to develop a writing voice

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For this post, I am going to look at what is typically recommended to writers for developing voice in writing, and then I will provide my own opinions (which don’t differ too much, but there are a few things I would like to address).

Joshua Sampson June 14, 2020 Blog

Saul Bellow: Disenfranchised and Dangling

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The Encyclopedia Britannica states that Bellow was “representative of the Jewish American writers whose works became central to American literature after World War II.”

Joshua Sampson June 13, 2020 Blog

What are myths, legends, and folklore?And what’s the diff?

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Zeus, The Headless Horseman, Paul Bunyan, and Bigfoot all have some commonalities among them–clearly there are supernatural and […]

Joshua Sampson June 12, 2020 Blog

Emile Zola and “The Human Beast”

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Zola was a French novelist and critic who was certainly politically minded and was a naturalist thinker.

Joshua Sampson June 11, 2020 Blog

Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737

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While Fielding’s work wasn’t solely responsible for the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, it was plays like this that caused the upper crust of the political pizza to curse, frown, and feel dejected at being made fun of by artists. After all, being in politics doesn’t mean you have thick skin.

Joshua Sampson June 10, 2020 Blog

The Harlem Renaissance – A Brief History and the Major Players

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The Harlem Renaissance was a period between 1910 and the mid-1930s that saw a large amount of Blacks generating art from Harlem in New York City.

Joshua Sampson June 9, 2020 Blog

Ralph Ellison: “The Invisible Man”

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Ralph Ellison won the National Book Award in 1952 for the only novel he ever published. That novel […]

Joshua Sampson June 8, 2020 Blog

Henry Fielding – Pioneer in novel writing, exceptional playwright, and London Judge

I recently stumbled across Henry Fielding and looked over his body of work…and didn’t recognize anything. This, of […]

Joshua Sampson June 7, 2020 Blog

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