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“She dwelt among the untrodden ways” by William Wordsworth
A poem about unrequited love by William Wordsworth.
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George Bernard Shaw: Socialist, critic, playwright
George Bernard Shaw is definitely a fascinating character and produced some fine work, so let’s take a brief look at the man’s life and career!
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Claude McKay: Harlem Renaissance writer, poet, and political activist
I am a bit infatuated with the Harlem Renaissance writers for their skill and audacity. It’s really great that in the face of adversity, these…
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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.…
