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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…
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Literary Biois: F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby
We’ve been looking at a lot of the modernists lately (I’m in a bit of a mood) and so thought I would continue the journey…
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Literary Bios: Ernest Hemingway: modernist, realist, storyteller
I read The Old Man and the Sea before I read anything else by Ernest Hemingway, and I really fell in love with his style…
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Literary Bios: Maya Angelou and “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
Maya Angelou is an extremely well known and successful writer (even if critics slam her poetry for being “samey”), and she has also contributed a…
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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 Mawr and the University of…
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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, it’s something like the ghosts…
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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 romantic view of suburbia in…
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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 been a junior speechwriter for…
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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 be honest—everybody’s favorite) summer movies…
