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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Book Reviews
- Book list: Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk
- 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
