“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it,” writes Norman Maclean in A River Runs through it and Other Stories. “The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
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Poem: “The Hollow Men” by T. S. Eliot
In this post, we are going to read T.S. Eliot’s free verse (no rhyme or meter) poem “The Hollow Men” (1925). This is a morbid poem with a lot of great imagery. Furthermore, the poem ends with a famous line that appears in a lot of dystopian fiction, so you can make some connections to some of your favorite works. Similarly, there is a lot of beautiful language in this poem and some really interesting ideas about death and dying. Still, we must remain optimistic regarding the most moody of themes to better understand the author and the work.
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Close Reading and New Criticism: An In-Depth Exploration
New Criticism is a critical look at a piece of art’s form and structure, and it is another form of literary analysis. Whether that be a painting or a piece of music, it’s all about looking at the conventions of the work itself. Much of this is in the this particular criticism’s philosophy. For the purposes of this post, we will look at New Criticism and its influence on texts across literary history.
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