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Brighton Rock: Growth In Psychological Insight, Sister Catherine Madigan
Brighton Rock: Growth In Psychological Insight, Sister Catherine Madigan
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Reactions To Edgar Allan Poe At Home And Abroad, Sr Brigid Donoghue D.C
Reactions To Edgar Allan Poe At Home And Abroad, Sr Brigid Donoghue D.C
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One of the most enigmatic names in American literature is that of Edgar Allan Poe. Born in America of Americans, the major portion of his works were written in his native country and, with the exception of an occasional phrase or two used to create effect or atmosphere, all is works were written in his native tongue.
Reaction To Edgar Allan Poe At Home And Abroad, Brigid Donoghue
Reaction To Edgar Allan Poe At Home And Abroad, Brigid Donoghue
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It is the purpose of this paper to show Foe's rejection in his native land and his acceptance and acclaim in Europe and particularly in France. It will be seen in this study that in this study that Poe's American contemporaries with some exceptions frowned upon the man and consequently on his works, while across the seas he was hailed almost immediately as one to be read, admired, and even imitated.
English Contemporary Opinion Of The American War, Vorice Jackson Walters
English Contemporary Opinion Of The American War, Vorice Jackson Walters
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Emerson, A Transcendental Propagandist, Hilda Turner Darensbourg
Emerson, A Transcendental Propagandist, Hilda Turner Darensbourg
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A Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Bachelor Of Arts Degree In English, Aline Pepin
A Thesis Presented In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Bachelor Of Arts Degree In English, Aline Pepin
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In every period of history there are some characters which stand out very prominently for some great achievement, idea or movement. On some occasions one individual occupies this place of honor, as in the case of Napoleon after he so gallantly quelled the revolt in the city of Toulon during the Revolutionary War. Literature, like history, has its heroes who, with their pen, influenced the world. The nineteenth century produced a diversity of religious opinion and inquiry, colored by a delicacy of expression which was characteristic of the time.
The Fench Writers In The Seventeenth Century, Bernard Raphael
The Fench Writers In The Seventeenth Century, Bernard Raphael
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"One of the most interesting facts concerning the arts of all kinds is that those who wish to give their lives to them do not appear where the appliances for instruction in them exist, An artistic atmosphere does mot create artists; a literary atmosphere does not create liberators; poets and painters spring up where there was never a verse made or a picture seen."
The Autobiographical Elements In Francis Thompson's Hound Of Heaven And St. Augustine's Confessions, Ages Blanchard
The Autobiographical Elements In Francis Thompson's Hound Of Heaven And St. Augustine's Confessions, Ages Blanchard
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Hawthorne's Life And Works Portray Him A Solitary Genius, Miss O. Ellis
Hawthorne's Life And Works Portray Him A Solitary Genius, Miss O. Ellis
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The Rise Of The Short Story In American Letters, Mary M. Barra
The Rise Of The Short Story In American Letters, Mary M. Barra
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Like all other nations America too has had her birth in the literally world. Her beginning has not been less forceful than other nations. We find that English literature, undivided in the past, at the end of the nineteenth century has four divisions: British, American, Canadian, and Australian. The British is still the most important since it has the greatest literary background. But the steadily growing American literature ranks second to it. We glory in this heritage as much as the British because we feel that it belongs to us as well, and prize this tremendous possession
Shakespeare's Genius Was Essentially A Dramatic One, Marie Valentine Prudeaux
Shakespeare's Genius Was Essentially A Dramatic One, Marie Valentine Prudeaux
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Shakespeare, the poet, the actor and the great master of English drama, was born in Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire sure on or about April 23, 1564. His father John Shakespeare, was a leading citizen Of Stratford, who about 1557 married Mary Arden, the daughter of his landlord, who died, leaving his daughter, Mary, a considerable piece of land. The details of Shakespeare’s early life are somewhat meager; though it is believed he was sent to the free grammar school at his home, learning the rudiments of Latin, and less Greek, according to the testimony of Ben. Johnson, a contemporary. This dramatist …
The Teaching Of Reading Affords One Of The Greatest Opportunities For The Development Of Character In The Junior High School, Dolores O. Johnson
The Teaching Of Reading Affords One Of The Greatest Opportunities For The Development Of Character In The Junior High School, Dolores O. Johnson
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