Chekhov: An Author Profile
Chekhov is celebrated for his eponymous gun, but his writing is more like a knife, sharpened to razor-like simplicity.
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nineteenth century literature
Von Goethe: An Author Profile
Von GoetheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Goethe inaugurated a fundamental change in the passions that inspire literature in general. Romanticism is an idea we tend to take
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Thoreau: An Author Profile
ThoreauAn Author Profile By Travis Copeland Few authors are less timely than Thoreau, and it is in this that he is most edifying to us. Henry David Thoreau
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The Brothers Grimm: An Authors’ Profile
The Brothers GrimmAn Authors’ Profile By Gabriel Blanchard From Poe to the Inklings to Disney, nearly all modern fiction with even a hint of magic in it descends
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Nietzsche: An Author Profile
NietzscheAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Only a few authors can claim to have foreseen (or foreshadowed) the chaos of the twentieth century, but the shadow of Nietzsche
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Melville: An Author Profile
MelvilleAn Author Profile By Sebastian Garren Few novels are as esteemed, as widely taught, or as misunderstood as Moby-Dick. Moby-Dick is one of the most referenced novels in
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Wilde: An Author Profile
WildeAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard A tagline at the head of an essay is like saying “Thank you” for an unwanted gift: idiotic, and yet indispensable. The
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Andersen: An Author Profile
AndersenAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Innocence, kindness, whimsy, and humor are more useful than we often think in grappling with a world full of death and darkness.
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Student Essay: Families and Fates
Student Essay: Families and Fates By Anna Overbeek Under the form of gothic melodrama, Dickens paints a sobering portrait of the immense influence our families have upon our
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America’s Bard
America’s BardThe Writings of Walt Whitman By Travis Copeland No poet incarnates the American spirit more completely than Whitman. Walt Whitman was the people’s poet of the nineteenth