Eliot: An Author Profile
EliotAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Though she shocked her contemporaries, Eliot’s work has become some of the most celebrated literature in British history. ❧ Full name: Mary […]
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Alcott: An Author Profile
AlcottAn Author Profile By Sarah Reeves The domestic sweetness of Little Women is itself a reflection of the love and loyalty that prompted Alcott to write. ❧ Full
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Student Essay: Fate and Choice in “Wuthering Heights”
Student Essay: Fate and Choice in Wuthering Heights By Anastasia Leffas Though often hailed as a story of love spoilt by circumstance, Brontë’s novel is in truth a
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Dickens: An Author Profile
DickensAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard The work of Dickens is at once politically radical and warmly domestic. ❧ Full name and title: Charles John Huffam Dickens [chäŕłz
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Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in “Huckleberry Finn”
Student Essay: Superstition and Religion in Huckleberry Finn By Catherine Gath Twain’s portrait of what religion and superstition are to Finn indicate a subtle relationship between the two.
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Student Essay: Robert Browning’s “The Laboratory”
Student Essay: Robert Browning’s The Laboratory By Sara Crewe Gonzalez Browning sidesteps conventional gothic narration, and in so doing creates a more powerfully horrific atmosphere. Robert Browning’s gothic
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Student Essay: Victorian Womanhood in Britain and Brazil
Student Essay: Victorian Womanhood in Britain and Brazil By Erika Kyba We sometimes think of nineteenth-century femininity as a monolith, but this is false to both life and
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Cather: An Author Profile
CatherAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Few authors achieve the distinctive transparency of Cather’s work. ❧ Full name: Willa (née Wilella) Sibert Cather [wĭł-à, wĭ-lĕł-à sē-bŕt kăð-ŕ; see
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Student Essay: The Power of Mercy
Student Essay: The Power of Mercy By Thea Keuning Compassion can break down even the most hardened spiritual corruption. Fyodor Dostoevsky‘s novel Crime and Punishment details the sufferings
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Student Essay: Humility in “Pride and Prejudice”
Student Essay: Humility in Pride and Prejudice By Ana Schau The moral development of the principal characters is not only the theme of Pride and Prejudice, but the
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