Woolf: Upon the Waters
Woolf: Upon the Waters By Gabriel Blanchard In her narrative techniques and personal ideals, Woolf was emblematic of all of twentieth-century literature. It has been pointed out (sometimes …
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Hurston: Portrait of an African America
Hurston: Portrait of an African America By Gabriel Blanchard One aspect of American culture sailed here in the Mayflower; another, in the Amistad. Three years after the birth …
Morrison: “Peace Which Passeth Understanding”
Morrison: “Peace Which Passeth Understanding” By Gabriel Blanchard Morrison re-presents a perennial theme in our literature: the mystery of iniquity, of not only suffering but active evil. She …
Student Essay: More Than Food and Drink
Student Essay: More Than Food and Drink By Hannah Simmons Hospitality has a close relationship to literature on the one hand and human purpose on the other. In …
Orwell: The Cost of the Truth
Orwell: The Cost of the Truth By Matt McKeown Honesty is not always welcome, in either the halls of power or the salons of culture; but there can …
Hemingway: To Write the Truth
Hemingway: To Write the Truth By Gabriel Blanchard Hemingway’s matter and style both have proven some of the most profound influences upon American literature. The novelist Gertrude Stein, …
Proust: The Advent of Modernity
Proust: The Advent of Modernity By Gabriel Blanchard Proust shaped twentieth-century literature not only in his native France, but throughout the English-speaking world. The nineteenth century was a …
Fitzgerald: The Age of Jazz
Fitzgerald:The Age of Jazz By Matt McKeown Fun and unhappiness blend in a peculiar manner in Fitzgerald’s work. Though he died abruptly of a heart attack at only …
Cather: Rock, Wind, and Sun
Cather: Rock, Wind, and Sun By Gabriel Blanchard Few authors achieve the distinctive transparency of Cather’s work. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries were rich in celebrated novelists: Emily …
Steinbeck: Grief and Beauty
Steinbeck: Grief and Beauty By Gabriel Blanchard The moral and atmospheric power of Steinbeck’s writing has justly won him an enduring place in the American canon. One of …