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January 12, 2025
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The Poetry of Byron and the Nature of Genre
Although his work is often classified in anthologies alongside other Romantic poets, and despite the fact that his poems do contain obvious elements that were so characteristic of Romantic writing, Lord Byron can justifiably be considered to have created a hybrid →
Representations of Women in Medieval Literature
As it becomes apparent in a few select works representing women in medieval literature, includingThe Book of Margery Kempe, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Le Morte Darthur, in the middle ages or medieval period, restrictions placed on women underwent a significant →
An Analysis of the Memoir / Autobiography Genre Through Four Autobiograpies
Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, Audre Lorde’s Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, and Malcolm X’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X all represent a distinct voice from a different subaltern community. →
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert: Fantasy Versus Reality
There are several divisions and blurred lines with fantasy and reality in , Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Most people experience moments of either wanting more than their circumstances permit or wanting different circumstances altogether. One hardly needs to look further than →
The Picture of Dorian Gray and The House of Mirth : A Comparison Analysis of Gender Roles
Almost all novels rely upon the development of tension, both within characters and among them, in order to develop a plot that will engage the reader. When such tension is developed effectively, the reader is invited to make an emotional →
An Overview and Extended Definition of Formalism in Literature and Theory
All literary theory has as its task defining what literature is and how it should be studied. As part of this work, literary theorists are concerned with answering a number of questions, among them, what are the respective roles of →
Comparison of Sonnet 127 and Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare on Meaning
There are several common themes in Sonnet 127 and Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare. One of the reasons why William Shakespeare’s extensive body of dramatic and poetic work has been able to survive as long as it has is its →
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold and “Sonnet 29” by William Shakespeare : Poem Analysis and Comparison
Despite the difference of generations and world events, both Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 29” and “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold share remarkable similarities in terms of love, hate, and the validity of these emotions in a complex and weary world. Both poets →
Poem Analysis of “Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
In this analysis of “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, it will be explored how this is a poem that explores the helplessness associated with growing old and inching toward death. There are six stanzas →
Poetry Analysis of “Dolce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen
Literature since the time of the Ancient Greeks glorified and glossed over the horrors of war, making it seem as a worthwhile, honorable, and romantic male endeavor. This same philosophy carried on even until past the time of America’s bloody →
