http://ezinearticles.com/?cat=Book-Reviews:Literary-Classics EzineArticles.com - Trusted By Millions as The Source For Quality Original Articles http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ For a loner like me who almost never shares the deepest feelings with anyone, books were a great solace. I could find half of the answers about my questions on life through books, the rest of the answers came from my experimentation with life. Thus books became an integral part of my existence. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:45:51 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-10-Books&id=3233090 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-10-Books&id=3233090 Before you see the Disney film The Princess and the Frog, keep this in mind: everything you know about the fairy tale may be wrong. Pick up Grimm's Fairy Tales and you'll read an entirely different version. The true story of the Frog Prince is better still. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:14:46 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-You-Know-the-Real-Story-of-the-Princess-and-the-Frog?&id=3224115 http://ezinearticles.com/?Do-You-Know-the-Real-Story-of-the-Princess-and-the-Frog?&id=3224115 Everyone has known Russia as the great amazing country nowadays, although everything have to be paid through long struggles as we can read on the history. But do you know that Russian Literature plays an important role in the development of world literature? Now, I will let you know about it. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:36:22 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Russian-Literature,-Leo-Tolstoy-and-Anna-Karenina&id=3166057 http://ezinearticles.com/?Russian-Literature,-Leo-Tolstoy-and-Anna-Karenina&id=3166057 This is a guide to how James Joyce uses snow to provide meaning to key situations in The Dead. The use of snow is very significant in The Dead. It represents and give more explanation for the the dynamic between Gabriel and his world and the current status of Irish movement. This article will explain the details of this the symbolism of the snow. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:13:23 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Symbolic-Use-of-Snow-in-James-Joyces-the-Dead&id=3121175 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Symbolic-Use-of-Snow-in-James-Joyces-the-Dead&id=3121175 In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain encounters an immortal being referred to as the Green Knight. From the moment the Green Knight barges into King Arthur's court, Sir Gawain is not only thrust into a journey that will define him as a knight, but he is exposed to several important lessons - all of which are taught by the GreenKnight. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight teaches Gawain lessons of respect and accomplishment, mortal humility, and the virtue of understanding a challenge before accepting it. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:23:46 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lessons-Taught-by-the-Green-Knight&id=3134540 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lessons-Taught-by-the-Green-Knight&id=3134540 T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral tells the story of Thomas Beckett, a man who reigned as Archbishop of Canterbury during the 12th century in England until his death in 1170. In order to tell Beckett's story, Eliot creates a series of equally interesting characters that each play a crucial role thought the play. The most unique role found within the play is the Women of Canterbury, or the Chorus. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:57:30 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Analysis-of-the-Chorus-in-Murder-at-the-Cathedral&id=3134486 http://ezinearticles.com/?Analysis-of-the-Chorus-in-Murder-at-the-Cathedral&id=3134486 Ancient chivalric code of Arthur's time. Homeric versus post-Homeric, the so-called shame versus guilt paradigm. Guinevere is firmly anchored in the rapidly receding, shame based culture. Lady Elayne symbolizes the emerging, guilt oriented, inner-directed norm in the work. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:37:13 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Elayne-and-Gunievere-Their-Disparate-Roles-in-Morte-DArthur-and-the-Coming-New-Age&id=3103251 http://ezinearticles.com/?Elayne-and-Gunievere-Their-Disparate-Roles-in-Morte-DArthur-and-the-Coming-New-Age&id=3103251 William Blake writes The Chimney Sweeper to bring to light the social injustice the conditions and harsh treatment and the cruelties of child labor. He creatively uses meter and rhyme to spread his message. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:06:37 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Interpreting-Meter-and-Rhyme-in-William-Blakes-the-Chimney-Sweeper&id=3123488 http://ezinearticles.com/?Interpreting-Meter-and-Rhyme-in-William-Blakes-the-Chimney-Sweeper&id=3123488 Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain spend a large part of the Arthurian cycle as bitter enemies. Gawain's brothers Sir Gaheris and Sir Gareth are accidentally killed by Sir Lancelot. The knights were obedient to a code that demanded an almost dualistic personality. The round table, and its knightly code of chivalry vanished into history. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:43:39 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?King-Arthurs-Court-Interplay-Between-Lancelot-and-Sir-Gawain&id=3108506 http://ezinearticles.com/?King-Arthurs-Court-Interplay-Between-Lancelot-and-Sir-Gawain&id=3108506 Chinua Achebe is a multi award-winning Nigerian writer and one of the most important African authors of all time. He is also the most translated - which is saying something, considering that he writes in English specifically for the purpose of bridging language barriers. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:14:10 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Things-Fall-Apart-Chinua-Achebes-Snapshot-of-Nigerian-Colonization&id=3141050 http://ezinearticles.com/?Things-Fall-Apart-Chinua-Achebes-Snapshot-of-Nigerian-Colonization&id=3141050 The famous novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville has recently seen a translation activity fronted by Fred Benenson aiming to produce Emoji Dick, the world's first (and perhaps last!) novel written in emoji. What is it and why do it is answered in the article. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:13:49 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Emoji-Dick-and-Other-Emoji-Translations&id=3097021 http://ezinearticles.com/?Emoji-Dick-and-Other-Emoji-Translations&id=3097021 Twelfth Night, or As You Will, is one of Shakespeare's so-called transvestite plays. Homoerotic scripting in Shakespearean drama. A man playing a woman playing a man. The lady expressing her love for a young man who is actually a woman. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:57 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Twelfth-Night-and-Homoerotic-Undercurrents-in-Shakespeare&id=3057468 http://ezinearticles.com/?Twelfth-Night-and-Homoerotic-Undercurrents-in-Shakespeare&id=3057468 For many, Halloween is the time to brave the consumer crowds, dress up like our favorite villains and superheroes, and invest in a dental plan. For those of us who are too old (or too sober) to put on a Halloween costume, however, this is the perfect time to curl up by the radiator and indulge in a scary story. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:48:34 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Boo!-A-Halloween-Summary-of-to-Kill-a-Mockingbird&id=3075066 http://ezinearticles.com/?Boo!-A-Halloween-Summary-of-to-Kill-a-Mockingbird&id=3075066 J.D. Salinger's 1951 classic short story, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," introduces Salinger's favorite character, Seymour Glass - only to kill him some several pages later. The story starts in a posh seaside hotel room, where we overhear Glass's wife on the phone with her mother discussing Seymour's mental health. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:40:17 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Perfect-Day-For-Dissecting-J.D.-Salingers-Bananafish&id=3075058 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Perfect-Day-For-Dissecting-J.D.-Salingers-Bananafish&id=3075058 "The Tragedy of Macbeth" and "The Tragedy of Hamlet" are Shakespeare's most widely read plays featuring royalty as main characters. Both are about the violent overthrow of the throne, both contain plenty of needless casualties, and both are gruesome enough to drive their leading ladies to suicide. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:22:45 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Doing-the-Wrong-Thing-the-Right-Way-A-Look-at-the-Characters-in-Macbeth-and-Hamlet&id=3075047 http://ezinearticles.com/?Doing-the-Wrong-Thing-the-Right-Way-A-Look-at-the-Characters-in-Macbeth-and-Hamlet&id=3075047 The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century masterwork, is filled with Biblical references. There are mentions of Christ's visitation of Cana in the Wife of Bath's tale. Chaucer's famous entourage from London to Canterbury could be viewed as a remake of the Noah's Ark story. The most direct, and most interesting biblical reference may be found in the miller's tale. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:44:25 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Evocation-of-Biblical-Symbols-in-the-Canterbury-Tales&id=3051959 http://ezinearticles.com/?Evocation-of-Biblical-Symbols-in-the-Canterbury-Tales&id=3051959 There are three distinct social status levels in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. As the author's twenty-nine pilgrims set out on their religious sojourn to Canterbury, they represent these levels. In Chaucer's tale, the roles each of his pilgrims plays corresponds roughly with his or her position in the parade. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:01:17 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-Status-and-Its-Contrasting-Roles-in-Chaucers-Canterbury-Tales&id=3045352 http://ezinearticles.com/?Social-Status-and-Its-Contrasting-Roles-in-Chaucers-Canterbury-Tales&id=3045352 Here is a simple introduction to the life and philosophy of Ayn Rand. Along with being the founder of Objectivism, she also wrote Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, two of the 20th Century's most famous novels. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:47 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Review-Ayn-Rand-For-Beginners&id=3064811 http://ezinearticles.com/?Review-Ayn-Rand-For-Beginners&id=3064811 The Aeneid is an epic poem which was written by Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC) about Aeneas, a mythical Trojan prince who survives the fall of Troy then journeys to Italy to found the great Roman Empire. Aeneas was an already existent character from Greco-Roman mythology as he was featured in Homer's Iliad, from which Virgil borrowed his protagonist and fashioned this compelling nationalistic epic. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:46:37 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Aeneid-by-Virgil&id=2992175 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Aeneid-by-Virgil&id=2992175 Women portrayed in the Old English Epic Beowulf were critical to any understanding of the poem. Womens' roles portrayed in Beowulf were critical to any understanding of the culture of that ancient time. The peace-keeping, peace-weaving role of women in Beowulf. In Beowulf, women were assigned the power of prophesy. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:53:06 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Role-of-Women-in-Beowulf-An-Overview&id=3006122 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Role-of-Women-in-Beowulf-An-Overview&id=3006122 The Aeneid is an epic poem which was written by Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC) about Aeneas, a mythical Trojan prince who survives the fall of Troy then journeys to Italy to found the great Roman Empire. Aeneas was an already existent character in Greco-Roman mythology as he was featured in Homer's Iliad, from which Virgil borrowed his protagonist and fashioned this compelling nationalistic epic. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:28:51 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Aeneid-by-Virgil&id=2992175 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Aeneid-by-Virgil&id=2992175 The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place during the volatile time of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts, 1692. When you hear "history" and "literature" associated with a written work, many may cringe and groan. No worries - this is one you will enjoy. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:33:01 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Crucible-Book-Review&id=2964212 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Crucible-Book-Review&id=2964212 Although The Great Gatsby is one of America's most beloved and respected novels, the basic premise of the book is so simple that it could easily make for a bad sitcom: boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl marries someone else, boy buys nearby mansion, tells girl he happened to be "in the neighborhood." What gives the story it's depth and complexity - aside from the tricky love pentagram and depressing double-murder/suicide - are the elements added by Nick Carraway's narration. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:30:40 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Basic-Great-Gatsby-Summary-and-How-Nick-Ruins-it-For-You&id=2949590 http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Basic-Great-Gatsby-Summary-and-How-Nick-Ruins-it-For-You&id=2949590 For most readers, "The Great Gatsby" is a story about mystery, intrigue, and deception. Even those big floating eyes on the book cover have an enigmatic, come-hither dreaminess. Gatsby is a mystifying figure who appears out of nowhere, buys a mansion, and embarks on what appears to be a crusade to get every person in a five-mile radius completely hammered. His inexplicable entrance into an uber posh area of New York City sparks a flurry of questions. Does he have a secret past? Has he assumed a false identity? Is the source of his income dubious? Does he have ulterior motives? Is that is his real hair? Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:30:01 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Character-Study-Jay-Gatsby-The-Myth,-The-Legend,-The-Really-Straightforward-Guy&id=2949585 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Character-Study-Jay-Gatsby-The-Myth,-The-Legend,-The-Really-Straightforward-Guy&id=2949585 For most readers, "The Great Gatsby" is a story about mystery, intrigue, and deception. Even those big floating eyes on the book cover have an enigmatic, come-hither dreaminess. Gatsby is a mystifying figure who appears out of nowhere, buys a mansion, and embarks on what appears to be a crusade to get every person in a five-mile radius completely hammered. His inexplicable entrance into an uber posh area of New York City sparks a flurry of questions. Does he have a secret past? Has he assumed a false identity? Is the source of his income dubious? Does he have ulterior motives? Is that is his real hair? Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:30:01 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Character-Study-Jay-Gatsby-The-Myth,-The-Legend,-The-Really-Straightforward-Guy&id=2949585 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Character-Study-Jay-Gatsby-The-Myth,-The-Legend,-The-Really-Straightforward-Guy&id=2949585 Without argument one of the most charming, intriguing, and captivating of all early American folk poems and songs is The Wildwood Flower. Its haunting tale has arrested the fascination and loyalty of untold thousands. A major feature of its fascination and holding-power lies in the fact that it is a riddle that has never been solved. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:58:30 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Wild-Wood-Flower-A-Great-American-Classic,-But-What-Does-it-Mean?&id=2875198 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Wild-Wood-Flower-A-Great-American-Classic,-But-What-Does-it-Mean?&id=2875198 The year is 1955. The Fonz is blasting "Rock Around the Clock" on the jukebox and the McFlys are going steady thanks to a confused teen with a tricked-out DeLorean. Greasers and poodle skirts abound. America is prosperous, the middle class is enormous, suburbia is ubiquitous and, aside from the constant looming threat of global nuclear annihilation, life really couldn't get more swell. That is, if you're white, straight, and sober... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:56:52 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Throwing-Up-on-the-Joneses-A-Howling-Allen-Ginsberg-Takes-Howl-on-the-Road-in-the-1950s&id=2949608 http://ezinearticles.com/?Throwing-Up-on-the-Joneses-A-Howling-Allen-Ginsberg-Takes-Howl-on-the-Road-in-the-1950s&id=2949608 Some of the most profound questions that arise after reading the fourth book of Gulliver's Travels are: What message is Swift trying to convey with the Houyhnhnms? Are they satiric figures or do they represent an ideal to which humans should aspire? Or is it something else entirely? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:12:29 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Houyhnhnms-As-a-Moral-Ideal-For-Humans&id=2909770 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Houyhnhnms-As-a-Moral-Ideal-For-Humans&id=2909770 E Rice Burroughs bequeathed for posterity a prototype character: Tarzan. This feat together with a wise use of English syntax - in particular his sentence openers - make Tarzan a masterpiece. A classic to be read by many generations to come. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:28:32 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?E-Rice-Burroughs,-Tarzan-of-the-Apes-A-Literary-Prototype&id=2818211 http://ezinearticles.com/?E-Rice-Burroughs,-Tarzan-of-the-Apes-A-Literary-Prototype&id=2818211 My neighborhood bookstore was touting a Sherlock Holmes detective story, and I wondered why? "Babyboomers don't read Sherlock Holmes stuff anymore," I thought. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:23:45 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles&id=2811671 http://ezinearticles.com/?Conan-Doyle-The-Hound-of-the-Baskervilles&id=2811671 "The Oxford Book of American Poetry" is a great American anthology. It is Chosen and Edited by David Lehman and offers the best in poetry to read about and learn from. It's a dynamic anthology with a compilation of the greatest poets on the American landscape. This is definitely an anthology to have for a reference source and to study from. The volume of information in this text is just incredible. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:33:13 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Awesome-Anthology-of-Dynamic-Poets&id=2766592 http://ezinearticles.com/?Awesome-Anthology-of-Dynamic-Poets&id=2766592 When the divine Plato cast poets and artists out of his Utopian Republic, little did he realize that one can learn virtue from literature as well as from philosophy. Jane Austen writings, but in particular Pride and Prejudice is a book that has much to teach about human depths. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:17:04 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Jane-Austens-Pride-and-Prejudice-Fresh-Reading-For-the-21st-Century&id=2782994 http://ezinearticles.com/?Jane-Austens-Pride-and-Prejudice-Fresh-Reading-For-the-21st-Century&id=2782994 Negatively criticized for decades after it's publication in 1899, "The Awakening" eventually became recognized and has endured as Kate Chopin's most famous work. The story illustrates many issues in feminism, masculinity and family as presented in a French Louisiana setting of the time. Kate Chopin did not regard herself as a suffragist, but her work has grown to be acclaimed as a trailblazer in feminist issues. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:33:58 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Independence,-Motherhood-and-Feminism-in-Kate-Chopins-The-Awakening&id=2706084 http://ezinearticles.com/?Independence,-Motherhood-and-Feminism-in-Kate-Chopins-The-Awakening&id=2706084 Elements of myth and magic, abundant in Icelandic sagas, are especially evident anytime the story gets a little weird or spooky, which is fairly often. At such points in the narrative many questions inevitably arise in the mind of the active reader. The central question is what these peculiar passages really mean, since in every case the "unnatural" always turns out to have both natural and supernatural explanations. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:56:54 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Myth-and-Magic-Ambiguous-Inferences-in-Hrafnkels-Saga-and-Eriks-Saga&id=2675133 http://ezinearticles.com/?Myth-and-Magic-Ambiguous-Inferences-in-Hrafnkels-Saga-and-Eriks-Saga&id=2675133 Until I read this three-dimensional biography of the American writer who taught the modernists how to write, I thought I knew all I wanted to know about Ernest Hemingway. It's all in his literature; it's all in the press and the archives, I thought. But I did not find the man I thought I knew in this biography by James Mellow. Eureka! Biographer James Mellow is as much an artist of life history as the artists he writes about. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:38:49 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Book-Review-Hemingway-A-Life-Without-Consequences&id=460742 http://ezinearticles.com/?Book-Review-Hemingway-A-Life-Without-Consequences&id=460742 A comparative reading of the Southern Gothic style in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Southern Gothic is an American subgenre of the Gothic style, which is probably most familiar to you from the Brontë sisters of Victorian England. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:04:16 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Southern-Gothic-Writing-in-A-Rose-For-Emily-and-To-Kill-a-Mockingbird&id=2634115 http://ezinearticles.com/?Southern-Gothic-Writing-in-A-Rose-For-Emily-and-To-Kill-a-Mockingbird&id=2634115 We all behave a bit eccentric at times. But when Henry Fielding and Lawrence Sterne team up to highlight human hobby-horses we all get seriously satirized. But it is all in good fun! Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:35:09 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Eccentric-Characters-Much-Like-Us-in-Fieldings-Tom-Jones-and-Sternes-Tristram-Shandy&id=2060346 http://ezinearticles.com/?Eccentric-Characters-Much-Like-Us-in-Fieldings-Tom-Jones-and-Sternes-Tristram-Shandy&id=2060346 The Virginian was published in 1902 by Owen Wister (1860-1938). The novel received critical acclaim and was a huge bestseller, eventually spawning five films, a successful play, and a television series. Critics give The Virginian credit for establishing the legendary storylines of the Old West and stereotypical characters of the genre. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:47:02 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Virginian,-A-Classic-Western-Revisited&id=2510258 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Virginian,-A-Classic-Western-Revisited&id=2510258 What is Hell? What is the address of Hell? Who stays there? Can anybody be able to provide any suitable answers to all these questions. But they will give a big NO to the above asked questions. Really we do not know what Hell is; its exact location and its whereabouts. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:34:54 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Picture-Of-Hell-In-Marlowes-Dr-Faustus&id=2462479 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Picture-Of-Hell-In-Marlowes-Dr-Faustus&id=2462479 I first read this book 45 years ago, yet it continues to amuse and amaze. If you don't know the book at all why not take a look, if you do, a second reading can always throw up additional gems. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:08:31 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Animal-Farm-by-George-Orwell-Book-Review-Revisited&id=2448437 http://ezinearticles.com/?Animal-Farm-by-George-Orwell-Book-Review-Revisited&id=2448437 For those who care for the love poems of past, this year and the month of May can be considered as one of the best ways to relish these love poems. And to be more exact, this is the time to show appreciation once again to the great sonnet works of Shakespeare, Shakespeare being one of the big names when it comes to love poems and sonnets about love. But why is May a perfect time to celebrate love and cherish the love poems of Shakespeare? Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:22:05 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Perfect-Time-to-Celebrate-Shakespeare-Love-Poems-and-Other-Sonnets&id=2429342 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Perfect-Time-to-Celebrate-Shakespeare-Love-Poems-and-Other-Sonnets&id=2429342 This book consisting of 133 sections of 10 couplets each which was recognized as a masterpiece of literature in Tamil, has stood the test of history and is accepted by posterity as a seminal work which has influenced the thoughts of man throughout the centuries. It is a work of not only great aesthetic and stylistic literary value, but also a guide to the art of living with nuggets of invaluable wisdom. Fri, 22 May 2009 11:10:54 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Thirukural-Tamils-Classical-Literature&id=2298256 http://ezinearticles.com/?Thirukural-Tamils-Classical-Literature&id=2298256 Man has control over everything except nature. But that fact is false in case of Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". Defoe's hero Robinson Crusoe has total control over the environment. He is hardcore traveler. He loves to explore new and unknown places. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:46:45 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Robinson-Crusoe-Contest-Between-Man-and-Nature&id=2356691 http://ezinearticles.com/?Robinson-Crusoe-Contest-Between-Man-and-Nature&id=2356691 John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is one of the most celebrated poems. Milton very nicely draws the pictorial beauty of the Garden of Eden in the Book 4 of "Paradise Lost."Ode on The Morning of Christ's Nativity," Paradise Lost," "L'Allegro" and "II Penseroso" (1633), "Comus " (1634), "Lycidus" (1637), "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonisttes" are some of the notable literary works of Milton. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:45:11 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Paradise-Lost-The-Garden-Of-Eden&id=2356651 http://ezinearticles.com/?Paradise-Lost-The-Garden-Of-Eden&id=2356651 Robinson Crusoe has lot of popularity to the person of any age. We are all charmed by the story telling of Defoe. Simple, easy, spontaneous, plain, colloquial, full of allegory, charming attitude -- these are all the best ingredients that make the novel. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:37:04 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Robinson-Crusoe-Its-Universal-Popularity&id=2356675 http://ezinearticles.com/?Robinson-Crusoe-Its-Universal-Popularity&id=2356675 "Araby" is one of the most attractive and most simple story. Joyce very easily narrates the romance of the boy and the girl. At the same time we can see the drab world and frustration in the life of the common people. Tue, 19 May 2009 15:36:11 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Araby-The-World-of-Love,-Drab-and-Frustration&id=2356630 http://ezinearticles.com/?Araby-The-World-of-Love,-Drab-and-Frustration&id=2356630 'Dracula,' one of the most famous novels ever written, had been produced as a movie in 1931. The movie in itself earned a lot of fame till Frankenstein eclipsed it. However, there are significant differences among the movie's characters with the original novel. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:40:32 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dracula-1931-The-Differences-Among-Characters-in-the-Novel-and-Those-in-the-Movie&id=2267707 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dracula-1931-The-Differences-Among-Characters-in-the-Novel-and-Those-in-the-Movie&id=2267707 The Victorian era or the Victorian period refers to the period of June 1837 to January 1901, as it was the period when Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire. The Victorian era is known as a period of prosperity and development for the British Empire. The period was marked by industrial development, rise of a larger stronger, as well as more educated middle class. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:32:00 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Victorian-Literature&id=2253838 http://ezinearticles.com/?Victorian-Literature&id=2253838 Discover what you need to do to rise in your profession. Learn from Sherlock Holmes what it is that you need to do. You can gain a lot by reading the Sherlock Holmes books and this article summarizes two of the main lessons. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:31:25 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lessons-From-Sherlock-Holmes-Rise-High-in-Your-Profession&id=2253599 http://ezinearticles.com/?Lessons-From-Sherlock-Holmes-Rise-High-in-Your-Profession&id=2253599 A foolproof plan on learning how to think straight. Discover how to use the Sherlock Holmes books, novels and short stories to completely transform the way you think about your work and your life. Change your thinking, change your life. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:22:28 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sherlock-Holmes-More-Lessons-For-Professional-Success&id=2253640 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sherlock-Holmes-More-Lessons-For-Professional-Success&id=2253640 "Tender is the Night," from the same author F. Scott Fitzgerald, however is more contemporary and serving more of a niche market by offering a story of an American family in Southern France. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:56:11 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Tender-is-the-Night-Cultural-and-Other-References&id=2170547 http://ezinearticles.com/?Tender-is-the-Night-Cultural-and-Other-References&id=2170547 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer stands as one of the milestone novels in the history of American and World literature. This article provides a summary of the great novel. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:52:03 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mark-Twain-Tom-Sawyer-A-Summary-of-Events-of-the-Adventures-of-Tom-Sawyer&id=2128463 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mark-Twain-Tom-Sawyer-A-Summary-of-Events-of-the-Adventures-of-Tom-Sawyer&id=2128463 Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn is one of the most read novels and most analyzed characters in today's world of literature. This article provides a summary of the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:22:33 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mark-Twain-Huckleberry-Finn-A-Summary-of-Events-of-the-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn&id=2127596 http://ezinearticles.com/?Mark-Twain-Huckleberry-Finn-A-Summary-of-Events-of-the-Adventures-of-Huckleberry-Finn&id=2127596 Mark Twain is immortal for his novels on Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn - both of them of an adventurous nature. Here is a snapshot of the aspects of these adventures. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:22:20 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Adventures-of-Mark-Twain-Adventures-of-Tom-and-Huck&id=2128391 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Adventures-of-Mark-Twain-Adventures-of-Tom-and-Huck&id=2128391 This essay (Part Two) will examine some representative prose of Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth, and Percy Bysshe Shelley to exemplify Frye's three levels of the mind and the corresponding stages in the history of Romanticism. Each of these writers, in the thought and language of a few letters, travelogues and critical statements, can be seen to argue one of the three basic perspectives of a literary dialectic. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:43:20 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Part-Two-Thought-and-Language-in-the-Prose-of-Johnson,-Wordsworth-and-Shelley&id=2120099 http://ezinearticles.com/?Part-Two-Thought-and-Language-in-the-Prose-of-Johnson,-Wordsworth-and-Shelley&id=2120099 This essay (Part One) will examine some representative prose of Samuel Johnson, William Wordsworth, and Percy Bysshe Shelley to exemplify Frye's three levels of the mind and the corresponding stages in the history of Romanticism. Each of these writers, in the thought and language of a few letters, travelogues and critical statements, can be seen to argue one of the three basic perspectives of a literary dialectic. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:27:07 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Part-One-Thought-and-Language-in-the-Prose-of-Johnson,-Wordsworth-and-Shelley&id=2119779 http://ezinearticles.com/?Part-One-Thought-and-Language-in-the-Prose-of-Johnson,-Wordsworth-and-Shelley&id=2119779 Everyman is a novel of Philip Roth. The title refers to a medieval play under the same name. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:27:10 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?From-Everyman-to-Elegy-The-Translation-of-a-Novel&id=2124675 http://ezinearticles.com/?From-Everyman-to-Elegy-The-Translation-of-a-Novel&id=2124675 Storytelling was long before considered the best art of all. It was through it where people learned creative imagination. And it was through this where most audience got the pleasure of being entertained by those frightening villains and mighty heroes or heroines perhaps. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:20:49 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Reminisce-With-Old-Time-Radio-Audio-Books&id=2098403 http://ezinearticles.com/?Reminisce-With-Old-Time-Radio-Audio-Books&id=2098403 Sometimes you are overwhelmed by comments on a subject or in this case a book. In Spain this book has often received positive attention and critics and I was curious reading it. All this attention, however inflating the expectations, didn't lead to a disappointment after reading the novel. On the contrary. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:32:07 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Chesil-Beach-Ian-McEwan&id=2085972 http://ezinearticles.com/?Chesil-Beach-Ian-McEwan&id=2085972 This is an interesting novel about the role of faith and religion in life that is represented by two main heroes in the story. The priest and the lieutenant, or the hunted and the hunter, because the lieutenant is hunting the priest as the catholic faith and practice is forbidden at the time in Mexico. A fact the novel has been based on. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:06:35 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Power-and-the-Glory-(Graham-Greene)&id=2085820 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Power-and-the-Glory-(Graham-Greene)&id=2085820 Sometimes you are overwhelmed by comments on a subject or in this case a book. In Spain this book has often received positive attention and critics and I was curious reading it. All this attention however inflating the expectations, didn't lead to a disappoint after reading the novel. On the contrary. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:38:36 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Chesil-Beach-(Ian-McEwan)&id=2085972 http://ezinearticles.com/?Chesil-Beach-(Ian-McEwan)&id=2085972 The Czech President Vaclav Klaus who is currently presiding the European Union, said the EU Is Becoming a Soviet Union Look-Alike... I found it a good moment to dig into the Czech's past and have a look at their literature. For instance - Life is Elsewhere, from Milan Kundera. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:25:57 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Life-is-Elsewhere-(Kundera)&id=2080534 http://ezinearticles.com/?Life-is-Elsewhere-(Kundera)&id=2080534 We all behave a bit eccentric at times. But when Henry Fielding and Lawrence Sterne team up to highlight human hobby-horses we all get seriously satirized. But it is all in good fun! Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:39:28 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Eccentric-Characters-Much-Like-Us-in-Fieldings-Tom-Jones-and-Sternes-Tristram-Shandy&id=2060346 http://ezinearticles.com/?Eccentric-Characters-Much-Like-Us-in-Fieldings-Tom-Jones-and-Sternes-Tristram-Shandy&id=2060346 The first scene of a novel often marks the setting, the opening is to show what it important and where to concentrate on. The main symbol this novel opens with is that of the airport. One association could be ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:04:42 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Homo-Faber-(Max-Frisch)&id=2031613 http://ezinearticles.com/?Homo-Faber-(Max-Frisch)&id=2031613 Abel Sanchez - a story of passion -- has a similar style as Mist, but the relatively story encompasses a whole lifetime and is written without too many details a plain and ordinary story. At first sight. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:16:55 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Abel-Sanchez-(Unamuno)&id=2009042 http://ezinearticles.com/?Abel-Sanchez-(Unamuno)&id=2009042 The question: "is literature art?," is one that seems as open and unresolved as the definition of literature itself. But if literature isn't art, what is it then? The result of a craft similar like the work of a carpenter? Or that of the architect? Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:09:44 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Author-(Pamuk)-And-His-Work-(The-White-Castle)&id=1982384 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Author-(Pamuk)-And-His-Work-(The-White-Castle)&id=1982384 Waiting for Godot is indeed a traditional farce and burlesque. Burlesque by definition is "A literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style" and it is marvelously depicted in waiting for Godot. Farce is such dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters and often slapstick elements are utilized to create humor and mocking themes. Throughout waiting for Godot we witness these structural associations which reflect "theater of absurd". Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:16:56 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Insight-of-Humor-in-Waiting-For-Godot&id=1979185 http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Insight-of-Humor-in-Waiting-For-Godot&id=1979185 Looking for something to engage you on the beach? Here's a great book for a great read during your Easter vacation on Sanibel. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:01:37 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sanibel-is-A-Gift-From-the-Sea-at-Easter-and-Always&id=1946763 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sanibel-is-A-Gift-From-the-Sea-at-Easter-and-Always&id=1946763 The Great Gatsby is a literary classic by F Scott Fitzgerald. The central character of the book is Jay Gatsby. Read a short review about Jay Gatsby here. Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:18:17 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Jay-Gatsby-in-The-Great-Gatsby&id=1930517 http://ezinearticles.com/?Jay-Gatsby-in-The-Great-Gatsby&id=1930517 "If love is only a will to possess, it is not love." America in the 1920's was a country where moral values were decaying. Every American had one objective to achieve: success. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:16:40 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Great-Gatsby-An-Analysis-of-Love&id=1922587 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Great-Gatsby-An-Analysis-of-Love&id=1922587 A review of this truly great book. I have read this book so many times that I am almost embarrassed. Nonetheless, I have just read it again, impelled by the Radio 4 broadcasts of it this week. It is still a great book. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:56:33 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?On-Reading-John-Irvingss-A-Prayer-For-Owen-Meaney&id=1919629 http://ezinearticles.com/?On-Reading-John-Irvingss-A-Prayer-For-Owen-Meaney&id=1919629 Charles Dickens is one of the best known authors of the 19th Century and probably one of the best all time story tellers. His imagination has given birth to classics such as A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield and many more. Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:59:23 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Secret-of-Charles-Dickens&id=1808000 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Secret-of-Charles-Dickens&id=1808000 Timeless classics never fail to inspire even the dullest mind. "The Wealth of Nations" is certainly one classic on the timeless list. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:40:26 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Wealth-of-Nations&id=1798671 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Wealth-of-Nations&id=1798671 Anyone who has read George Orwell's 1984 may find some resonance in Ayn Rand's Anthem. They both depict a futuristic world where those in power exploit the collective mass in the name of brotherhood, although the two stories differ in plots, emphasis and style. The terror of collectivism is vividly played out in 1984 with all the Big Brother's monstrous tactics of control, for rooting out dissidents, nibbing deflecting thoughts at their buds, crushing all chances of opposition, therefore, eternally clinging to the absolute power of leadership. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:01:34 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?On-Anthem&id=1798848 http://ezinearticles.com/?On-Anthem&id=1798848 "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1957) By Theodore S. Geisel. I have memorized every single line without looking at every single page in this timeless classic since I was five years old. Nough said? Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:38:53 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-9-All-Time-Favorite-Books,-For-the-Lack-of-a-Better-Word&id=1547293 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-9-All-Time-Favorite-Books,-For-the-Lack-of-a-Better-Word&id=1547293 Whenever someone thinks of Sherlock Holmes, a sort of cliche comes to mind. He is a consummate example of the great detective, more than just an icon, but a template for all detectives in literature. With his trademark deerstalker hat, hooded duster, and smoking pipe, Holmes comes full with a sophisticated elocution and a highly intelligent, though often inarticulate, sidekick. This is a formula that has successfully been emulated time and time again from Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. These characters are very intriguing and well drawn out in their own right, but there is something more to Holmes, as deliciously characterized by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This character is raw, elemental, and, to put it best, strange. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:30:26 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sherlock-Holmes-The-Transcendentalist-Bohemian&id=1725558 http://ezinearticles.com/?Sherlock-Holmes-The-Transcendentalist-Bohemian&id=1725558 Wright's biography Black Boy is a vivid example of his use of naturalistic fiction in representing the real world with all its harshness, violence, treachery, deprivation in the rapacious cities of slums, squalor, prostitution, dispossession and un-employment whilst at the same time creating the balancing picture from the promise of the natural environment. Wright is always particular at bringing to reality in the reader's mind the landscape as well as other cultural background. Witness his detailed and graphic descriptions of the various households that Richard lived in and their surrounding salutaty or insalubrious environment. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:05:46 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?Richard-Wrights-Power-of-Observation-and-Recording-Vivid-Details-of-Setting-in-Black-Boy&id=1718027 http://ezinearticles.com/?Richard-Wrights-Power-of-Observation-and-Recording-Vivid-Details-of-Setting-in-Black-Boy&id=1718027 Ulysses is considered as one of the most important works of modernist literature, it chronicles the travails of the main protagonists, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dadelaus on an ordinary day in Dublin on 16 June 1904. It's stream of consciousness technique, crafty structuring, experimental prose, diverse vocabulary, rich characters and satirical qualities have made the work one of the most well regarded books ever written. It is divided into eighteen chapters or episodes, each of which has as assigned theme, technique and correspondences between characters in Ulysses and characters in the Odyssey. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:14:52 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Greatest-Book-Ever-Written?-Ulysses&id=1674243 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Greatest-Book-Ever-Written?-Ulysses&id=1674243 Though not very popular, Ernest Hemingway wrote many books on his experiences while in Africa. Read more. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:57:32 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?An-African-Safari-Ernest-Hemingways-Experiences&id=1659588 http://ezinearticles.com/?An-African-Safari-Ernest-Hemingways-Experiences&id=1659588 "By the Open Sea" is an English translation of August Strindberg's novel "I havsbandet", originally published in 1890. The fact that for some people, this novel shows Strindberg at his best, while for some other people, it's another frightening symptom of a complete fucked-up writer playing checkers with madness, is not relevant here. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:51:36 -0600 http://ezinearticles.com/?By-the-Open-Sea&id=1649045 http://ezinearticles.com/?By-the-Open-Sea&id=1649045 There was a time when books were considered to be strictly the domain of nerds, of those who spent about 90% of their waking moments in their rooms, and generally of those who would probably work at universities or at NASA twenty years from now. Not that there is anything wrong with any of these but of course it is never a good thing to be labeled uncool. Good thing times have now changed and actually having a good brain on your head is considered one of the best characteristics a man or woman can hope to have. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:06:25 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Act-Like-an-Educated,-Refined-and-Sophisticated-Date-With-These-Books&id=1631214 http://ezinearticles.com/?Act-Like-an-Educated,-Refined-and-Sophisticated-Date-With-These-Books&id=1631214 Character studies of Daisy Buchanan, the object of Jay Gatsby's delusional dreams, have failed to focus on her feeble intellectual capacity. In this review I'll argue that Daisy not only is feeble-minded, but also an immoral character who gets away with a hit-and-run crime. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:33:47 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Is-Daisy-Buchanan-Retarded?&id=1622935 http://ezinearticles.com/?Great-Gatsby-Is-Daisy-Buchanan-Retarded?&id=1622935 Despite the fact that the vision of life presented in the Great Gatsby is narrow and sordid, the voice that tells it is credible. Nick Carraway, the narrator, paints a sliver of American life at the first quarter of the Twentieth Century: a life of crime, excess, and misplaced ambition. The narrator, however, isn't free of blame for the crimes, but by a depraved indifference, becomes an unindicted conspirator in them. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:52:26 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Great-Gatsby-Is-Nick-Carraway-Gay?&id=1621758 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Great-Gatsby-Is-Nick-Carraway-Gay?&id=1621758 Animal Farm is one of the two greatest works of George Orwell, the other being 1984. Animal Farm makes satirical allegories of the totalitarian communism of Soviet Russia. The novel is regarded as one of the all-time bests ever written by any author. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:39:35 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Animal-Farm-George-Orwell-Review-Summary-Notes&id=1587016 http://ezinearticles.com/?Animal-Farm-George-Orwell-Review-Summary-Notes&id=1587016 Dracula. The Vampire. The old man who grows younger and gains more health and glow as he sucks in more blood from young women. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:32:46 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dracula-The-Forefather-of-Vampires&id=1501015 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dracula-The-Forefather-of-Vampires&id=1501015 Men and women often vary in their reading habits. While on surface it often appears that a man and a woman like many things in common, which is indeed true to some extent, there are enough contradictions found to this belief if inspected from a depth. Reading habits, and in particular selecting the authors, plays a crucial role in terms of the content the authors present. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:32:37 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Classics-by-Immortal-Authors-Loved-by-Girls-and-Women&id=1459583 http://ezinearticles.com/?Classics-by-Immortal-Authors-Loved-by-Girls-and-Women&id=1459583 Now, to better acquaint 21st-century Americans with the movement's history, comes the Civil Rights Digital Library, the product of years of research and an extensive network of partnerships, including with the nonprofit publisher of American Literature, The Library of America. The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) is the newest initiative of the Digital Library of Georgia and is the most ambitious and comprehensive digital archive of the national Civil Rights Movement to date. At the forefront of the digital library is an online video archive featuring more than 30 hours of unedited historical news film chronicling ... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:50 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Civil-Rights-Movement-Resources-Now-Available-Online&id=1505502 http://ezinearticles.com/?Civil-Rights-Movement-Resources-Now-Available-Online&id=1505502 Why should you read literary classics? Why should anyone study the literature of past periods? Well, because it reveals things about human nature that are fundamental and timeless, because you can learn from the great works of others and brilliant minds of past periods. There are things that people should know, concepts they ought to contemplate. Not to mention that folks need to read all the classics just to have a good basis of knowledge, really it is the minimum they should know. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:55:52 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dickens-Understood-Human-Nature-and-Societys-Mob&id=1571828 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dickens-Understood-Human-Nature-and-Societys-Mob&id=1571828 "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1957) By Theodore S. Geisel I have memorized every single line without looking at every single page in this timeless classic since I was five years old. Nough said? Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:55:27 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-10-All-Time-Favorite-Books,-For-the-Lack-of-a-Better-Word&id=1547293 http://ezinearticles.com/?My-Top-10-All-Time-Favorite-Books,-For-the-Lack-of-a-Better-Word&id=1547293 Kimmer takes readers into the mind of a psychotic, but brilliant woman attending university. When she meets and marries her much-older professor, he helps her discover that she has a form of epilepsy that has moved her into psychosis. This is not a novel for everybody...but those who read it will find it hauntingly memorable! Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:50:32 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Haven-Kimmers-Iodine-A-Brilliant-But-Disturbing-Novel!&id=1534736 http://ezinearticles.com/?Haven-Kimmers-Iodine-A-Brilliant-But-Disturbing-Novel!&id=1534736 Dracula is a book one has to revisit once in a while. Finally it dawned on me that Dracula scares us not because of his appearance or ill-fame, but because the fiend knows something we don't: non-human knowledge. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:51:11 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Knowledge-of-Whats-on-the-Other-Shore-Count-Dracula-Knows-the-Horror-Beyond-Death&id=1526447 http://ezinearticles.com/?Knowledge-of-Whats-on-the-Other-Shore-Count-Dracula-Knows-the-Horror-Beyond-Death&id=1526447 Thomas Paine shocked early America with his writing, almost to the point of getting himself in trouble or killed. What possesses a man to do such a thing? Was it his strong convictions, why did he attack the bible, point out its contradictions and print his findings? Why was he so adamant about this endeavor that he distributed it throughout early America? Why did he come to America and why would the son of a Quaker do such a thing? Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:56:26 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Age-of-Reason-That-Never-Came-Brought-to-You-by-One,-Thomas-Paine&id=1534961 http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Age-of-Reason-That-Never-Came-Brought-to-You-by-One,-Thomas-Paine&id=1534961 Have you ever read a historical text or a Shakespearian Play in old English and it is so hard to understand that it seems almost as if it is in another language. Have you noticed it takes forever and a day to read and then when you have completed reading each page, you shake your head and ask what did that say again? It's like reading the King James version of the Bible, heck it could be saying just about anything depending on the translator. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:05:55 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Shakespeare-Romeo-and-Juliet-Best-Parallel-Text-For-the-Historical-Famous-Play&id=1533167 http://ezinearticles.com/?Shakespeare-Romeo-and-Juliet-Best-Parallel-Text-For-the-Historical-Famous-Play&id=1533167 50 years ago in 1958 a young Nigerian, Chinua Achebe at the age of 28 made major breakthrough for African Literature with the publication of his novel Things Fall Apart which became widely read and recommended in schools and colleges all over the world. I could remember reading it for two years in succession 30 years ago when I was in secondary school and all of us in the class were as thrilled not only by the events but by the infectiously fresh idioms and imageries used to describe characters and scenes. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:16:27 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 Macbeth is one of most famous plays and a great tragedy of Shakespeare. It is also named as 'The Scottish play'. The title itself suggests the name of the protagonists. The whole play revolves around the protagonists Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth. "Macbeth" means "son of life", and is a Christian name rather than a patronymic. The themes that are depicted in the play are that of fate, ambition, treachery and deception. The drama is rich in imagery. Moreover, the idea prevalent is that the state of nature affects the state of the world, where there is thunder, lightning, doom and gloom. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:22:07 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Book-Review-of-Shakespeares-Macbeth&id=1445890 http://ezinearticles.com/?Book-Review-of-Shakespeares-Macbeth&id=1445890 Careful - "The Big Brother Is Watching". Do you realize - "He who controls the past, controls the future". In a world of totalitarian regime, that is what 1984 claims. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:11:11 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?1984-George-Orwell-Indicative-Summary-Notes&id=1439874 http://ezinearticles.com/?1984-George-Orwell-Indicative-Summary-Notes&id=1439874 Have you ever wondered whether the "great bargain" you got on your new half-price book left you a bad loser? Did you know that there is one category of books that you must buy if you have to read, and then there is another which you "must not" (may not) buy - and not buying still keeps you in the right side of the law? Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:30:13 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Books-What-to-Buy-(Barnes-and-Noble-Amazon)-And-What-Not-(Whats-Free)&id=1435524 http://ezinearticles.com/?Books-What-to-Buy-(Barnes-and-Noble-Amazon)-And-What-Not-(Whats-Free)&id=1435524 Dante's Divine comedy is a journey through the afterlife, written by one of the greatest classical poets in history. It's an amazing, wonderful, gripping, and rewarding read. It can and should be enjoyed by everyone, not just literature scholars. This article summarizes ten high points of this great work of antiquity. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:09:33 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dantes-Divine-Comedy-Ten-Reasons-to-Read-it-Today&id=1133474 http://ezinearticles.com/?Dantes-Divine-Comedy-Ten-Reasons-to-Read-it-Today&id=1133474 50 years ago in 1958 a young Nigerian, Chinua Achebe at the age of 28 made major breakthrough for African Literature with the publication of his novel Things Fall Apart. This novel became widely read and recommended in schools and colleges all over the world. I could remember reading it for two years in succession 30 years ago when I was in secondary school and all of us in the class were as thrilled not only by the events but by the infectiously fresh idioms and imageries used to describe characters and scenes. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:01:23 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 50 years ago in 1958 a young Nigerian, Chinua Achebe at the age of 28 made major breakthrough for African Literature with the publication of his novel Things Fall Apart. This novel became widely read and recommended in schools and colleges all over the world. I could remember reading it for two years in succession 30 years ago when I was in secondary school and all of us in the class were as thrilled not only by the events but by the infectiously fresh idioms and imageries used to describe characters and scenes. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:39:45 -0500 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 http://ezinearticles.com/?Marking-50-Years-of-Achebes-Things-Fall-Apart-Maintaining-a-Proud-Presence-in-World-Literature&id=1426326 Copyright 2009 EzineArticles.com - All Rights Reserved.