Ginsberg‚ Allen. ‘Sunflower Sutra’ in McClatchy‚ J.D. ed‚ The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry. Toronto: Random House‚ 1990. Cummings‚ e.e. “pity this busy monster‚ manunkind” from Campbell‚ Wanda and R.S. Gwynn eds. Literature: A Pocket Anthology (Canadian Edition). Toronto: Pearson Education Inc.‚ 2004.. Wa Thiong’o‚ Ngugi‚ “Seeker of Truth and Justice” from Matigari. London: Heinemann International‚ 1989. Le Guin‚ Ursula K. “Chapter 5” from The Dispossessed. New York: HarperPrism
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and by rhythms derived from that of living speech. Esteem for Metaphysical poetry never stood higher than in the 1930s and ’40s‚ largely because of T.S. Eliot’s influential essay “The Metaphysical Poets” (1921)‚ a review of Herbert J.C. Grierson’s anthology Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of the Seventeenth Century. In this essay Eliot argued that the works of these men embody a fusion of thought and feeling that later poets were unable to achieve because of a “dissociation of sensibility‚” which resulted
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The Canadian Identity “To achieve an identity you must stop working on whatever you are working on‚ and concentrate on who you are” A society’s location in space may inspire its sense of character and identity. To be located in a strange and new land may imply to become more fully alive of the responsibilities one has as the representative of a special and chosen
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epics imitate these earlier works and may use similar literary conventions‚ depending on the culture. Early poems based on oral traditions are often called primary epics‚ while the later works are called secondary or literary epics. (The longman anthology of world literature: Compact edition‚ 2008). The ancient peoples of Mesopotamia‚ Greece and India produced several important epics that have continued to influence the development and study of literature for thousands of years. The ancient epic
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The Nature of the Hero from Pre-classical to Medieval Every time period has its heroes‚ from the heroes of Pre-classical time such as‚ Achilles and Hector. The heroes of Classical times such as‚ Aeneas in the Epic poem Aeneid. Then there are those heroes of the medieval time such as‚ Beowulf and Sir Gawain. Heroes change over time and they come and go‚ leaving there mark in history. Throughout these time periods the nature of the hero changes but‚ not everything changes there are some things that
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ШУМЕНСКИ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ “ЕПИСКОП КОНСТАНТИН ПРЕСЛАВСКИ” Факултет по хуманитарни науки Project title: Write a critical analysis of William Blake’s poem "The Tiger’ paying special attention to the stance of the poetic speaker Name: Ивелин Иванов Минков Faculty number: 1063
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can the story of paedophile‚ Humbert Humbert‚ who becomes obsessed with twelve-year old Dolores Haze‚ be considered part of the literary canon when it surrounds such abject subject? Language and style in valued texts is described by the critical anthology as being ‘elegant‚ witty‚ patterned‚ controlled’. With that description in mind‚ one can clearly observe the sophistication and elegant writing style that Nabokov consistently uses in his novels‚ especially Lolita. Nabokov’s prose is often pleasing
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experience‚ discovering his human sexuality as well as his need for human companionship. After the encounter‚ Tablet I notes “...he had gained [reason] and expanded his understanding‚” and “he was yearning for one to know his heart‚ a friend” (Norton Anthology of World Literature‚ 18). Hence‚ he willingly left nature with the harlot. Adam‚ after eating the fruit from the forbidden tree‚ learned of sin and imperfection‚ and therefore was forced to leave nature.
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Cited: Bradbury‚ Malcolm‚ ed. The Atlas of Literature. New York: Stewart‚ Tabori and Chang‚ 1998. Damrosch‚ David‚ ed. The Longman Anthology of British Literature. New York: Longman‚ 2000. The French Lieutenant ’s Woman. Dir. Karel Reisz. Perf. Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. United Artists‚ 1981.
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land. “When the Indians took their leave of us they said they would do so as we commanded and rebuild their towns‚ if the Christians let them. And I solemnly swear that if they have not done so it is the fault of the Christians” (De Vaca The Norton Anthology American Lit.
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