His contribution to Indian poetry is important both for its quality and variety. His early poetry has close affinities with the work of T.S. Eliot‚ W.H. Auden‚ Ezra Pound and Rainer Maria Rilke. Ezekiel’s poetry renders the contemporary themes of alienation‚ spiritual emptiness‚ isolation‚ and fragmentation with humour‚ compassion and irony. Personal‚ unsentimental feelings expressed show ironies with the complexities of emotions and consciousness‚ Ezekiel mainly aimed at the preciseness of image and
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the glass roof” (The Outsider‚ p.13). He could smell “flowers in the night air” (The Outsider‚ p.14) and when he waited in the courtyard before the start of the funeral procession he “breathed in the fresh smells of the earth and ... no longer felt sleepy.” (The Outsider‚ p.17). He craves for nature so much so that the sight of the morning beauty of the Marengo countryside makes him wish he were rather amidst
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Tim Burton is one the most influential and perhaps oddest individuals in the film industry today. Having not only directed about a hundred films‚ he’s also produced‚ written‚ and animated others‚ while making his own art! Of course‚ Burton’s diehard fans will recognize his work‚ but there is a wide audience that hasn’t even heard of Burton’s films and certainly hasn’t heard of his background. Who exactly is Tim Burton and how has he changed the industry of film with his unique sense of style? How
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similar contemporary issues in a critical tone. These poems launch a stark comment on the modern man living in moral world of immoralities‚ darkened with the evils of capitalism‚ hypocrisy‚ indifference‚ emotional and aesthetic downfall and social alienation. All these societal vices end up with the establishment of a fatal “USURA System” that sucks the life from man’s body reducing him to the level of cadavers; “Corpses are set to banquet/ At behest of usura”‚ says Pound. Eliot’s primary concern
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THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT IN ENGLISH LITERATURE Romanticism is a complex artistic‚ literary‚ and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe‚ and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution. In part‚ it was a revolt against aristocratic social and political norms of the Age of Enlightenment and a reaction against the scientific rationalization of nature‚ and was embodied most strongly in the visual arts‚ music‚ and literature‚ but had a major impact
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Chapter 15 Vocabulary Deism- the liberal religious philosophy of the late 1800s that believed in a Supreme Being who had created a knowable universe and endowed human beings with a capacity for moral behavior. Unitarians- the spin-off of Puritanism of the early 1800s that held that God only existed in one person‚ not the Trinity. Second Great Awakening- the movement that arose in the early 1800s in reaction to the growing liberalism in religion. Charles Grandison Finney- the greatest of the
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Dark romanticism literature became even darker with the birth of Gothic literature. Gothic literature centered around topics of conflict and corruption; and often invoke emotions of fear‚ horror‚ and anxiety in its readers. It tends to have a negative outlook and creates a disharmony with mankind and nature. Two well-known authors of Gothic literature are Edgar Allen Poe and Washington Irving. Poe and Irving share the theme of a Man’s soul/Individual self in their works‚ but their style of their
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Andrew Carnegie Essay written by aliciareagan@neo.tamu.edu A man of Scotland‚ a distinguished citizen of the United States‚ and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him‚ Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Born in Dunfermline‚ Scotland‚ on November 25‚ 1835‚ Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver‚ Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between
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Louisa May Alcott‚ or more commonly known as the author of the classic novel‚ Little Women‚ was born on November 29th‚ 1832 at Germantown‚ Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Bronson and Abigail “Abba” Alcott. She had an older sister named Anna‚ and two younger sisters: Elizabeth and May. Through her writing and her novels‚ she managed to create a name for herself and achieve financial security for her family. She was truly a successful American author. Though the Alcott
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