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    need to separate Classical Literature from Popular Literature? First let me define the two literatures‚ according to Esther Lombardi of About.com Guide Classical Literature refers to the great masterpieces of the Greek‚ Roman and other ancient civilizations such as Homer’s “Iliad‚” Ovid’s “Metamorphoses‚” Virgil’s "Aeneid‚" "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles‚ along with works by other writers in epic‚ lyric‚ tragedy‚ comedy and other forms. In the other hand Popular literature includes those writings

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    a tool‚ a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.” That’s what Rogue One is about. Rogue One is about the rebel alliance trying to obtain plans from the evil empire for a massive weapon called the Death Star. It is capable of destroying an entire planet. Romanticism in this movie contains imagination over reason‚ intuition over fact‚ out-of-the-ordinary settings and characters‚ and grotesque characters. In this movie‚ there is a lot of imagination over

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    Romanticism Chart Characteristics of Romanticism Examples from Frankenstein 1. A deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature When Frankenstein was dealing with the stress of the creature killing his family members‚ he found comfort in appreciating nature in solitude. 2. A general exaltation of emotion over reason and of the senses over intellect After Frankenstein dies‚ the Creature is remorseful. He says that he let his emotions get the best of him; he knows what he was doing was wrong

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    Tracy Tameleo Susan Reilly 19th Century American Literature December 12‚ 2008 The nineteenth century gave readers a plethora of literary genius. Perhaps the most recognized literary movement was Transcendentalism. This literary concept was based on a group of new ideas in religion‚ culture‚ and philosophy. Transcendentalism paved the way for many subgenres‚ it’s most significantly opposite; however was the emergence of Dark Romanticism. The Romantics had a tendency to value emotion and

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    challenged the laws of segregation on interstate buses. The Freedom Riders were brave men and women wanting to make a difference. Though the Freedom Riders were not the first people to go up against segregation they held a part in what we as our African American history. According to Mr. Raymond Arsenault the recent death of Rosa Parks refocused nationwide attention on one of the crucial figures of the civil rights movement the Freedom Riders. However without the heroism of hundreds of unsung activist‚ Rosa

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    Romanticism: Blake and Keats Blake and Keats were renowned poet during the period where Romanticism played an essential part in creative art and works. Romanticism is an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world. Poets like Blake and Keats writings were influenced by the fundamentals of nature‚ human emotions‚ feelings‚ imagination‚ instinct and intuition‚ reflection

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    emotional‚ spiritual paralysis and despair run rampant throughout dark romantic literature. Dark Romanticism can be seen as the antithesis of the Romantic ideals that reached their ultimate form in Transcendentalism. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ two dark Romantics‚ were concerned with the human condition and human nature in a way that few other writers of the time period were. Although strikingly different from the Transcendentalists‚ Hawthorne and Poe emphasize individualism and imagination

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    several elements that a Gothic literature have. For example‚ these are some Romanticism characteristics that “The Minister’s Black Veil” has‚ there are the inevitability of fate‚ the failure of human nature‚ the limitations of humanity‚ mystery and suspense‚ nostalgia and inner conflict‚ “But there was something‚ either in the sentiment of the discourse itself‚ or in the imagination of the auditors‚ which made it greatly the most powerful effort that they had ever heard from their pastor’s lips . . .

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    recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on the subject. 6. Music All the compositions of a certain kind or for a specific instrument or ensemble: the symphonic literature. 1. written material such

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    “phantasies‚” and “wild.” He really goes into fantasyland and describes it. One part of the poem I found confusing‚ however‚ is how “the eolian harp” responds to an “intellectual breeze.” In Coleridge’s‚ This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison‚ he really shows romanticism with his wonderful naturistic descriptions. For example in lines 23-26‚ Coleridge writes‚ “of hilly fields and meadows‚ and the sea‚ with some fair bark‚ perhaps‚ whose sails light up the slip of smooth clear blue betwixt

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