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    Chapter IX Joseph Andrews seems to break away completely from the original intention. Parson Adams‚ who has no counterpart in Pamela‚ runs away with the novel. He "is one of the most living‚ lovable‚ comical bundles of wisdom and simplicity in all literature." In the words of Edmund Gosse‚ "Parson Abraham Adams‚ alone‚ would be a contribution to English letters." He indeed is the hero of the novel‚ and not Joseph Andrews. Fielding was aware of giving a new literary form with Joseph Andrews which he

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    The second section of this course focused on the birth of the modern world. Describe in detail 3 key cultural‚ scientific‚ philosophical or political dimensions of the Enlightenment and 3 key aspects of the later Modernist movement. In your conclusion‚ compare the Enlightenment with Modernism. How were these movements similar and different? How did they shape modern Western culture? 2. The French Revolution was perhaps the single most important geopolitical event

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    Robert Appelmann Gulliver’s Travels - Notes Jonathan Swift: * Irony – What could Swift be pointing out with this work? * Eating Babies‚ Ladies Dressing Room‚ Death of a Late Famous General‚ etc. * Anglo-Irish of late 1600’s to middle 1700’s * Classical Period‚ Enlightenment Gulliver’s Travels General: * Gulliver: * Third of Five Sons * Never mentions his brothers or any family aside from his Wife and Children * Very unemotional‚ proper

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    About Hemingway’s Short Stories The importance of including Hemingway in American Literature anthologies cannot be overestimated. Hemingway’s style and subject matter are archetypal of American writing. Hemingway broke new literary ground when he began publishing his short stories. Furthermore‚ not only was he an American writer‚ but he was not an ivory-tower esthete; he was a man’s man. He hunted in grand style‚ deep-sea fished‚ covered both World War I and World War II for national news services

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    Panagbenga Festival is a month-long annual flower festivaloccurring in Baguio‚ the summer capital of the Philippines.  The festival‚ held during the month of February‚ was created as a tribute to the city’s flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the1990 Luzon earthquake. TAAL VOLCANO This volcano is located within a lake within a volcano. Intrigue? Taal Volcano that is best viewed when you are in the ridges of Tagaytay. It’s one of the coldest

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    My flight arrived in Bangkok after 1 a.m. By the time customs was cleared‚ baggage was claimed‚ and a taxi hailed it was past 2am. We still had a half hour drive into Bangkok. I shared a taxi with a Bangkok veteran. He said Bangkok is a city you can get whatever you want anytime you want. I was looking for sleep at this point after 18 hours in the air and a three hour layover. My cab pulled into my hotel‚ and I was asleep within thirty minutes. Thailand and half the world away would have to wait

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    A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD In 1831‚ Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation to join the HMS Beagle as ship’s naturalist for a trip around the world. For most of the next 5 years‚ the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America. Darwin later called the Beagle voyage “ By far the most important event in my life.” By the time he returned he was established naturalist‚ well-known in London for the astonishing collections he’d sent ahead.When he set out‚ 22-year old Darwin was a young university

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    The effects of the Enlightenment pervaded all aspects of life throughout the world‚ from new technological advances‚ increased educational opportunities‚ unorthodox economic and political theories‚ changes to social and political structures‚ to changing dialogue and opinions about the roles and rights of women. Movements began to emerge which sought freedom from religion and embraced a more secular way of thinking. The era represented an immense time of advancements‚ as well as the development of

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    Literature Literature (from Latin litteraetantri (plural); letter) is the art of written works‚ and is not bound to published sources (although‚ under circumstances unpublished sources can be exempt). Literally translated‚ the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two major classification of literature are poetry and prose. "Literature" is sometimes differentiated from popular and ephemeral classes of writing. Terms such as "literary fiction" and

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    Ecocriticism is the study of literature and environment from an interdisciplinary point of view where all sciences come together to analyze the environment and brainstorm possible solutions for the correction of the contemporary environmental situation. Ecocriticism was officially heralded by the publication of two seminal works‚[citation needed] both published in the mid-1990s: The Ecocriticism Reader‚ edited by Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm‚ and The Environmental Imagination‚ by Lawrence Buell

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