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    Edwin Arlington Robinson- father/mother/ 2 brothers died. Love of life married brother. Never Married. Wanted to be poet since age 11 and chose to live in poverty. Wrote traditional poems. Old-fashioned but deals with modern problems. Philosophy: Behind “the peaceful and genteel communities of small-town America” lies a substrata of failure‚ “loneliness‚ and terror.” Conflict with light and dark with the individual. Major Works; The Children of the Night‚ The Man Against the Sky‚ and The Man Who

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    about English expectations of Americans. At first it appears that cook is satirizing the "bumpkins" of Maryland. "To touch the shoar‚ where no good sense is found" (Cook p.699). "Standing erect‚ with legs stretched wide‚ we paddled to the other side" (Cook p.699). These statements show that he thinks of himself as being better than the Americans that he has found. He thinks of himself superior and continues throughout the poem to ridicule and put down the Americans. His

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    tobacco and rice‚ and some indigo in the tidewater region of SC. All the plantation colonies permitted some religious toleration. Confrontations with Native Americans were often. 7. In 1643‚ four colonies banded together to form the New England Confederation. It was almost all Puritan‚ It was weak‚ but still a notable milestone toward American unity. The colonies were basically allowed to be semiautonomous commonwealths (self-governing). Colonies included: Massachussetts‚ Plymouth‚ Connecticut‚

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    01.10.2007 · American literature begins with native Americans – orally passed: songs‚ myths‚ poetry (later translated into English) · complex‚ multilingual beginning Important figures: · Sir Walter Raleigh – traveler‚ Elizabeth’s I lover‚ poet‚ soldier‚ died in Tower of London. A famous English writer‚ poet‚ courtier and explorer. He was responsible for establishing the second English colony in the New World (after Newfoundland was established by Sir Humphrey Gilbert nearly one year previously

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    Contents   Text Commentaries              2 Text 1: ‘The Butcher’s Shop’              2 Text 2: ‘Eating Out’              4 Text 3: ‘The Sweet Menu’              6 Text 4: ‘Grandpa’s Soup’              8 Text 5: ‘The Coming of Yams and Mangoes and Mountain Honey’              10 Text 6: ‘Glory Glory be to Chocolate’              12 Text 7: ‘Receipt to Make Soup’              14 Text 8: ‘Beef Stroganoff’              16 Text 9: Why We All Need to Eat Red Meat              17 Text 10: Tripe             

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    2013 Realism in Huckleberry Finn Between the end of the civil war in 1865 to about 1910‚ two styles of literature dominated American literature: realism and naturalism. Realism presents the world as it really is. One of the well known writers of realism‚ William Dean Howell’s‚ wrote “realism in nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material.” Realism in literature tends to be the plain and direct account of whatever is being written about. Writers of realism fill their

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    The art of dining well is no slight art‚ the pleasure not a slight pleasure. Michel de Montaigne (1533 – 1592) Compare two texts from the Anthology which present the art of dining. Text 2 is called ‘Eating Out’ it is poem by U A Fanthorpe about a transition of relationships overtime whereas Text 29 is a novel extract from The Warden by Anthony Trollope written around the time of Oliver Twist about a dining experience at Plumstead Episcopi. ‘Eating Out’ is a poem that is written in seven couplets

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    Puritanism in American Literature The Puritans had a large influence in American literature and still influence moral judgment and religious beliefs in the United States to this day. Puritan writing was used to glorify God and to relate God more directly to our world. Puritan literature was commonly a realistic approach to life. “Puritanism as a historical phenomenon and as a living presence in American life has enriched American literature in ways far too numerous to detail here.” (G

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    Amendment has stirred up many controversies with its many paths of interpretation‚ in that the U.S. amendments are written down on paper but sometimes not properly enforced. The 8th amendment is the one I favor least and is to be examined during this assignment. I take the double-minded position on the subject of the 8th Amendment of for and against this amendment. Is the Death Penalty an Effective Punishment? In my opinion yes‚ with at least one important respect‚ it simply cannot be argued that

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    African American Literature Paper Amanda G ENG/301 May 13‚ 2012 Marc Bonanni African American Literature Paper African American literature has a strong deeply rooted background in the history of America‚ thus giving the writers categorized in this genre a strong message to convey in any story they chose to tell. From tragic life moments to happy life moments‚ the writers have the ability to tell their story in a variety of methods. This canon of literature serves as a diary for the African

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