Summary of Whose canon is it anyway? “Whose canon is it anyway?” is an article written by Bethan Marshall. In the article‚ Marshall analyzes a review by Tom Paulin of a book by Anthony Julius about the anti-Semitism and literary works of T. S. Elliot. Despite being a well-known anti-Semite‚ Elliot and his poetry were studied in schools around the world. Therefore‚ by questioning his beliefs‚ we also question our own culture because Elliot’s works are closely related to its foundation. So‚ Elliot
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State University of New York‚ 2009. Joyce‚ J.‚ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man‚ Seamus Deane Edition‚ Penguin‚ London‚ 1992. Kennedy‚ S.‚ Beckett and Ireland‚ Cambridge University Press‚ New York‚ 2010. Kenner‚ H.‚ Samuel Beckett: A Critical Heritage‚ John Calder Publishing‚ London‚ 1962. Pothast‚ U.‚ The Metaphysical Vision: Arthur Schopenhauer ’s Philosophy of Art and Life and Samuel Beckett’s own way to make use of it‚ Peter Lang Publishing Inc.‚ New York‚ 2008.
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a way in to the study of metaphysical poetry generally. The poems considered explicitly here are these: by John Donne‚ The Good-Morrow‚ The Sunne Rising‚ The Anniversarie‚ The Canonization‚ A Valediction Forbidding Mourning and A Nocturnall upon S. Lucies Day by George Herbert‚ Jordan (I)‚ The Pearl‚ The Collar‚ Discipline and Love (III) by Andrew Marvell‚ The Coronet‚ Bermudas‚ To His Coy Mistress‚ The Definition of Love and The Garden by Henry Vaughan‚ The Retreate‚ The World‚ Man and “They
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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 in works that were either intellectual or emotional but not both at once. In
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The first soliloquy of Hamlet falls in the Act 1‚ Scene II‚ after the King Claudius and the Queen Gertrude urges Hamlet in the open court to cast off the deep melancholy which‚ as they think‚ has taken possession of his mind as a consequence of his father’s death. In their opinion‚ Hamlet has sufficiently grieved for his father’s death already. Prior to the soliloquy‚ the King Claudius and Queen Gertrude makes announcement to their marriage‚ as according to them‚ the court could not afford excessive
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Essay 1 - question 2 Jean-Francois Lyotard (75) calls narration "the quintessential form of customary knowledge." It is man’s way of expressing life‚ telling stories and constructing law. In essence narrative is a tool which allows us to empathise with others‚ an intrinsic trait unto our own humanity. Thus‚ "Like life itself‚ it is there‚ international‚ transhistorical‚ transcultural" (Barthes‚ 237). This is often done through an author’s ability to evoke an emotional response from their audience
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Poetry isn ’t just rhyming couplets. Many styles of writing covering various themes‚ and originating from many historical periods‚ can be classified as poetry. The thematic content and stylistic characteristics of Cavalier poetry and metaphysical poetry often cause comparison between the two styles. However‚ similarities like their thematic concern with love and their prominence during the 17th century are outnumbered by their differences. Other People Are Reading Different Styles of Rhyming PoemsThe
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The characteristics of modernist writing include fragmentation‚ which means there is not a clear stream of consciousness throughout the work. Another characteristic can include the shift in tone‚ voice‚ and/or perspective. Modernist writing is also very self-reflexive and deals with inner thoughts and feelings. A broken narrative can be present which is when the narrative stops completely or utilizes flashbacks and often picks up on different threads of thought. Modernism also holds a huge concern
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Digging by Seamus Heaney: Close Reading Analysis Digging by Seamus Heaney appears to be a poem about his actual family‚ in reality‚ it is about the stereotypical male role from past to present. Society has been made to believe that the males traditional way of earning a living is through hard work and manual labor and it has been this way for centuries. This poem is Heaneys’ way of coming to realization that “digging”‚ or hard labor‚ was not for him and he is going against what society says and
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When our lives begin‚ we are innocent and life is beautiful‚ but as we grow older and time slowly and quickly passes we discover that not everything about life is quite so pleasing. Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters
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