Title/Author: The OdysseyBy: HomerDate of Publication/Genre: unknown; epic poem | Biographical information about the author: Next to nothing is known about Homer. He probably lived in the late eighth and early seventh centuries. He was blind and he also composed Iliad. | Historical information on the period of publication: The time was very influential to the story. During this time‚ all stories were passed on by word of mouth. People who were gifted with a silver tongue were held in high regard
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Title of Work: Frankenstein Author: Mary Shelley Date of Publication: January 1‚ 1818 Genre: Gothic Biographical information about the author: Born as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin to William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft on August 30‚ 1789‚ Mary was the only child of her father and mother. Hardly more than a week after having Mary‚ Wollstonecraft died‚ leaving William to raise Mary and her half-sister‚ Fanny‚ whom William chose to adopt. When Mary was four‚ her father remarried but resentment
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Title: The adventures of huckleberry finn Author: Mark Twain Date of publication: first published in 1884 Historical Background: The story of Huckleberry Finn was placed in the 1830’s and was wrapped around the thought of slavery and Freedom. Mark Twain began writing the story of Huckleberry Finn in the year 1880 but as times got harder in the battle of slavery in the south‚ Twain stopped working on his story for another 2 years. After finishing two other works of literature‚ Mark
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about the Author: Daphne du Maurier was born on May 13‚ 1907‚ in London‚ England‚ the daughter of actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier. She was a popular novelist known for her suspenseful‚ romantic and sometimes supernatural plots. Her best known works are Rebecca and The Birds‚ both adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock. Du Maurier was made a Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire in 1969. She died in 1981 in Par‚ Cornwall‚ England. Historical Information about the period of Publication:
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been labelled as a picaresque novel. A picaresque novel is an adventure story that involves an anti-hero or picaro who wanders around with no actual destination in mind. The picaresque novel has many key elements. It must contain an anti-hero who is usually described as an underling(subordinate) with no place in society‚ it is usually told in autobiographical form‚ and it is potentially endless‚ meaning that it has no tight plot‚ but could go on and on. The
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Classic: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn" -- Ernest Hemingway The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is many things; a controversy‚ a lesson‚ and most importantly‚ a classic. Classiclit.about.com defines a classic as “usually expressing some artistic quality--an expression of life‚ truth‚ and beauty”. Twain’s description of social issues through believable characters has made Huckleberry Finn a beloved
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain A rational I. Citation Twain‚ Mark‚ and Peter Coveney. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Harmondsworth: Penguin‚ 1972. Print. II. Summary The novel is about Huck a thirteen year old boy who goes through many unpleasant events like not being able to get away from his real father in a court case deciding if he may be adopted by another family. But instead the judge sentences him to stay with his father at a cabin. Huck goes to live with him but
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Mark Twain’s The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is an American masterpiece. Contrary to The Algerine Captive Mark Twain‘s satire and irony is emphasized through the style and the use of the American “vernacular” dialect for the first time as well as the use of the African-American dialect. Therefore Huckleberry Finn remains the work that elevates this onetime rustic humorist into the ranks of literary genius. It is considered by Satirist Dick Gregory once said that Twain “was so far ahead of his
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In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ theirs a medley of literary elements that leads to many different themes. Many different elements were used throughout the novel such as irony‚ sarcasm‚ humor‚ simile‚ etc. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the strategies of irony‚ imagery‚ simile‚characterization and other literary elements are used to convey satire‚ and how they underestimate the compunction of Huckleberry Finn. Theirs many themes in the novel that’s conveyed
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Social Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Satire is a genre of literature in which things such as vices‚ follies‚ abuses‚ and shortcomings are ridiculed with the intent of shaming individuals‚ and society itself‚ into improvement. Although satire is usually comedic‚ it is usually used for constructive criticism. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ satire is used to point out the faults and stupidity of America and its people during the 1840s and to ridicule them in a
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