Textual Analysis of T.S. Eliot’s Essay from Notes on a Definition of Culture: a series of Radio talks. Abstract In his essay from a Definition of Culture Eliot proposes that the English language is the richest for the purposes of writing poetry. He uses this claim to support a second one: each culture is renewed when its fundamental nature of uniqueness and variety is recognized. Treatment This essay is a broadcast‚ delivered after WWII to the Germans. It has 3 sections‚ each represented by
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Land” is a complex and fragmented poem that underwent major revisions before it was published in 1922. The published version we see and read today is actually shorter in comparison to what Eliot had originally written. According to James Torrens’s article “The Hidden Years if the Waste Land Manuscript‚” Eliot had mailed “54 pages of The Waste Land‚ including the unused parts” to John Quinn‚ a “corporation lawyer in New York City‚” which had shortly disappeared after Quinn’s death in July of 1924
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Marina By T.S. Eliot “Marina” was one of the first Eliot poems I came to love‚ but I hadn’t read it for quite a while. Ironically‚ it was the political conventions that brought these lines from the poem to mind: Those who sharpen the tooth of the dog‚ meaning Death Those who glitter with the glory of the hummingbird‚ meaning Death Marina was #29 in Eliot’s series of ”Ariel Poems‚” first published in September‚ 1930. It was based on the Jacobean play‚ Pericles‚ Prince of Tyre. Shakespeare
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Analysis As one of the shortest of Poe’s stories‚ "The Oval Portrait" consists of a brief one-paragraph story framed within a larger vignette whose main purpose is to establish the romantic Gothic mood in which the story occurs. The setting and basis of the plot are shrouded in mystery; the narrator does not explain how or where he is wounded‚ and with his servant‚ he enters an abandoned‚ decaying chateau that offers no more answers than the narrator. The dark gloom of a deserted house is a classic
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Greet the New Year With Family Portrait Photography When you are spending time with family during the holidays‚ you may not have time to get a family portrait taken. However‚ countless people have adopted the practice of sending out greeting cards in January‚ and many families choose to skip gift giving during the season and exchange gifts to celebrate the New Year instead. Why not ring in the New Year with your family by scheduling a photography session with an experienced professional? You will
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“Portrait by a Neighbor” Have you ever had a neighbor that just did everything against your morals? Edna St. Vincent Millary must have based on her poem “Portrait by a Neighbor”. This poem states a clear main idea that their neighbor does everything differently from them and they don’t like it. This poem is about a neighbor painting the reader a picture of her neighbor in which she has very different values and opinions then them. It states that she is always outside doing things such as tanning
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The art of writing can be a difficult task when it gets to the fact that you are the writer and you are aiming the paper to a specific reader. I can see myself as a good writer‚ I have no problem capturing my ideas down on paper‚ nor explaining them with detail. I like writing but it’s not something that I would do for a living or for a hobby‚ sometimes I do it as an occasional thing‚ very uncommon of me though. My writing abilities vary a lot‚ for me the genre‚ type of writing and assignment; tend
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Five Early Renaissance Portraits Author(s): Rab Hatfield Source: The Art Bulletin‚ Vol. 47‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 1965)‚ pp. 315-334 Published by: College Art Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3048279 . Accessed: 19/05/2013 05:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use
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Eliot Spitzer‚ attorney general of New York Investment Protection Bureau‚ was the leading regulator who changed the way many Wall Street firms do business. What he accomplished was nothing short of extraordinary – he has not only stood up for the investors against Wall Street giants‚ but he did so in such an aggressive but rightful manner that required much courage and sophistication. Many criticized Spitzer for his overly aggressive indictments and actions against Wall Street firms‚ which consisted
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T.S. Eliot Thomas Stearns Eliot was born to a very remarkable New England family on September 26‚ 1888‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. His father‚ Henry Ware‚ was a very successful businessman and his mother‚ Charlotte Stearns Eliot‚ was a poetess. While visiting Great Britain in 1915‚ World War I started and Eliot took up a permanent residency there. In 1927‚ he became a British citizen. While living in Britain‚ Eliot met and married Vivienne Haigh -Wood and at first everything was wonderful between
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