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Power and Starvation in the Novels and Lives of Emily and Charlotte BrontePower and Starvation in the Novels and Lives of Emily and Charlotte Bronte In the fictional worlds of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, one of the few ways that women who otherwise have very little say in their lives are able to express dissatisfaction is through self-starvation and illness. ...
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Emily Jane BrontëEmily Jane Brontë Emily Jane Brontë's life, though short and tragic, had an overwhelming influence on her work. Marked by violent emotional upheavals, her childhood on the Yorkshire moors provided the folk background prevalent in Wuthering Heights. She was born the fifth of six c...
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William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs died recently at the age of 83 in the quiet of Lawrence, Kansas. Probably no other major American writer ever received such viciously damning "praise" upon his death. Whereas the once ridiculed Ginsberg was eulogized as a major American bard,...
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The Life and Sensibility of Jane AustenThe Life and Sensibility of Jane Austen Jane Austen has often been considered a woman who led a narrow, inhibited life and who rarely traveled. These assertions are far from the truth. Jane Austen traveled more than most women of her time and was quite involved in the lives of her broth...
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An Analysis of Chesterton and NietzscheAn Analysis of Chesterton and Nietzsche Imagine the lame giant of the Victorian age stumbling about in the darkness, wrestling with an unseen opponent. It pries the crushing grip of a hand from its throat only to discover the hand is its own. Imagine two explorers on opposites sides of a...
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A Defense of WhitmanA Defense of Whitman Whether they have loved or loathed his poetry, each writer or critic who has encountered "Leaves of Grass" has had to come to some sort of reckoning with Walt Whitman. The Good Gray Poet, the grandfather of American poetry, has been deified by some and la...
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Unity of Being, Reason and Sensibility: Yeats' Aesthetic VisionUnity of Being, Reason and Sensibility: Yeats' Aesthetic Vision The poetry of William Butler Yeats is underscored by a fundamental commitment to philosophical exploration. Yeats maintained that the art of poetry existed only in the movement through and beyond thought. Through the cou...
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Cannibals and Vampires in Aeschylus and O'NeillCannibals and Vampires in Aeschylus and O'Neill Aeschylus and Eugene O'Neill have populated their trilogies with cannibals and vampires. Family members feed off one another both literally and figuratively. For the houses of both Agamemnon and Ezra Mannon, this bloodlust is insatiable an...
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Thomas BecketThomas Becket Thomas Becket during his life was a man of both honor and dishonor. His decisions, principles, and character made certain aspects of his life honorable, and others dishonorable. However, it is also extremely important to realize who Becket was honoring. ...
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Emerson and Thoreau as Prophets of Eco-wisdomEmerson and Thoreau as Prophets of Eco-wisdom The major premise of transcendental eco-wisdom is that connection with nature is essential for a person's intellectual, aesthetic, and moral health and growth. One must see and experience nature intimately, whether defined as the "not-me" or as ...
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