The book, Thinking Medieval: An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages, looks at the place of the Middle Ages in present-day popular culture, investigating the foundations of the generalizations that show up in movies, on TV, and in the press, and inquiring as to why they remain so tenacious. The book additionally asks whether "medieval" is to be sure a helpful classification as far as recorded periodization. It explores a portion of the specific difficulties postured by medieval sources…
The legends of King Arthur date back to 9th century. Many authors throughout history have written about the great King Arthur. The first written description of his entire life, from death to birth, came in the 12th century and was written by Geoffrey of Monmouth. There are many skeptics about some of the stories of his life, mostly because so many different authors have written about his life and they are all different. From the wizards and magic to the extraordinary battles he fought, and…
Is it true that this “popular public figure and one of America’s best and most beloved writers,” as Thomas V. Quirk, a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri in Columbia, described him in an Encyclopedia Britannica entry, appreciated diseases and epidemics and -- goodness! -- liked the prince of darkness? As it turned out, aside from writing, Mark Twain - the pen name of novelist, travel writer, and humorist Samuel L. Clemens (1835-1910), cherished cats. In fact, he once…
pragmatism of the society, to adapt to the social education, it can be spontaneous, unconsciously, like the growth education of huckleberry; it can also be organized and conscious, like Hank Morgan the character in his novel of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", who promoted by professional education. Both have anti-intellectualism, but the latter tend to have dictatorial tendencies in addition to anti-intellectualism. Let's talk about Hack's anti-intellectualism in the novel of "The…
like “Back to the Future” got their rise from H.G. Wells’ aptly named “The Time Machine”, the first time the notion of a vehicle was used to travel through time. Even famous writer Mark Twain popularized the concept in his story “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”. But these story beg the question, is time travel truly possible. Physicists such as Stephen Hawking refute these claims by…
Gilded Age is a satire on American manners, which provides an explanation of political corruption. This book coined the term the Gilded Age. His book A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court(1889) is about an engineer named Hank Morgan, who receives a blow to the head, which magically transports him back in time to England during the reign of King Arthur. When Morgan realizes he is in the past, he impresses everybody with his modern knowledge of engineering. Another popular book of his The…
Mark Twain is an American author who is widely known for his practical aspect of America in the 19th century concluded within his novels and narratives. He entertained the entire universe with his skillful and exquisite writing. He never allowed his short span of schooling hinder his improvement. Mark Twain was an incredible motivation to America in the nineteenth century as yet a motivation to contemporary authors today. Mark Twain was conceived as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the residential…
Local Color Mark Twain (1835-1910) Innocents Abroad (1869) The Gilded Age (1873) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) The Prince and the Pauper (1882) Life on the Mississippi (1883) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889) The Man That Corrupted Hadleydburg (1900) Bret Harte (1836-1902) Editor, beginning in 1868, of The Overland Monthly, San Francisco, in which he published the stories “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and “The Outcasts of…