American literature

What makes Ernest Hemingway great? Was it his writing style? Which made readers actively participate in books by forcing them to make connections. His influence on the next generation of writers? Or his ability to capture the feelings of the masses and base the themes of his books around that? I feel it was a combination of all three. Hemingway was fantastic at being able to capture readers attention by creating books that were interesting and relevant to the times. Books such as “For…

Howells was the most influential 19th-20th century novelist, author, editor, literary critic, and playwright. He was an American realist, and was nicknamed, “The Dean of American Letters". Howells is well known for authoring stories, such as "Christmas Every Day", and novels like The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, among many others. His interest in literature started at a young age, and was probably passed down to him by his father , who made his living as a printer and…

Huckleberry Finn should be kept in schools for the following reasons: it is important to American culture, it is a valuable teaching resource, and censorship, in all forms, is not right. Huckleberry Finn, or even Mark Twain himself, is very important to American culture and has influenced many other authors. Kakutani, and multiple other sources, quotes Ernest Hemingway saying, "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.” A big influence that…

Mark Twain is considered the father of American Literature. He has written many stories over the years that have changed literature, and society as we know it. Twain uses his ability as a writer to connect his characters together by their characteristics. Some are similar, while some show subtle differences. Huckleberry Finn is one of the many stories written by Mark Twain. The story starts out in the mid-1800s, where slavery was legal. The main characters are Huck Finn, the child of the town…

Hemingway experienced war firsthand and in 20th century he wrote a lot about war, no other American writer wrote more about war than Hemingway. He worked as a journalist and served in World War I before he published his book called ‘In Our Time.’ In 1951, Hemingway wrote ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ it became his most famous book and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1952. In 20th century Hemingway was the most significant American author, his novels have left a mark on literary production around the…

lived an interesting life. He fought in World War I on the western front. This is where he got many of his ideas for writing. After World War I ended, literature and writings were influenced greatly through experiences in the war. A big new invention that came about in this time was the assembly line. This was so important because Americans were able to afford cars. Production was off the charts during this time period because everyone had the money to consume products. Between 1900-1920…

In the course of literature of the twentieth century, Hemingway had made a significant contribution and a distinct change especially in the field of fiction .The author’s style which was not accepted at the beginning has become a school in itself. Hemingway’s personal experiences of the hard realities of the age have revolutionized his ideas and attitudes which have been dramatized in his writings. He experienced the violence of war and its resulting chaos and thus, his writings have discussed…

According to the Oxford Companion to American Literature, Lost Generation is "the name applied to the disillusioned intellectuals and aesthetes of the years following the First World War, who rebelled against former ideals and values, but could replace them only by despair or a cynical hedonism" (Hart, 1995, p.390). Gertrude Stein was the critic who gave them that name which later on will be used by Hemingway as a preface to his novel The Sun Also Rises. Most of these writers, who were members…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in 1884 following the civil war by Mark Twain. Mark twain was born by the name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he used the name Mark Twain as his pen name. Twain was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835, and died in Redding, Connecticut on April 21, 1910. Mark Twain was well know writer, and is best know today for his books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain depicts to the readers of The…

story “Ichabod Canes The legend of the Sleepy Hollow” published in English on 1900. Irving died in November 28, 1859, he was a great American short story writer, among many other things, of the early 19th century. He was best known after he wrote “ Ichabod Crane the legend of sleepy hollow” but he kept growing as a writer and had many more successful pieces of literature like “ A History of New York” and “the sketch book” . He became well known in the famous industry after 100 years the premier…