American novels

Stephen Crane’s Maggie, Girl of the Streets is a Realistic novel during the time when novels were typically Romantic that demonstrates the unembellished truths of those who came to America to live out the American dream. When released, it brought a shock to the country. Maggie, Girl of the Streets is a dark yet truthful novel that illustrates the real lives of those trying to find a place in this country. One thing this novel teaches its readers is how society has the power to affect how…

essence of the deteriorating Southern-American aristocracies and lifestyle in the wake of the Civil War. Blending masterfully with intricately designed thematic elements, Faulkner executed experimental writing techniques that strayed from traditional form, commonly writing with a stream-of-consciousness style, shifting perspectives, and obfuscated chronology. Receiving little critical praise or attention until several years afterward, Faulkner published his 1929 novel The Sound and the Fury.…

England Transcendentalism blended native American tradition with foreign influences. Development Ralph Waldo Emerson published Nature in 1836 which represented a new way of intellectual thinking in America. “The Universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Spirit is present everywhere.” This new voice led American Romanticism to a new and mature period, the period of New England Transcendentalism. This was the most significant development of American literature in the mid-19th century.…

serves as the root for the word “intertextuality” which was introduced in the late 1960s and thoroughly used in novels written by Toni Morrison. Morrison published the Song of Solomon in 1977, which follows the life of Macon “Milkman” Dead III from birth to death, as he travels from his hometown in Michigan to Virginia in search of his family and himself. As a privileged African American, Milkman has a diverse array of experiences, ranging from being tied to his family’s business to robbing his…

People are becoming more and more interested in movie adaptations of novels. Universal Studios needs a movie that will awe their audience. I would like to propose a considerable movie idea based on the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Ken Kesey. The novel takes place in an mental asylum located in Oregon during the 1950s. It is narrated by a half Native American man named Chief Bromden, who acts like he is deaf and blind. He and the other members are often harassed by the…

Charles Kid better known as Chip Kidd is an American graphic designer, author and editor, who are known for his graphic designs on book covers. He is 51 years old and he was born in Pennsylvania on September 12, 1964. Kidd grew up basically being inspired by American pop culture, especially batman. When Chip grew up he attended Pennsylvania State University. After he graduated from the graphic design program, he went and got hired at Knopf publishing house as a junior assistant in 1986. As he…

placed to air his views about the American society. Hunters uses his creativity in the narrative to reflect on America. In his book, he describes America as a hypocritical society, which transcends from leaders in the government to American citizens. For instance, Duke and his attorney are attending a conference on dangerous drugs and narcotics. It is quite hypocritical that they are attending…

Zinsser are can be seen in James Baldwin's collection of essays entitled Notes of a Native Son, which falls anything short of a boring memoir. Baldwin takes the reader on a journey as he discusses racial matters in American society, his identity as an African American, and critiquing protest novels, movies and America as a whole. The transparency and honesty with which Baldwin writes makes his work exceptional and captivating.…

Novel or Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936 in the United States, is a classic romantic novel written by Margaret Mitchell, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937, a prestigious literary award. Gone with the Wind is about the character of Scarlett O'Hara, a beautiful, bright South girl with a lot of modern thinking and open-minded, open-minded and open-minded lifestyle. She represents the image of modern women in a new industrial society, aspires to enrich herself and assert her position in…

I. Identification of Work After earning his bachelor’s degree in English at Brown University then his master’s degree in American literature at Duke University, Nathaniel Philbrick began his career as an historic non-fiction bestselling author and has since achieved numerous literary success and public recognition with his most famously known novel Mayflower being a finalist for the Putlizer Prize for History. Then in 2013, Philbrick came back with his New York Times Bestseller Bunker Hill, to…