Opie Taylor

Walt Whitman was a poet who lived throughout most of the nineteenth century and drew a wide following by disregarding “classic” conventions and using imagery that angered many. Whitman promoted himself greatly by writing anonymous reviews of his own work and sending his work to other prominent poets and writers for reviews and support. He worked in many areas of the newspaper business before becoming a nurse during the Civil War. He believed in transcendentalism. The theory that everything and…

As I started reading “The Shallows” by Nicholas Carr, I found myself constantly losing focus and getting lost in other thoughts; I simply could not pay attention to the book. I have always thought of myself as an avid reader, the kind that dives deep into the text, but as I struggled my way through the words I stopped to think about how long it had been since I had read a book that truly engaged me. The conclusion I came to was that I do not have the time to sit down and immerse myself into a…

The speaker expresses faith in the poet’s ability to reconstruct a world free of the fall, an edenic, mythic world that flourished “before the serpent perverted language when persuading Eve and before the destruction of Bable scattered language into a multiplicity of tongues, mutually foreign” (Edwards 137). The image of the swift in this poem provides a symbol of unity of being which reminds us of the initial unity we have lost, a unity which could possibly be regained through art. Jennings…

Iqbal and Wordsworth are nature lovers and their verses touch its various dimensions. Both the poets sing the beauty of the green meadows, hills, gushing streams, stars, tulips and daffodils. They believe that nature can teach man such lessons of life which one cannot find in the books. If one spends sometime in the company of nature, according to the poets, it is a kind of worship. Both poets treated nature as teacher and friend. They believe that nature can cure all the diseases of humanity in…

In this paper I am going to delve into the work of art known as The House of Mirth and examine the main character, Lily Bart. By explaining some of the literary allusions that are found in this book I hope to give others a deeper look into the story. The Gilded Age was known as a time of great breakthrough and discovery. However, despite its glorious appearance, the nation was struggling with corruption and greed. I believe this is the backbone of Edith Wharton's book, The House of Mirth.…

The old english poem, “The Dream of the Rood” is a in which the author chose to write the story through the eyes of the cross. The author begins the poem by explaining in his “dream that moved me at night” (The Norton Anthology of English Literature 33) he “...espied the most splendid tree” (The Norton Anthology of English Literature 33). The author then begins speaking from the point of view of the cross. This can be seen as the author states “Yet I remember that I was cut down at the edge of…

Nature is one of the fascinating element in literature and it has significant role connecting major themes and characters. One great example is, ‘Snow Country’ by Yasunari Kawabata. The book consists of a major role of nature, where, principal of ‘mono no aware’ is effectively used for appreciation of nature, focus on physical senses to create the feeling of a place, and lastly, images that arouse the emotions and its delicate-like beauty. These imperative factors of his work transparent the…

image of normal human beings, besides their unnatural abilities they choose to love or not to love, to hate or not to hate, and at last they choose who they wish to focus their energy on. Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire Carmilla shows likeness too Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s vampire Geraldine at the same time having different personal motives of their own. Carmilla with all her likenesses to Geraldine shows more empathy to Laura than Geraldine does for Christabel. With a better understanding of…

Throughout the early century there were various intellectual movements that were connected to the aspect of literature on how the way writers would use these movements to express their feelings on how they want their readers to view their aspect of life of how they view it through their eyes and thoughts.These literary movements help these writers and poets in the early century to give a more deeply insightfully literature to their readers. Movements such as the Enlightenment and the Romantic…

Chat Sumlin ENGL-2210-016 Fall 2016 Paper 2 Alienation In European literature romantic and modernist movements alienation was commonly used as a means to develop their characters in a more personal manner. Romanticism was less of a political movement, compared to other movements, rather it was more of a movement towards increasing intellectualism. During the age of romanticism authors were focused on deep thinking and the value of expression of thought, these themes go hand in hand with the…