Stephen Toulmin

The Life of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Crane is the author of the American Literary Classics such as : Red Badge of Courage, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, The Open Boat, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky, and The Blue Hotel. These are his most regarded writings. What made the writings so highly regarded was how Crane was able to bring a realistic impression in his writings that makes the reader feel immersed; experiencing what the characters are…

With the invention of the printing press, the demand for books skyrocketed, and led to the creation of pulp magazines. To some these magazines were not “serious” literature standard, as often times they were printed on low quality paper, sold cheaply (dime magazines), and in locations like drug stores and train stations. B. Psychoanalytic critics were particularly interested in the horror genre for its uncanny characteristics. The story deals in the realm of the id and ego battling it out.…

Who doesn’t like to read about things that go bump in the night? Ventriloquist dummies that speak, nightly neighborhood murders, and haunted houses are not just for Halloween. A connoisseur of chillers and thrillers, this author is sure to give you goosebumps while reading any of his novels. The tales are just scary enough to make you think twice about turning out the lights but not so terrifying that you can’t sleep at night making these reads perfect for children and teens. American author…

Gothic literature is a genre of writing that combines fiction and horror,death and sometimes romance. But like all things the form of writing has evolved over the years. To showcase how Gothic literature has changed I will be comparing, “The Fall of the House of Usher “ and “Sunbleached”. The former is by Edgar Allen Poe, a prominent Gothic writer of the 19th century and the latter is by Nathan Ballingrud and it was written in 2011. Even though both selections take place in different time…

The heart races, the hand shakes, a drop of sweat falls off of a nose and into a world full of terror and evil. Yes, there are good feelings and pleasurable moments of life as well, but fear will never be forgotten; fear can never go away. The moments that people relive in every dream, the image lurking in every dark room, the face that appears every time one closes his or her eyes, that is the type of traumatizing fear that will never disappear. What is so attractive about this horror? Why do…

Abandonment: The Ultimate Betrayal Playwrights have a tendency to link their standpoints on specific issues in the world through their characters, plots, and their scripts. These playwrights provide subtle clues in an endeavor to get the audience’s attention fixated on what they want the audience to comprehend or notice. A Doll House and Death of a Salesman are plays that essentially deal with the conflicts of abandonment and betrayal. Through the analysis of A Doll House, and Death of a…

the help of Doubleday in 1974. He received $2,500 for it. However money was still not easy until Doubleday sold the rights to Carrie to New American Library for $400,000. King received half. He rejoiced and bought his wife a hairdryer. This allowed Stephen to focus completely on writing and becoming an author, full time. His mother, Nellie, died shortly after learning of the sale of Carrie. Three years after it was sold to New American Library, Carrie was made into a movie, which was also a…

“The Insanity of Mary Girard” that was performed by a UT Theatre group, Round About Players, and was shown at the SAC black box. The play revolved around a young woman named Mary Girard who is thrown into an insane asylum by her wealthy husband, Stephen Girard. In the insane asylum, she is tormented by figments of her imagination and is told that she is not to leave the insane asylum for as long as she may live. In this particular adaptation, the cast consisted of 6 actors, 1 playing the role…

Through his storytelling abilities and vivid imagination, as demonstrated in his novels, short stories, and films, Stephen King has done much to move the horror genre into one of the top choices of many reading fans in the literature world. He has modernized many gothic or horror themes and techniques throughout his career and that is why some call him one of the best authors to walk the earth to this day. Many of King’s peers say that he has a strong case of hypergraphia which is evident in his…

“The Outsider” a short story in “The Lurking Fear” by H.P. Lovecraft. It is a simple story on the surface but it can be thought provoking if you read deeper. It is about a man trying to find out where he is and why. Even though the story is in a collection of macabre horror it is more of a mystery than horror story till the end. The writer’s descriptions are so vivid that the reader does not notice the lack of characters. “I know not where I was born, save that the castle was infinitely old and…