Essays Tagged: "american author"
Shakespeare - real or not?
expressed doubt as to the authorship of William Shakespeare. These doubts are as old as his plays. American author, Henry James once said, "I am haunted by the conviction that the divine William is t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Why I think that Mark Twain is the greatest author of his time
t time period.That is just one of the reasons why some people consider Mark Twain to be thegreatest American author of all time. As I was reading the book Huck Finn I started to agree more with ... ost get a picture of him in your head. I don't exactly agree that Mark Twain is the Greatest American Author but I doagree that he is one of the best that there has been and probably will be. H ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Washington Irving
Washington IrvingWashington Irving was an American writer, the first American author to achieve international fame, who created the fictional ... ularity of Irving's tales involving these characters proved the effectiveness of the short story in American literary form.Irving was born in New York City, Irving studied law at private schools. Afte ... ork, 'A History of New York' (1809), evidently written by Irving's famous comic creation, the Dutch-American scholar Diedrich Knickerbocker. The work is a account of New York State during the period o ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
David Guterson and his work
David Guterson, a young American author, has written two major works regarding aspects of human nature and human emotions. H ... ce of income for the community. Traditionally the Japanese laborers worked the fields and the white Americans owned the fields. The question of the ownership of seven acres of strawberry fields serves ... icent, full trees with flowing branches that are visually pleasing and familiar to his readers. In "American Elm", one of Guterson's short stories, trees are used as a metaphor to screen and sheild th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Civil Disobedience" By David Henry Thoreau
Civil DisobedienceHenry David ThoreauAmerican author and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Mass, in 1817. Thoreau, a g ... 1817. Thoreau, a graduate of Harvard in 1837, is considered one of the most influential figures in American thought and literature. Known for being an individualist, Thoreau fought against materialis ... an will be able to have a government that does not govern at all. He believes that the need for the American government really arises from the requirement of people to have a sort of "machine" to cont ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The life of Mark Twain.
o an influential nation; through Mark Twain's writings he gave definition to what it meant to be an American. Using cutting and accurate humor, he attracted a range of readers and audiences. Twain stu ... s and audiences. Twain stunned the world with his brilliance and talent. Ernest Hemingway, a fellow American author, felt that all American fiction was influenced by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Tennessee Williams: A Great American Author.
Tennessee WilliamsA Great American AuthorThomas Lanier Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi to Edwina Dakin and Cornelius C ... ornelius Williams, a gruff, pistol dueler with a violent temper. He was a lieutenant in the Spanish American War and a descendent from frontiersmen. Cornelius and Edwina married and continued to live ... " There is no question but that he has one of the sharpest senses for theater of any playwright in American dramatic history. " (26) S.L. Falk was a great admirer of Williams as seen in his writing. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
The Immigrant Experience and it's Effect on Women.
history is in one man, it is all to be explained from individual experience"1.-Ralph Waldo Emerson. American author, poet and philosopher. 1803-1881History relies on the biography and personal account ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Fox hunting and how two newspaper articles refer to it differently.
one for, and one against the ban. The first was written by an English journalist, the second by an American author, Julia Maynett.The headline for the first piece is "A March for Blood Thirsty Anarch ... y, not us, who belong to a different planet.'The second article is titled. "On this very genteel un-American demo, I found the England that I'd read about in Trollope." She writes about how she has a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
"To Kill A Mickingbird" by Harper Lee.
roeville Alabama. She was the youngest of four children. Now a grandmother at 77 years of age, this American author lives in New York.Other Titles: Although she hasn't published any other books, Nelle ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Indifference of Nature vs. Virtue of Man in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat. Explores irony, symbolism, and color imagery.
n "The Open Boat"Although he failed to reach the tender age of twenty-nine, late-nineteenth-century American author Stephen Crane published innumerable works of notoriety during his lifetime. A poet, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. Essay interpretes quote "Good people...are good because they've come to wisdom through failure".
the death penalty along with two others. The story of John Proctor was indirectly summarized by the American author William Saroyan when he said, "Good people...are good because they've come to wisdom ... ur Miller depicts John Proctor's goodness by showing that he has integrity, morals, and ideals. The American author William Saroyan said, "Good people...are good because they've come to wisdom through ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Willa Cather: A True Pioneer of Her Time
Willa Cather: A True Pioneer of Her TimeWilla Cather was a great American author who helped influence the woman's suffrage movement through many of her writings. Her ... th Comes to the Archbishop" were years increased with recognition of Cather's important position in American literature. She was awarded honorary degrees from Columbia, Yale, the University of Califor ... s from Columbia, Yale, the University of California, and Princeton. Including the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Following all of her success, Cather suffered some major losse ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies
Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"
Washington Irving was an American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. ... yist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of the American short story. He is best known for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", in which the schoolmaster ... ist. The exception to this statement is "The Scarlet Letter""Rip Van Winkle" means the beginning of American fiction with a narrative frame, an authorial duplicity and setting the masculine pattern. T ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Washington Irving
American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. ... yist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of the American short story. He is best known for 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' in which the schoolmaster ... Y OF NEW YORK, by the imaginary 'Dietrich Knickerbocker', who was supposed to be an eccentric Dutch-American scholar. It was one of the earliest fantasies of history. The name Knickerbocker was later ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Pulic Relations and It's Impact
establish and maintain goodwill and mutual understanding between an organization and its publics." American author Alan Harrington's definition was "Public relations are the craft of arranging truths ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Mark Twain American Author and Humorist
Mark TwainAmerican Author and Humorist1835-1910The man with a new ideais a crank until the idea succeeds.--Mar ... n November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. Twain is considered the greatest humorist of 19th Century American literature. His novels and stories about the Mississippi River: "The Adventures of Tom Sawy ... him his skill. By the Spring of 1859 Clemens was a licensed riverboat pilot.At the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861) Clemens chose not to get involved and moved to Carson City, Nevada. After ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Is "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" appropriate for school?
Mark Twain is an all American author. Many of his books have influenced American culture and have been passed from genera ... s of Huckleberry Finn in schools would be preventing future generations from learning part of their American culture. Mark Twain's books not only represent American history, but his main characters ar ... from all students to read. It also shows that unacceptable actions today make for a good book about American history.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Twain's View of the River in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
get away from civilization. This occurs in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by American author Mark Twain and published in 1884. The majority of the book takes place on the Missis ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
Many works of literature contain much symbolic meaning. The Scarlet Letter, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, contains many examples of these meaningful symbols. Published i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne