Essays Tagged: "plain style"
William Carlos Williams, a poet on a mission. A biograpphy and a critisism
can poetry. He is regarded as an important and influential poet because of his unique and unusually plain style. Living a life that was rather conventional, using a writing style that was essentially ... he wrote were true.William Carlos Williams passed away on March 4, 1963, a man who lived a life so plain, yet his early stages were spoon-fed with nothing but knowledge for the mind. He seemed to acc ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Essay talking about the time pierod of the Puritans realting to American literature. How the time influences American writing and writers of the Puritan age
The Puritan writings much resembled their lifestyles. The Puritan life was plain and humble. They were unpretentious people who broke away from England so that they were not r ... mind-set of total depravity also shone through in their writings. The authors we studied wrote in a plain style of prose and poetry. Anne Bradstreet broke off from the "normal" method of poetry in her ... the boundaries of iambic pentameter and couplets. Most of the writers of the time kept their pieces plain.They wrote directly and about God and other related topics. In every author's work, whether th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Jonathan Swift's style of writing
Swift wrote plain perfection of prose. Comment.Many critics like William Deans Howells; T.S. Eliot etc. have cal ... se."But there are reasons for this greatness. One of the main reasons is that Swift wrote in a very plain and downright style. He didn't use any embellishments. At times, when Swift was writing seriou ... t style. He didn't use any embellishments. At times, when Swift was writing serious stuff this same plain style appears dry but when writing humorously, this same plainness gives his wit a singular ed ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Compare and contrast the writing styles of William Byrd to William Bradford based on style, tone, and purpose.
to one another.One difference between Bradford and Byrd was their writing styles. Bradford used the plain style to record and to describe his account of the New World. Plain style writing is the form ... by the Puritans. This writing style tended to stay away from figures of speech and tried to keep it plain, simple and right to the point. A great example is when the settlers first arrived and Bradfor ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Views of transcendentalism versus puritanism; looking at "sinners in the hands of an angry god" by johnathan edwards and "nature" by ralph waldo emerson.
ankind through nature and intuition. The outlook on Puritan writing is that their style tends to be plain and introspective. Transcendentalist writing shows how nature and feelings are triumphant over ... writing shows how nature and feelings are triumphant over logic and rationality. In contrast to the plain style of Puritan writing, Jonathan Edwards frequently strikes his audience with powerful words ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Puritanism and Total Depravity
is connected to mankind through nature and intuition.The perception of Puritan writing tends to be plain and insightful. Transcendentalist writing shows how nature and feelings are dominant over logi ... t writing shows how nature and feelings are dominant over logic and rationality. In contrast to the plain style of Puritan writing, Jonathan Edwards frequently uses striking words to capture his audie ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Compare and contrast dystopian
tance and rebel against their Brave New World.The descriptions of futuristic London are rendered in plain style creating a drab, lack of beauty mirrored in the words used. "A squat grey building of on ... ions in 1984 were much like 1948 after WWII with rationing and bombsites. The lack of progress is explained by the fact that all technology has been channelled into creating ever more sophisticated me ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
American Lit.
r life. The Puritans main goal was to be a model city, and live a holy life. Their literature was a plain style, which modeled after the bible. Men who spoke publicly during this time period would giv ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry