Essays Tagged: "american novelist"

Black and White

Black and White Following the Civil War, just prior to the turn of the century, many American novelist were writing more freely of the previous slave culture. Two of these writers being ...

(7 pages) 224 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Hester, What a Change! Refers to character in Hawthorne's "Scarlet letter".

y God.Many years later Nathaniel Hawthorn was greatly interested by the Puritans. This 19th-century American novelist, was born on July 4, in Salem, Massachusetts, and died May 11, 1864. He was the fi ... f human motivations and actions. In The Scarlet Letter, he expressed one of the central legacies of American Puritanism, using the plight of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to illustrate the confl ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Herman Melville

Herman MelvilleAmerican novelist, short story writer, and poet.BIOGRAPHYHerman Melville was born in New York, New Y ... psychological and metaphysical themes where recognized (SoftKey).CRITICS RESPONSEMordecai Marcus an American poet, critic, and editor points out that critics have seen 'Bartleby the Scrivener' as a so ... and that they have interest in similar themes, which justifies placing them in the same category of American literature (22). Melville is also compared to Richard Henry Dana, Jr. in his Two Years Befo ...

(5 pages) 133 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Grapes of Wrath" and Of "Mice and Men" by Steinbeck, Character Study

The American Novelist, John Steinbeck was a powerful writer of dramatic stories about good versus bad. H ... and 'Of Mice and Men'. 'The Grapes of Wrath' has been recognized by many as 'the greatest novel in American History' and it remains among the archetypes of American culture. Although 'Of Mice and Men ... in 'The grapes of Wrath' was to depict the hardships people went through during an actual event in American history. Perhaps the most solemn message in this novel was the poor treatment of the dispos ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthrone. This is a report that descrbes all the symbolism throughout the book.

throughout the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. According to Henry James, the famous American novelist, he believes the symbolism is overdone. Others think the symbolism is just right t ...

(2 pages) 162 0 2.7 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ray Bradbury, A Lifetime of Wonder and Imagination.

into science-fiction writings, and the rest is history("Bradbury").Ray Bradbury is an accomplished American novelist, short-story writer, essayist,playwright, screenwriter, and poet. His writing styl ... e developed his ownstyle and process for writing. Lastly, his major works represent the feelings of Americansduring the era in which he wrote. The Martian Chronicles, his first well known novel, andst ...

(11 pages) 64 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Major Themes and Symbols in "The Scarlet Letter".

t device in the Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. According to Henry James, the famous American novelist, he believes the symbolism is overdone in the novel, though he does think that The ...

(6 pages) 124 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

About American author Ernest Hemingway.

d who in this confrontation lost hope and faith. Ernest Miller Hemingway are one of the most famous American novelist, short-story writer and essayist who born in Oak Park, Illinois on 21 July, 1899. ... g and empty, very colorful and full of bitterness too.This paper will demonstrate the importance in American literature by looking at the import of Hemingway÷Õ life and his significant w ...

(4 pages) 92 1 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

My favourite book is written by Erich Maria Remarque is "A time to live and a time to die"

r and read it many time.My favourite book is written by Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), German-American novelist, born in Osnabrück, Germany, and educated at the University of Münster. He serve ...

(2 pages) 44 0 2.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

James A Garfield

The great American novelist Thomas Wolfe, in his book "From Death to Morning" (1935), once referred to them: " ... son, and Hayes, time of my father's time, blood of his blood, life of his life, . . . were the lost Americans: their gravely vacant and bewhiskered faces mixed, melted, swam together in the sea depths ... ich had the whiskers, which the burnsides: Which was which? Were they not lost?" (Thomas Wolfe, www.americanpresident.org)The reason, why Wolfe thinks the presidents were lost, is because they served ...

(8 pages) 59 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Tim O'Brien: Bibliography

Best known for his fictional portrayal of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien is an American novelist and short story writer who has been compared to Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Crane, a ... realistic. Besides the well-deserved guilt and shame and anguish invoked by the Vietnam War, Americans can also take rightful pride in the great national achievements. One was the anti-war move ... s been exceptional, partly because his own experience has led to an almost unbearable share of that American guilt and shame and anguish. O'Brien served in Vietnam with the fifth Battalion, for ...

(3 pages) 30 0 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

This is a indept summery of the novel Age of innocene by American author edith wharton

y the time the bloody chaos of the First World War finally came to an end on November 11, 1918, the American novelist Edith Wharton had already been living as an expatriate in Paris for five years. Du ...

(5 pages) 63 2 3.2 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Symbols of a Great Author

American novelist and short story writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne has captured the hearts and imaginatio ... nscendental Symbolist. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1969.Reuben P. Paul. "Perspectives in American Literature." World Wide Web. 24 April 2004 Terence, Martin, Nathaniel Hawthorne. New ...

(8 pages) 54 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The scarlet letter

The Scarlet LetterS.A.Nathaniel Hawthorne was a major American novelist who was born and raisedin. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the scarlet letter, and in th ...

(1 pages) 14 0 4.5 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Should There Be A Later Starting Time For The School Day?"

Great American Novelist Edgar Watson Howe once said, "There is only one thing people like that is good for ...

(3 pages) 50 0 4.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Journeys Speech (Australian HSC English)

As a famous American novelist John Steinbeck once stated, 'the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry'.Ma ...

(2 pages) 43 0 4.3 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Ernest Hemingway

th century. His writings had a notable influence on the development of the century's fiction. As an American novelist and journalist, his writing style was distinguished by economy and understatement. ... spondent for the Toronto Star, he developed a relationship with Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound, both American writers. They strongly influenced his writing by giving him support and advice. During this ...

(5 pages) 34 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

John Steinbeck

22 January 2001 John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck, American novelist, won the 1962 Nobel Laureate in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writi ... deg;Of all the grim spectacles created by the Great Depression, none has won a stronger hold on the American imagination then the travails of the Dust Bowl migrants¡±(Shindo 25). Steinbec ... migrant workers such as those from China, Japan, or India. However, with Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath Americans were forced to contemplate the plight of its own (Shindo 27). Though the future of the Joa ...

(3 pages) 17 0 3.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Nathaniel Hawthorne

December 21, 2000        Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist from the nineteenth century, who was very concerned with the sins and morals of hu ...

(6 pages) 44 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Hawthrone

Comp II Nathaniel Hawthorne an American novelist, whose works are deeply concerned with the struggles between good and evil and the ...

(3 pages) 10 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American