Thompson, Noah D. “Noisy American Jazz Had Foundation in Negro Spiritual.” Broad Ax, 21 Jan. 1922, p. 3. African American Newspapers Series 1, https://infoweb.newsbank.com. Broad Ax, an African American newspaper, was considered one of the most controversial papers published inRead more…
Secondary Source on The Great Gatsby
Lehan, Richard. “The Great Gatsby – The Text as Construct.” F. Scott Fitzgerald: New Perspectives, edited by Jackson R Bryer et al., University of Georgia Press, 2000, pp. 78–89, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/. ProQuest EBook Central. In his chapter in the book F.Read more…
Literary Theory in The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel that can be dissected through a lens of Marxist literary theory. Marxist theory is one that says that all of humanity is a cultural superstructure built on top of anRead more…
Explication of Hemingway
In “Hills Like White Elephants,” Ernest Hemingway is creative in his use of narrative literary techniques such as gaps and symbols to tell a story about male influence over women and their personal decisions. Hemingway tells an entire story usingRead more…
Explication of Robert Frost
In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, Robert Frost writes about a man and his horse who are seemingly on a trip and stopping in the woods that are covered with snow. On the most surface level, this pieceRead more…