Reeves, Earl. “John D. Rockefeller, Jr.” The Youth’s Companion, vol. 101, no. 18, 5 May 1927, pp. 306. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/127220927?accountid=12043. New Historical criticism views a work of literature in terms historical impact from the time it was written. ItRead more…
The Great Gatsby and Feminist Theory- Secondary Source
Fryer, Sarah Beebe. “Beneath the Mask: The Plight of Daisy Buchanan.” Fitzgerald’s New Women: Harbingers of Change, UMI Research Press, 1988, pp. 43–55. Feminist criticism looks at the way gender roles are represented in a work of literature. In termsRead more…
Wuthering Heights and Race Theory
Race in Wuthering Heights: The Characterization of Heathcliff Illustrates Racist Ideology Emily Brontë’s gothic romance Wuthering Heights details the drama of two generations of wealthy families whose conflict is a production of the romance of protagonists Catherine and Heathcliff.Read more…
The Tell-Tale Heart
“The Tell-Tale Heart”: Poe’s Story of the Guilty Conscious Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” follows a horrible murder committed by a madman, his justifications of the act, and his subsequent guilt ridden spiral into confession. ThroughoutRead more…
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18
William Shakespeare and the English Sonnet: An Explicative Essay During the 16th century, command of the poetic verse form the sonnet was well respected and admired by the poets and nobility of England. Through its eloquent language, strictRead more…