"The Author to Her Book" The poem "The author to Her Book" by Anne Bradstreet is about a writer's relationship to his/her pieces. ... This could be carried even further when considering that I- the author of this commentary- am writing about an author writing about an author. ... Although the author does not seem to realize it, the reader gets a notion that the author would never consider it finished. ... Although the poem carries its contemporary language may seem old-fashioned to readers nowadays, it still is fairly easy to read. ... Very few could relate to her feelings as an autho...

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For example Lillian is described as an "independent child," by Carol MacNichols in a "Dictionary of Literary Biography," (Contemporary Authors) this trait of Lillian's personality is portrayed in her story, " Run Away" which is in the book, " A writers reader". ... Lillian informed the House of Un-American Committee that she "had no intention of cutting her conscience to fit that year's fashion." ( Contemporary Authors) This just shows that Lillian was so independent that she did not need to change for anyone. Another example of Lillian's independence is when she sued her ...

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In this the author opens up by talking about her husband when she says, "John is practical in the extreme. ... John also throughout the story tries to confine the author, "I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia. ... The critiques of modern society made by these texts are very true of the contemporary society that we live in today. ... Alienation is very much so apart of the contemporary society that we live in today. On the other hand, both authors express that there could be a possibility to eliminate alienation by not doing what the people in their text did. ...

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These observations of Shakespeare's also put to shame the over the top ramblings of other authors odes of love to their women, the hidden meaning (purpose?) ... These similes give us an idea of what he is trying to put across, that his mistress has no where near the same beauty that nature possesses and also show us he is trying to mock the style of his contemporaries? ... Shakespeare's usage of figures of speech and detailed storytelling to put across the themes of his writing was one of the things that set him apart from his contemporaries. ...

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Contemporary Literary Criticism. 1 (1973): 377-378. ... The author describes how Native Son "revitalizes prejudices and projections" (Solotaroff, 1973) that by that time had diminished. ... Contemporary Literature and Criticism. 3 (1975): 545. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. 3 (1975): 546. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. 9 (1978): 585. ...

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The Speaker is certainly a contemporary of Helen as he/she states in line 17 that he/she wished to see her dead. ... First, it is obvious that he/she is not Helen's contemporary. This is evident since he is familiar with both the Greek and the Roman world and he looks back on the "Nicean barks of yore" (line 3) signifying that he is not a contemporary of Helen. ... Helen is described as white, which is sometimes perceived as a color for purity, but the reader soon finds that this white is a life-less pasty white, a white that is eventually compared to the whiteness of dead skin which th...

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Contemporary Navajo singer Andrew Natonabah, for example speaks of how "the stories, the songs, and the prayers come together to form a literature," (Ruoff 2). ... However, author Longfellow wrote Hiawatha in 1855, which became particularly popular. ... A popular traditional character that is also found in contemporary Indian literature is that of the trickster. ... These usually include translated or interpreted works of many different Indian authors. ... In the 1920's the Native American authors started turning to the novel. ...

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BBC Radio 4 Interview on Front Row 16. www.empireonline.co.uk Commentary: Whilst researching the work of David Fincher I found that, because he is a very contemporary director, there are not any books or case studies that I could find that have been written about him. ...

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These terms are described in each state labour code and frequently the authors of the books refer to its state law and codes. ... In Van Fleet book "Contemporary management- it is described: "Collective bargaining - negotiating a written contract covering all relevant aspects of the relationships among the organization and members of a union."" ... Majority of authors say that collective bargaining is a negotiating process. ... All most every definition says that collective bargaining is among the representative of the employees, some authors gives other name "trade union- or "members o...

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He profusely quotes from ancient authors like Theocrats, Virgil, or Horace in support of his ideas and arguments. ... Aeschylus is his favorite author, whose tragedies he has transcribed a copy of with his own hand, which he carries around for more than thirty years. ... The devious ways of contemporary mankind are quite beyond his conception. ...

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"Brave New World" written by the English author Aldous Huxley, born in 1894, is the portrait of an "ideal" world far in the future where society is made up of castes and babies originate from test-tubes, rather than from the womb of their mothers. ... Huxley, however, knew how to criticise his contemporary world, the world of 1932, and what he thought might follow, in his novel BNW. The British author wisely used the future in order to attack the present and to foresee negative future aspects deriving from the present. ...

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José Martí was a Cuban poet, essayist and journalist, who became the symbol of Cuba's fight to get independence from Spain. He said "No man has any special right because he belongs to any specific race; just by saying the word man, we have already said all the rights." He was born in Havana...

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In literature, many types of literary elements such as mood, setting, irony, symbolism, and theme are used to convey the author's ideas and visions. ... William Shakespeare unlike some authors makes the meaning behind his symbols very hard to find at times. ... - compellation of authors. ... As it was said by Jan Kott who wrote Shakespeare Our Contemporary, "the subject of the play is murder, and the prevalence of blood ensures that we all shall never forget the physical realities in metaphysical overtones". ( - "Readings On The Tragedies Of William Shakespeare", Greenhaven Pr...

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To remedy this oversight, the young author began to write about teens in a setting she felt would be familiar to her contemporaries. ... In this book by a now Seventeen-year-old author, it almost does the trick. ... What is really amazing about the book is that the author started writing if for a high school writing assignment and her teacher pushed her to write more. ... I got the feeling that it was a very personal novel for Hinton and at the end of the book it was almost like I had gotten to know the author. ... Contemporary Literary Criticism. ...

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This will be done through the use of Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper written by Perrault, Snow White collected by the Grimm Brothers, Beauty and The Beast by Mme Le Prince De Beaumont, the use of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth, and Susan Sellars" Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Literature. ... (Carter, pg. 107, Nights at the Circus, Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction, 2001) This emphasizes the frustration that young female readers may feel when pressured to live up to the beauty seen in these fairy tales. ... The authors and artists of the fairy...

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William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi on September 25, 1897 and then moved to Oxford, Mississippi with his family at the age of 5. Most of the novels written by William Faulkner take place in the area in which he himself was born and raised. He renames Oxford and calls this plac...

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The author has great credibility and experience in her field and can easily back up her statements. ... The author's credibility is determined in a few ways throughout this text. ... She shows her view on this from a quote by Leon Kass, which states, "That's one of the big problems of the contemporary scene. ... Another error would be that the author seems to change her stance in the last paragraph. ... The author demonstrated her own credibility by telling the reader of her own experiences and occupation. ...

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When looking into the messages that contemporary texts of Pop culture suggest, we may find that the message received by the viewer isn't always the message intended by the author. ... The authors did not intend for the message to suggest these underlying themes, yet Medhurst received the message from a very different point of view. ...

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The short story First Confession is about a problem, which is very relevant to be occupied with in our contemporary society. ... Secondly Frank O"Connor is one of the well-known Irish authors, and the story can very well be a incident from his own life and native country. ...

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Cannabis is not the only psychoactive drug pervading contemporary culture. ... While an all-too-brief glimpse of modern psychoactive drug use in the United States, this author hopes to illustrate the popularity and pervasiveness of the aforementioned drugs. ...

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The author herself was clearly infected by the Greeks' love of life, beauty, and thought. ... This makes a great contrast with contemporary society, where much speech is forbidden because it might hurt someone's feelings. ...

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Maya the poet, the author, the play-write, actress, mother, civil rights activist, historian, director, producer; Maya the Genius. Maya Angelou is the ultimate Renaissance woman and is one of the great voices of contemporary literature (mayaangelou.com). ... Flowers introduced the works of Shakespeare, Hawthorne, and other authors to Maya. ... There is no greater poet in my eyes, no greater author, no greater Genius. ... Maya Angelou will forever be known as the greatest African American Female author of all time. ...

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A review from the Law Review from the University of the Pacific called "Prosecuting Computer Virus Authors," says "However, a new villain - the virus author - has surfaced, bringing a new crime into the international forum: the spread of the computer virus. Free from the fear of prosecution, the virus author feels no need to stop wreaking global havoc," (Cesare, 2001) and because the virus is spread over the net, the author is very difficult to trace. ... Even when the authors are caught it's hard to even extradite the virus authors because most countries have little or no legislati...

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As seen in document 1 by an unknown contemporary, women proved that they were intelligent and were competent to hold political power. This authors point of view reflects that Queen Elizabeth was loved and feared due to her regard for her subjects and yet her authority over them. ... In document 6 by Leonardo Bruni, we see how the author places emphasis on intellect. ... The author mentions how people at the time would not believe that some of the best works in literature and the studies could not come from the mind of women. ... Even though the author does not repress women for their effort in...

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Paulsen is one of the greatest contemporary authors for young adults. ... If it had not been for that teacher, Paulsen might have quit school and not become the great author that he is today. ... Paulsen was sued for using the pen name of another author as his title for Winterkill (1976). ... Gary Paulsen is one of the greatest authors for young adults. ...

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