The following are some literary examples from various periods in American history. ... One of the more famous literary works from the Puritan age was A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. ... Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... The very character of the people seemed changed. ... During this literary movement, there was a greater emphasis on facts, rather than lore. ...

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Arthur Miller had rewritten the Witch-hunt that had occurred there in 1692 into a fictional literary piece. The play The Crucible used the historical witch-hunts with fictitious characters to subtly question the actions that the government was taking to prevent communist spreading. ...

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The literary work focuses on death, pain and great gods. ... Mary, one of the main characters, has great faith. ... This is very common in literary works of Romanticism. Efrain returns Another significant characteristic of literary romanticism is the double presence of love that is present in Maria with the deaths of major characters. ... In summary, these reasons Maria de Jorge Isaacs is considered a great literary work valued by this literary movement in the nineteenth century....

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Naturalism was a major literary movement of the late 1800s that focused on the concept of realism to give reason that conditions of social society, heredity, and the environment had a great influence on how the human character was formed. ... Naturalism is one of the branches of literary realism, which was most prominent in France, in the mid-nineteenth-century. ... The publication of his literary work, On the Origin of Species, made the rest of the naturalistic world pause and consider the superlative points that were brought up through this literary masterpiece. ... The naturalistic movem...

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Walt Whitman Walt Whitman as the American Conscience of the 19th Century Walt Whitman is a man of character and prestige. ... Whitman is known worldwide and his works are major literary pieces. ... Whitman made a name for himself, and also a new literary era. ... He also wrote "Song of Myself" which was his most powerful piece of literary work. ...

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The literary world of the early 1950s was energized by a confident and diverse new generation. ... African Americans, Irish Americans, Polish Americans, Jews from Eastern Europe, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans gained large audiences and won prestigious literary prizes. ... This rapid growth meant tens of millions more readers "and colleges and universities began to encourage the reading of writers and literary movements outside of "the canon- that had been established decades before. ... What often makes his stories interesting, and sometimes fascinating, is tha...

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The following are some literary examples from various periods in American history. ... One of the more famous literary works from the Puritan age was A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. ... Romanticism Romanticism was a literary movement in response to the Age of Reason (as well as to Enlightenment). ... The very character of the people seemed changed. ... During this literary movement, there was a greater emphasis on facts, rather than lore. ...

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Irving's background provides little to explain his literary achievements. ... Irving's background provides little to explain his literary achievements. ... Faithful to the dreamy custom-bound world that Irving paints in his story, the film mixes horror, fantasy and romance and features an extraordinary cast of characters that dabble in the supernatural. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald and is narrated by a character named Nick Carraway. ... Fitzgerald shows this through several different examples of literary devices and elements of fiction, but the three that made his portrayal of the concept stand out the most were symbolism, motifs, and setting. The first literary device used to portray Fitzgerald's view of the concept of the American Dream was symbolism. ... He shows in depth the way he views this concept throughout his novel through the usage of three main literary devices/elements of fiction. The three literary devices/elements of fiction that we...

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Stephen Crane was fascinated by both mental and physical violence. Crane envied wounded soldiers, thus he wrote the novel The Red Badge of Courage. Crane enjoyed writing for newspapers. Crane never participated nor witnessed a war. Stephen Crane was born after the finale of the United States Civil ...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... Thoreau's best-known work is Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854), which embodies his philosophy and reflects his independent character. ... His first volumes of poetry, The Torrent and the Night Before (1896...

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Wilkerson focused the book on three characters, Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, George Swanson Starling, and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster. ... He had the most privileged upbringing of the three characters. ... There were several positive outcomes for each of the three characters after their movement to the North. ... Unfortunately, there was something in his character that prevented him from ever enjoying the many blessings in his life. ... Isabel Wilkerson transformed the journey of the Gladney's, the Starlings, and Robert Foster into an amazing literary work....

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However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." El Boom "was simply the discovery of a new literary language in which to express Latin American reality with, for the first time, complete authenticity1." ... Some read them for a different settings but the self-promotion between the writers themselves and the influence of the Biblioteca Breve Prize, which was awarded to five Latin American writers throughout the 1960s, encouraged the development of an eager reading public.6 These factors provided for a situation favorable to a widespr...

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A prime character that perfectly describes East Egg is Jordan Baker. ... The characters from East Egg are arrogant. ... This is the lowest place a character could possibly reach. ... In order to get to New York City each character had to pass through hardships and mentally tasking situations that pushed characters to the breaking point. ... He uses this element to guide the characters. ...

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However Erdrich and Alexie's depiction of characters is suggestive of the prevailing diversity about the Native American people and their culture. ... Their characters portray the lack of understanding present in the American society for the Native Americans and the anger prevalent amongst the culture. Both authors have awakened the literary world on the existence of a culture that had always been there for possibly thousands of years, but only through an occasional perspective from an anthropologist and or a historian. ... The main characters of Eldrich's The Red Convertible can ...

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The universal themes of individualism, self-reliance, and slavery became the building blocks responsible for the creation of a uniquely American literary voice. ... James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Leather-Stocking Tales, embraced this new literary convention and created his own American voice through the character of Natty Bumpo. ...

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Believe it or not, these two characters are the closest physical representation of the president in Wag the Dog. ... The media's power is frequently reinforced by the characters throughout the story. ... A clever reference to this power to manipulate information is made by Brean's character (DeNiro): "We're not declaring war on Albania. ... This can be seen in his creative adoption of various literary devices. ...

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Characters Daisy Miller - The title character and heroine of the book, Daisy is a young, beautiful American girl traveling in Europe. ... As the title character and her family travel abroad, they are confronted with customs and traditions of old Europe. ... This story is, by and large, of the "novel of manners" literary genre. ... Characters constantly refer to their social statuses and are engaged in bettering their places. ... Because of the intricacies of the ranking, some characters will not be introduced to others. ...

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Mommy is a very disrespectful character and she does not care about Granny. ... There are also literary elements in "The Sandbox.... Thirdly, both plays show the incapability of a character to efficiently or successfully deliver a message across to another character in the play. ...

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The romantic writers replaced the static universal types of classical 18th century literature with more complex, idiosyncratic characters and a great deal of drama, fiction and poetry. ... This tradition is absorbed in the literary movement of transcendentalism that is expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. ... That "I" became the main character of Leaves of Grass, the explosive book of twelve untitled poems that he wrote in the early years of the 1850s. ... The book appeared on the fourth of July, as a kind of literary independence day. ... This become the most famous fr...

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Dogood was the imaginary character that Benjamin made to print his writings in that paper of his brother's company printed, all without his brother's knowing. ... Fame from his literary skill led him to the committee of drafting the Declaration of Independence in his seventies. ... His intellect, and philosophy and humorous character were once again, the focus of attention. ... Benjamin possessed excellent traits and characters and that is why he is considered to be one of the greatest American leaders. ...

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The literary history of American Indian writers started in the 1850s with John Rollin Ridge's publications. ... A popular traditional character that is also found in contemporary Indian literature is that of the trickster. ... It was a book that dealt with personal experiences, character sketches, Sioux tales and history. ...

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Emerson, an American democratic literary intellectual took on a philosophy of the street. ... Being flexible and fluid in your beliefs are important for spirituality and religion "character and integrity are what politicians used to ask for"(p. 71). ...

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Ethnic assimilation has existed since the birth of the American Dream as immigrants have traveled across land looking for opportunity within the United States. One of the most notable was the migration of the Chinese in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the novel "Bone", the author Fae Myenn...

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Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". ... From the late eighteenth century commentators began to associate The Tempest's plot, language and characters with Europe's exploration and colonization of America. ...

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