In the Old South and times only known in history book, women were involved with courtship love and faithfulness to only one lover. ... The narrator notes that while the men attend the funeral out of obligation, the women go primarily because no one has been inside her house for years, with many mysterious events happened through times ("A Rose for Emily-). ... He won two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award and a Nobel Prize for Literature. ...
It is important to note that common readers give up their sovereignty to the experts without knowing. ... The common reader will read the essay blindly by and the complex reader will read the book through the author's viewpoint. ... The common reader does not have this advantage because he is just reading along the book soaking up all Percy's ideas. ...
Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of...
He puts her number in his address book. ... It is important to note that fairly early in the story, the narrator makes the following statement "of course this is a summer romance, but bear with me and see with what banal literary irony it all turns out or does not turn out at all." ...
Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp. ... And he himself was noting but a prism that refracted their lives. ...
This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike, receiving nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Many critics note a shift in Carver's work between the publication of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love and Cathedral, and many believe that Carver reached the zenith of his career with this collection. Adam Meyer, in his book, Raymond Carver, argues that "Carver is at the height of his powers here, having arrived at his full maturity, and Cathedral as a whole is certainly the most impressive of his collections." ... The boo...