Throughout literary history, critics have discussed the greatest authors of all time. ... Despite their rivalry in writing, they wrote about a similar theme: The American Dream. Both were extraordinary literary figures in American history, but who made the biggest impact? ... Fitzgerald's work all had similar plots and themes. ... When it comes to writing themes both men often wrote with similar ideas throughout all of their work. ...

• Word Count: 1371
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Some critics emphasize the revenge theme pointing to the hypocritical and deterministic tone of the story. ... His adherence to American themes set him apart from many other novelists of his time and had a powerful effect on such later American writers. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. Some other critics analyze, "The Man That Corru...

• Word Count: 1459
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

These two literatures do not share a common theme. In "My Old Man" the theme of the story is change. ... In "The Three Day Blow" the theme is making a mistake. ... I have chosen a literary criticism on "My Old Man" by Phillip Sipiora. ... He explains that the theme and tone are similar. ...

• Word Count: 726
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ernest Hemingway In the sixty two years of Ernest Hemingway's life he produced a literary reputation that went unmatched in the twentieth century. ... The literary critic Philip Young, who has built a respectable reputation for his analysis of Hemingway literature, aides in the breakdown of the story to show the layers of the iceberg. ... The publishers of The Sun Also Rises published the story because "they found especially in this novel, that Hemingway derived a certain style that allowed him to prevent his people and his actions not as perceptible through a literary medium, ...

• Word Count: 2253
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. ... Alain Locke still remains among the finest examples of literary and cultural criticism. ... Section III: Selective Criticism Literary criticism on The New Negro there is limited, while the novel is experiencing resurgence due in part to the several republishing. Most literary scholars know Locke as the "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance who led a host of authors and artists in creating a new image for the Negro. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art. ... Alain Locke still remains among the finest examples of literary and cultural criticism. ... Section III: Selective Criticism Literary criticism on The New Negro there is limited, while the novel is experiencing resurgence due in part to the several republishing. Most literary scholars know Locke as the "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance who led a host of authors and artists in creating a new image for the Negro. ... American Literary History 3.2 (1991): 255-76. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

All of these men are proud and it is shown in the soldiers thoughts about his medals (Adventures in American Literature 649) and in Santiago's belief that a man can be destroyed, but not defeated; which is also major theme in many of Hemingway's writings. ... Hemingway uses most every kind of literary device imaginable in his writing. ...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"The Sun Also Rises is the book that established Hemingway as a literary force and it introduced the world to the Lost Generation" (Wilson 5). ... One of the main themes of The Sun Also Rises is impotence. ... Other themes found under the umbrella of impotence are: lack of family, rootlessness, nihilism, and alienation, being from somewhere else and being cut off from the past. ... The material objects that Hemingway uses to convey the theme are beer, the good and bad hillsides, and a railroad station between two tracks. ...

• Word Count: 2109
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The literary history of American Indian writers started in the 1850s with John Rollin Ridge's publications. ... Even though there are differences among native literatures there are also similar themes throughout all of them. Four major themes are the sense of the beautiful, sense of the sacred, sense of place, and sense of community (Ruoff 6). ...

• Word Count: 1765
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• Grade Level: High School

"A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted,"" Pulitzer Prize winning John Updike mused. "While within the narrative we have many apparent choices of exit, when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens" (183). U...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In A Farewell to Arms, various story elements are developed: the conflicts that occur internally and externally within Frederic's life, the characterization of Frederic Henry, the use of symbolism, and the dominating theme of love during a widespread war. Love and war is an important theme in the book, and the relationship between Frederic and Catherine is explored by Hemingway. ...

• Word Count: 2198
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

However, what we get from reading the literary words gives only one-eighth of Hemingway's "Icemountain", which shows only a small part on the surface. ... And the more outstanding the theme of the novel is! ...

• Word Count: 2478
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School