When someone is admired and praised as a great figure, there is a natural desire to know more about this individual. ... It may well be that the true author of these works is William Shakespeare, and there is substantial evidence to verify this opinion. ... One basic piece of evidence supporting Shakespeare as the author of these masterpieces is the fact that his name was on all of the sonnets and poems. Additionally, the editors of Shakespeare's works were the two editors featured in his will, tying further connection to William Shakespeare as the author. It is known that William was als...

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In the year 1725, Pope published an edition of Shakespeare that attracted great criticism from conservative authors such as Lewis Theobald. ... Through the proposal, he not only captured the harsh realities of the time but also demonstrated great use of satire. ... The author of the restoration period exposed the mediocrity of the human beings of the time through poetry. ... Clearly, the restoration period had great contribution in the development and presentation of literary work. Authors of the restoration period liberated literary work from the perceived ideologies of rationality and moral...

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He is that rare phenomenon, the author in whose work the image of an age can be shown. ... This poem is a great achievement for its author, where Dryden uses a satirical and argumentative verse to debate on public affaires in the form of verse satire. ... The author introduces the voice of Shaftesbury in a direct style to provide his personal opinion about the king's government; "The faith's defender, and mankind's delight, good, gracious, just, observant of the laws -his crime is God's beloved attribute .Shaftesbury is stating in this way that it's dangerous to sub...

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The Essence of Man In William Wordsworth's sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us," the author's techniques enhance a feeling of not only hopeless despondency, but also forlorn dejection. ... For example, the author recognizes the vast potential for humankind, but the all too common mentality of "getting and spending" clouds the once perceptive outlook of humanity. ... The flourishing alliteration and assonance in this short yet powerful phrase relates to the reader the intensity that the author wishes to convey in his passionate accusations in opposition to the modern age. ... He is...

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From the great expressionists and the literary accomplishments of 16th century English Literature a new breed of poets were born. ... Most importantly, all of the poems from these authors share common characteristics. ... By critics they were thought of as lyrical showboats; it was until the early twentieth century that these great artists were fully acknowledged. ...

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He also believed in the study and importance of the Greek and Roman classics as great works of literature. ... They felt they were part of a new age of artistic and intellectual achievement and that the language and style of the great classical works should be celebrated and studied. ... He was responsible for discovering several texts and letters by the Roman author Cicero, who's Brutus became one of the most famous books of the time. ...

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Maya Angelou is a well-recognized American author, primarily from the period of the Civil Rights Movement, where she participated as an activist. ... According to an article by Danielle Dorky, as a writer, Maya Angelou acquired her inspiration from different authors who had written books and poems, which she used to read from her childhood (1). ... Wolfe is among the most celebrated authors of the early 20th century, and is credited for paving the way for autobiographical fiction genre, thus there is no doubt that Angelou's respect and knowledge of the author's work assisted in stren...

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Many of the authors whose works have been included in the canon are white males like William Shakespeare and Mark Twain. ... Although knowing the past is important, a biased view of the past isn't such a great idea since the merits of many are over looked. ...

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Different authors use various figures of speech to present their characters in plays or poems. ... The author subsequently presents him to have abnormal powers to explore the earth and heavens from a chariot drawn by dragons, and he is seen flying to Rome, where there is a celebration to honor St. ... Richard is the main character in Shakespeare's play; the author presents him as a villain who does wicked things intentionally to satisfy his selfish desires and achieve his goals. ... The author mentions that he is deformed, unfinished, and sent before his time, and that dogs bark at him be...

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The time gap and the education of the day were far too great of obstacles for them to overcome. ... It is best to come to personal conclusions regarding "Beowulf" and its translation, simply put a version is only as good as its author and his knowledge, a literary critic must judge on personal joy, accuracy, and aesthetics; the reality is that most people in our modern society would not be overjoyed to engage the early translations of "Beowulf" in this manner, the Heaney version is far more to borrow a term of the day "user friendly" than most. ...

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Many of the fictional stories and that we have read throughout this semester have contained a great deal of imagery. ... Other symbols are private or personal; having a special significance derived from their particular use by an author. ... Various methods can be used, including memories, dream sequences, stories or narration by characters, or even authorial sovereignty. ...

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In yet another quote, Wordsworth expresses his disgust for controlled and limited thinking brought on by religious dogma: "Great God! ... Whitman demonstrates in the following quote, "You furnish your parts toward eternity, great or small, you furnish your parts toward the soul" (pg. 1071, lines, 131-2) how the scenes he depicts enable him to better understand how people are not only unique; but that their uniqueness lends qualitatively to the unified whole of humanity. ... Regardless, because The World Is To Much With Us qualifies in more areas than do these other represented p...

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Poetry of the period seemed to have exhausted its civic and moral spirit, peculiar to the works of the great masters of the past like Shakespeare, Milton and Byron. ... Therefore the end of the war brought no sense of moral relief for either side, and a great many people, like Oswald Spengler, even argued that the European culture had entered the final stage of its existence. ... It's ironic that it was in the highly-industrialized America that the author of The Waste Land abandoned urbanism, which filled practically all of his works of the 1920-es, and started writing landscape lyrics....

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Barnard (1999) asserts that Keats is one of the great English romantic poets, whose prime belief was in art and beauty. ... These works, although they have been subjected to much critical analysis, remain the "ultimate expression of Keats's genius" and as such "secure his reputation as a great poet." ... These two are polar opposites and show to great extent the profound and deep intensity with which Keats constructs his poetry. ...

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Second, literature ought to be the great-book namely "notable for literary form or expression". ... This has resulted in value judgement, particularly to the non-great-books. ... As much as possible, the authors indicate the visualization by imagery. Generally, imagery describes what the author wants to visualize. ... Indeed, their phrase for what we think of as "fine art" was "imitative arts", and great importance was attached to poetry as an integral part of the Greek education. ...

• Word Count: 5585
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate