Hazlitt wrote many volumes of essays, of which the most effective is The Spirit of the Age (1825) in which he gives critical portraits of a number of his famous contemporaries. ... He has the capacity to see the whole of his author most clearly, and he can place him most exactly in relation to other authors. ... He shared the reaction of his day against the severer classicism of the eighteenth century, preferring rather the ornate manner of Jeremy Taylor, Sir Thomas Browne and their contemporaries. ...

• Word Count: 1952
• Approx Pages: 8

The authors of the Romantic era had an idea of themselves as creators. ... In Thérese Raquin, Zola described the lives of contemporary working people. ... Since Thérese Raquin was meant for the common reader, it was set in contemporary time in the city. ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Her disconnected adolescence and the questionable morality of her actions as an adult provided source for many novels she wrote, rousing contempt from some of her contemporaries and praise from others. ...

• Word Count: 1927
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Attitudes toward Muslims in Contemporary American Society" (Kerem Ozan, Geoffrey C. ... Uslaner), the authors state that the highly politicized war on terror, negative media coverage of Muslims after the bombing, and negative comments about the Islam religion by political and religious leaders may be a rational explanation for the attitude of hatred toward Muslims (Kalkan, Layman, and Uslander). ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate