Many scientists and explorers of the nineteenth century were conquering new ideas and discovering new-found places of the world, it was a time of intellectual on expressive writing, particularly that of the gothic and horror genre utilising the macabre and bizarre. ... Many people think that this event happened but we cannot be certain, but the account of how Shelly came upon the story adds to the stereotypical image of the genre. ... Shelley begins her novel in epistolary form, with Walton writing to his sister in London. ... The monster is brought to life in Chapter five, "on a dreary Novemb...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As would be expected, little respect is given to this genre of writing, having been brushed aside as simplistic and trivial. ... As the critic Rebecca Lukens points out, Alcott's idealistic writing reflects her father's efforts "to form the perfect social community- (291). ... So while unimaginative critics can dump children's literature into a category of the insignificant, it is quite evident that the genre holds an important position in literature. It is a genre appealing to both children and adults, teaching two different lessons for each of its audiences within the same ...

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Indeed, when I informed people that I was writing a critical essay on Stephen King the most common response was laughter. ... Firstly, the horror genre is King's main (but not exclusive) area of writing, and it is one which people absolutely adore. ... His writing is subtle enough to make one believe in things that other horror writers of lesser powers simply cannot. ... He has had a long writing career, spanning four decades and taking him from a mechanical typewriter balanced on his knees in the laundry room of a caravan to a summerhouse on a lake in his beloved Maine (similar to "Sara ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The book Valis, written by Philip K. Dick, is a hard book to put into a genre. It is part science fiction, part religion, part philosophy, and part autobiography. Dick took used elements of each to create a truly unique novel about a schizophrenic man's decent into insanity, the irrationality of t...

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A quote on the back of the book from John Updike can also give us insight to how respected his name was by other literary geniuses, "I'd never seen writing quite like this before, writing so precise and witty, and so full of little surprises," (Updike, Of John Updike and Vladimir Nabokov). ... It is such a genre bending story even in today's society so coming out at the time it did was a very bold move for Nabokov. ... It is a great fairy tale in a world Nabokov has created and constructed through his talent for good writing. ...

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