David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). ... Johnson, on the other hand, was a firm believer in these literary rules and yet it was his "Preface to Shakespeare" which became the first significant breach in these limitations. ... The Augustan approach was intellectual wi...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

David punter describes the political relationship of the Augustan thinker to the literary world, " It is tempting to see in Augustanism the doctrine of a small cultural elite holding on to power and status under increasing pressure, and that pressure as precisely that exerted by the new reading public on the homogeneity of the old literary establishment (p 31 Punter). ... Johnson, on the other hand, was a firm believer in these literary rules and yet it was his "Preface to Shakespeare" which became the first significant breach in these limitations. ... The Augustan approach was intellectual wi...

• Word Count: 1271
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One major theme in this work was rejection of authority. ... Thérese Raquin (1868) was written by Émile Zola during the Naturalist literary period. ... The main theme in Frankenstein is that having too much ambition is dangerous. ... All of these works reflect the themes of Frankenstein, but would go unnoticed to the general reader. ... There are fewer literary allusions in this work because it was written for less educated people. ...

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

In common with the gothic tales, Frankenstein made use of the correspondence between theme, character and setting. ... She replaced the mythological theme of "heavenly fire" with the latest experiments of electricity. ... Mary became familiar with galvanisation both from the summer conversations at Villa Diodori with Byron and from her husband Percy's interest in this theme while at Oxford. ... Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus meets the criteria of at least proto-typical science fiction and has inspired other literary works which typify the genre more closely such as H.G. ...

• Word Count: 2302
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mary Shelley: Achieving Excellence Through Her Sorrows Influenced greatly by her mother and father, two of the greatest radical literary writers of the eighteenth century, Mary Shelley was predestined to be equally as moving and thought provoking as her parents. ... Shelley's longing for emotional happiness and strength forged its way into her novels as underlying themes; she also stigmatized the negative impact on what happens to those unwilling to show such emotion (Mellor xii). ... Godwin's marriage to Mary Jane Clairmont, although a plague to Mary, would provoke the strong...

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

The term "Frankenstein" has undergone sequences of alterations, and an elongated lifetime than its carrier, Victor Frankenstein. The memoir of the title can likewise be perceived as more intensely appealing than that of the expert scientist. Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, has certainly origin...

• Word Count: 1540
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Bibliotherapy of the Creature I saw a creature, naked, bestial, which, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it because it is bitter and because it is my heart." - Stephen ...

• Word Count: 2479
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School