Hemingway was conceivably the only writer to achieve the combination of international celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. ... During his stay in Europe through the 1920's, Ernest was influenced by eccentric writers like Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound their literary compression. ... THEMES In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro- Harry himself regards his life as a failure. ... Therefore the theme is don't put off what you could have done today to do tomorrow. ... That is a theme for "In Another Country-. ...

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The two books share a great deal in common, especially in tone and theme. ... In addition to the author's experiences, the tone and theme for the book The Lord of the Flies come largely from the Cold War era. ... Golding and Conrad were both heavily influence by contemporary trends, both political and literary. In addition to the background, both of the books' titles lend a great deal to the book's overall tone and themes. ... Golding uses the Lord of the Flies to symbolize the theme of man's inner evil. ...

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This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... It was largely a poetry of urban themes; the Romantic dependence on nature had already declined. ... His poems are largely traditional in theme, form, and structure, and show a continuity with the Wordsworthian art of recording the impact of ordinary daily events on an individual and sensitive mind. ...

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Septimus Warren Smith and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway Works Cited Dowling, David. Mrs. Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishing, 1991. Gilbert, Martin. The First World War: A Complete History. New York, NY: Henry Ho...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. Twenty-three years have passed since the end of the war, and for much of that time the narrator has been trying to write about the bombing of Dresden. He was never able to write the book. When he thinks about Dresden's place in his memory, he always recalls two things: a dirty limerick about a man whose penis has let him down, and "My Name is Yon Yonson," a song which has no ending. ...

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