Whenever two novels were written in different time periods, many differences can be found between these novels. They may have been written in different styles for different classes of readers. Viewpoints and beliefs change with time, and the writing styles in these novels reflect this evolution. During the time that Frankenstein was written (1818), Romanticism was the dominant literary period, and much of the Romantic philosophy can be seen in Mary Shelley's novel. One major theme in this work was rejection of authority. ...

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

James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. He was born in New York City's Harlem in 1924 (Smith 235). Due to his mother's inaccessibility and his stepfather's stern and remote manner, B...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans. New York: Barnes and Nobles, Inc., 1993, 423 p. Part I: The Author and His Preparations James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in Burlington, NJ though raised in Cooperstown, NY. He grew up exploring the hills, forest and lake near his f...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I. Southern Mail is a fictional book about a man, Jacques Bernis' journeys as a mail carrier, and is told by the author as the narrator. This novel can be categorized as a love story, however it is more like a sequence of confusing events with a love story intertwined throughout. But isn't that ex...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School