Category: Literary Studies
Posts of studies, opinions, and reviews on English literature and authors.
Some Wisdom from the Wise—Franklin’s Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin was so much more than one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an American polymath, a leading author, a printer, a politician, a scientist, […]
Attaining Virtue
Julia Joyce In his autobiography, Ben Franklin claims to seek “moral perfection.” He wants to be faultless and not miss the mark whether because of humans’ natural predisposition to sin, […]
Captive Writer
I can flip through the Bible at any moment of my day and pretend like a random passage has meaning to me at that very moment. It takes absolutely no […]
To Trust Like A Wasp—God’s Plan & Taylor’s Poem
Rebecca Reese Edward Taylor was a colonial American poet who used his talent to express his religious views. He used symbolism, anthropomorphism, and sometimes straightforwardness to get across his Puritan-influenced […]
Is the God of Christianity Good?
Julia Joyce “Day of Doom” by Michael Wigglesworth, Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson, and Edward Taylor’s “Upon Wedlock and Death of Children” […]
Captivating Tales
Miranda Alexander The human race is undeniably allured by stories of crime and captivity. Something stirs deep within us when we tune into the news and are bombarded with the […]
Edward Taylor’s House Plants
Lyssa Henry As I discovered this week in one of my Literature classes, it is so easy for people to interpret the same piece of writing in many different ways. […]
America’s Reading Dilemma—From Prologue to Epilogue
Katherine Wiggins Most of us would not be surprised to hear that our generation does less reading for enjoyment than our parents’ and grandparents’ generations did. Most of us would […]
“On Stories”—C.S. Lewis’s Analysis of Plot and Narrative
Jahanna Bolding C.S. Lewis in his essay “On Stories” discusses the purposes of a narrative story. He argues that a good story must do more than tell about a series […]
“Introduction to the Defendant”—Analysis of G.K. Chesterton’s Essay
Amanda Platz G.K. Chesterton argues that mankind has a growing tendency to devalue what is truly good in the world, and instead favor the things man thinks are ‘better’ than […]
Impatient as the Wind– A Mist among all his Grief
Kierra Gilbert Published in 1955 by C.S Lewis, Surprise by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is partially an autobiography that describes the author’s adaptation to Christianity that took […]
Jane Eyre’s Influence on C.S Lewis
Quinton Bent Published on October 16, 1847, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre is a coming-of-age novel. Jane Eyre traces the feelings and experiences of the protagonist- Jane, including her rise to […]