Tag: american literature
Faith in Literature
“Why do authors interpret faith into their writings”? Personal truths and beliefs are what makes you who you are, it is a part of your identity. What you believe is […]
Lessons from the Harte
This week in American Literature we read three short stories by Bret Harte. The stories were set in California during the gold rush. There was one thing in his stories […]
The Joys of Literary Traveling
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away _ Emily Dickinson There comes a point in every bibliophile’s life when someone has the nerve to utter […]
Walt Whitman Probably Wasn’t Gay: A Title Unrelated to the Blog
We’re like 48 months into this semester and I do not have the mental capacity to continue writing 600 words every week. I almost completely forgot how to spell continue. […]
Lukewarm Living
Julia Joyce Not only did Herman Melville write the exciting story of Moby Dick, he also wrote “Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-street.” Now I have never read Moby […]
The Science and Ethics of “Bartleby the Scrivener”
Lyssa Henry After reading Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener,” I became stuck on one concept that is nearly irrelevant to the story itself but gave me both a scientific and […]
Preferences and Priorities
Rebecca Reese At the beginning of this week, Dr. Schleifer opened his discussion on Walt Whitman by saying, “I’m just going to put this out there. I do not like […]
Darth Vader as the Raven
Julia Joyce I have discovered that the voice a piece of writing is read in has a drastic effect on its mood and how it is received. If you have […]
What?! Poe Wasn’t Always Depressed?!
Rebecca Reese Edgar Allan Poe has long been remembered as a depressed man who wrote dark tales. Well, this is true, but there are many other things that are not […]
Why Age Matters—Frederick Douglass and Childhood Birthday Parties
Rebecca Reese “Age is nothing but a number.” “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” “Age is matter of feeling, not years.” […]
Make a Choice
Julia Joyce Slavery is usually talked about from the perspective of the slave, and for good reason. It is an awful cruelty, and the story of the slave was often […]
Poelloons
Kit Schleifer Dear Poe, you wanted to write about one thousand years in the future and balloons were the best you could do. I’m incredibly disappointed. Also, the only balloon […]