Tag: american literature
A life in Writing
David Stephens Edgar Allan Poe was a person that had a hard life to say the least. He lost both of his parents and he became an orphan by the […]
Perceptions of Poe
Julia Joyce I am going to take a page out of Edgar Allen Poe’s book and tell you that you do not want to read this blog post. It is […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s Plot Twist To Top All Plot Twists
Lyssa Henry Edgar Allan Poe wrote a lot of short stories and poems that captivate people even now, over 100 years after he died. The one that has surprised me […]
Poe’s Melancholy Muse
Miranda Alexander “I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Death speaks to us. It may come as a soft and gentle whisper […]
Slavery and Morality
Julia Joyce What does it mean to be good? How do we know what is right and wrong? Do we not steal because society, and law tell us this is […]
Writing & Reliability—Harriet Beecher Stowe & Joy Robbers
Rebecca Reese In class this week we began discussing Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the background of the novel and its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe’s story became a household name […]
The Power of the Pen
Miranda Alexander C.S. Lewis once said: “You can make anything by writing”. This is a sentiment that has compelled countless authors to carry on and complete their stories for ages. […]
Finding a Father in a World of Scientists
Rebecca Reese When you think about mad scientists and their creations, what do you think of? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein made through the methods of chemistry and alchemy? Dr. Faustus and […]
Me, Myself, and I
Julia Joyce “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an essay that contains pieces of truth, but it takes that truth to the extreme. Take this quote for example, “My life […]
Writers of the Past and Present
Miranda Alexander Inspiration is everywhere. It lurks within the darkest of alleys and pursues our interest of mind. Though it has the will and strength to conquer any brain it […]
One for All!
Kit Schleifer Why would none of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales make it into the American Canon? Recently, in class, we discussed reasons for this, and among those was that […]
An Indian’s Looking Glass
David Stephens William Apess was born in 1798 in the small town of Colrain, Massachusetts where his people, the Pequots, mostly resided on two small reservations. Not long into his young life […]