New York: W. W. Norton &, 2005. 541-558. Print. The author of this work tries to prove that Hawthorne can be viewed as a feminist because of his writing of The Scarlet Letter and many other works. He brings examples from the novel to prove that some of the statements and major themes that Hawthorne puts out are actually ranging towards more feminist than not.
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s sonnet sequence Sonnets from the Portugeuse, explores the experence of idealised love in the patriarchal confines of the Victorian era, juxtaposed against F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, which comments on the unatanability of idealised love due to the corruption of the American dream. Through an exploration of love, both composers subvert societies preconcieved attitutdes to love through the reccurring motif of ‘Plato’s ladder of love’. Barrett-Browning’s poems highlight the realities of a spiritual, connected love, contrasting to Fitzgeralds commentary on the illusionary goals of ‘true’ platonic love in the post WWI hedonistic, materialistic society. Barrett-Browning conveys the Romantic ideals of platonic love, against the prudish rationalism of the Victorian era. The Petrarchan sonnet form has an inbuilt dialectic structure, enabling her to have a progressive narrative, which follows the path of the Platonic system.
Compare and Contrast: Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne were two phenomenal authors of the Dark Romanticism period. These American authors were two of the first writers to delve into the human mind and create psychological literature. Dark Romanticism examines the conflict between good and evil, the psychological effects of guilt and sin, and the human minds madness and derangement. Poe and Hawthorne both successfully captured the dark romanticism elements, yet they each approach these dismal aspects differently. These two authors share qualities in their writing, but they were extremely different people.
TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE? “The most interesting aspects of texts written in different times is seeing the difference in what people value.” Possibly one of the best known piece of American prose fiction of its time, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, develops an ironic but ultimately pessimistic point of view on the materialistic and superficial society presented in the 1920s which prevented the ideas of pure love. The form of a prose fiction does not have a structure which makes the novel unique. Sonnets from the Portuguese, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, presents a more idealistic and optimistic view about love and hope. She portrays her personal voice through the use of sonnets, specifically Petrarchan.
i William O’Neil Dr. James Nutter ENGL 102—Honors 24 February 2015 Romanticism Unshackled: a Study of the Modern Prometheus Thesis: Frankenstein should bear the title of Romantic literature because the novel embodies trademark Romantic ideas, situations, and characteristics throughout the text. I. In an attempt to categorize any novel as Romantic, however, one must first attempt to identify what, exactly, makes a work Romantic. a. A group of poets, including the likes of William Blake, Samuel Coleridge, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Byron and—Mary’s husband—Percy Shelley, who are commonly credited as being the ground-breaking authors of the Romantic movement b. Lyrical Ballads moved poetry away from the times of the mythical and fantastical,
John Mackey Mrs. White Honors English 10/ 4th period 4 March 2012 Ironic Downfall into the Catacombs The literary devices irony and foreshadowing are used to accent one another. Edgar Allan Poe craftily uses both of these devices in order to make his stories tricky and deceitful to the characters but obvious to the reader. As the devices intertwine they allow for stories to become more complex and meaningful. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses irony to foreshadow Fortunato’s downfall through the Montresor coat of arms, the origin of the characters’ names, and the use of the Free Masons. The Montresor family crest, the human foot d’or, accompanied by its motto, Nemo me impune lacesit (No one insults me with impunity),
American Literature Topics | American History Topics | * Compare and contrast Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism * The Development of Early American Literature * Analysis of Themes in Early American Poetry * Poe--his influence on American Literature * Literary nationalism as an emerging trend in American literature from the beginnings to 1820 * Women poets from the colonies – their challenges and contributions * Compare the Puritan focus with the enlightenment thinkers (using exemplary literary works from each period). * Dickinson's Explorations of Poetry * Native American oral and written traditions * The ideals of masculinity that helped shape the nineteenth-century figure of the American hero * Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne contribution to Dark Romanticism * The elements of Naturalism * Characteristics of African American literature * An author’s influence on American literature (you pick the author) * The
Journey ix. Frontier x. Initiation III. Gothic Romanticism i. second hand retelling ii. setting: gloomy / castle iii. mysterious crime or forbidden love iv.
In this essay I will be analysing and exploring how the use of gothic conventions influence the reader and convey Wilde’s themes of art, influence, beauty and youth through the supernatural, subconscious and conscious, and the use of a gothic villain. The Picture of Dorian Gray is Wilde’s only novel, exploring the interrelationship of art, life and consequence. Gothic literature started to become popular in the 1800s; an important and innovative reinterpreter of the Gothic in this period was Edgar Alan Poe and Robert Louis Stevenson. Gothic sprouted from the tradition of Romanticism especially in romantic poetry. Gothicism's origin started with the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, then increasing with
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad provides a bridge between Victorian values and ideals of modernism. The characters face illness, violence and conspiracy and is as much about alienation, confusion, and profound doubt as it is about imperialism. Although it was one of the first literary texts to provide a critical view of European imperial activities, it was initially read by critics as anything but controversial. This novella is an exploration of hypocrisy, ambiguity, and moral confusion. It explores the idea of the choice between the lesser of two evils.