An English Romanticism painting of a landscape with trees and hills. William Turner, Dawn in the Valleys of Devon.

English Romanticism (1798-1832)

This is post 4 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries English Romanticism began in …

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The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization

This is post 2 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …

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“Only in death does freedom begin”

In my dreams… I saw you all standing naked before me, stripped of all your fears, your hopes, illusions. Dispossessed of all that matters, like children, surrendering to the indiscriminate consumer of life. Good or bad, no one gets out of life. Death… loves us all. So prepare ! Don’t rail, don’t weep, don’t tremble, …

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Will.I.Am – Yes We Can (Obama song)

Pas de politique ici mais par contre je trouve cette chanson, Yes We Can par Will.I.Am, plutôt pas mal : It was a creed written into the founding documentsthat declared the destiny of a nation.Yes we can.It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as theyblazed a trail toward freedom.Yes we can. Yes we can.It was …

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The ordering of events in The Great Gatsby

This is post 5 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …

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Structure and Narration in The Great Gatsby

This is post 4 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …

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American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence

This is post 3 of 5 in the series “History of American Literature” History of American Literature Puritanism : a New World Vision An authentically American Literature American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence The American Renaissance American Modernism in literature Washington Irving: evolution, nostalgia and imaginary compensation Irving was not under the influence of …

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