The author I have chosen for my research paper is the one and only Ernest Hemingway, I will analyze and comment on the criticism towards him. ... Hemingway and follow this up with the outweighing positive literary criticism over negative ones. ... I will now follow on with the positive criticism of Ernest Hemingway. ... This is a short sentence that can summarize the many positive criticisms of Ernest Hemingway that was commented by Swedish Academy after he won the Nobel Prize. ... To conclude and comment on my research paper on Ernest Hemmingway I would like to explain my thoughts and r...

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In 1865 Matthew Arnold wrote, "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time". ... Though literary criticism had been taking place for years, it was generally disregarded and held as useless. ... He then says that the critical process may in fact be a crucial one for the creation of literary works. ... One major contribution of Arnold's criticism has been the creation of the literary cannon. ... I believe that if Arnold could see today universities, where we are fed criticism, he would be somewhat satisfied. ...

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His experimentation within language and forms brought a rapid change in literary tastes. ... In this paper, this poem will be examined from two literary theories. ... Marxist Criticism Marxism is a way of seeing the world around us through the economic terms. ... The simplest goals of Marxist literary criticism can include an assessment of the political 'tendency' of a literary work, determining whether its social content or its literary form are 'progressive'. ... The English literary critic and cultural theorist Terry Eagleton defines Marxist criticism this way: "Marxist ...

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It is during this revolutionary movement that the female worker and writer begin to be accepted into society and the literary realm. ... "No male writer has written primarily or even largely for women, or with the sense of women's criticism as a consideration when he chooses his materials, his theme, his language. ... Rich's radical views to see that women are more equal than men will cause women many unnecessary hardships when women are already equalizing the literary playing field. Rich wants women to do everything a man can do, which is understandable, but not when she wants to...

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As women grew as literary writers by reading and responding to their contemporaries, their literary tradition grew with them. ... In addition to the fortitude of women in the eighteen hundreds came the strength of the few established female literary writers who pooled their efforts to form a community and build the women's literary tradition that exists today. ... Here in the plays of William Shakespeare, poems of Edgar Allen Poe, the stories of Jonathan Swift and/or other predominantly male literary forms, that she encountered would she experience her first taste of true literary art. ...

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Daniel Defoe incorporated many different themes into his magnificent novel, Robinson Crusoe. The purpose of this paper is to analyze other critic's interpretations on the different themes throughout this novel and reflect upon them with my own opinions. To get a better understanding on the critic...

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Because of this lack of acknowledgment by the literary establishment, the critic P. Hunt maintains that children's books should be displaced from the literary canon altogether (7). But when viewed from both a critical and emotional standpoint, children's literature occupies a very dense subgroup of the Literary Canon. ... Alcott's portrayal of the young women, however, cannot get past without offering some brief criticism. ... While this criticism may be a bit harsh, I would deem it quite accurate, as the perception Alcott appears to give off is that a young woman may be fre...

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Feminist criticism certainly has a place in modern literature, both as a critique of the old ideologies as well as a discipline unto itself. ... As I stated earlier, feminist criticism certainly has merit. ... Through the feminist lens, a number of new literary doors are opened. ... Rich is at her best when "decoding" the works of her spiritual and literary predecessors, reading between the boundaries of the admittedly male-imposed lines. ... I can only assume the male-dominated literary world of the day was threatened...

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Both femininity and masculinity harbor literary potential in their own respect. And an appeal to both genders is necessary for achieving literary greatness. ... (24) Supportive of Woolf and sharing similar views, is an anonymous article from Cultural Conversations entitledTimes Literary Supplement,? ... Publishing under a pseudonym or alias has proved the point of literary equality many times over. ... With the help of a solid androgynous mind, any good author, male or female, can look forward to fair criticism from an audience of growing impartiality. ...

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Two of his literary works, "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", are perfectly evident of Poe's style. ... Poe also produced some of the most influential literary criticism of his time. ... Poe got a job as a literary critic where he became well known as a great writer and important critic. ... He is thought to be America's first significant literary critic to write about the theory of composition" (May 1810). His views on literary criticism appealed and still appeal to the reading public. ...

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His complicated life lived with an obsession of money mixed with complex women and excessive drinking influenced his literary works and style which caused much criticism. ... Fitzgerald wrote for the Nassau Literary Magazine and the Princeton Tiger and wrote scripts and lyrics for Princeton Triangle Club musicals while going to Princeton(Bruccoli). ... Fitzgerald experienced criticism left and right. ... No matter what people said about Fitzgerald's literary works, he remained true to his passion....

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These include lyric and epic poetry, philosophical essays and dialogues, tragic and comic drama, literary letters and critical and biographical history. ... Drama, especially tragedy, became the most important literary form during the Golden Age. ... After the philosopher Socrates" death in 399 BC, a new literary form was developed by his pupils. ... Aristotle also wrote important works, including Poetics, a masterpiece of literary criticism. ...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... There, in 1925, his literary skills were discovered after he left three of his poems beside the plate of American poet Vachel Lindsay, who recognized Hughes's abilities and subsequently helped publicize Hughe...

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Though his essays are all criticisms or appreciations of the life of his age and literature, they are all intensely personal. ... Though at times he is misled by his prejudices, yet taking his criticism of art and literature as a whole there is not the least doubt that there is great merit in it. ... He wrote fine biographies of a number of classical, historical and literary personages, of which the most ambitious attempt is The Careers. ...

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The main focus is determined by analyzing the plot and the dialogues of the series to see Percy Jackson actions related to his hamartia in the series. 1.5 Theoretical Approach Since the present writer conducts a literary research on the plot of a novel, an approach which only focuses on intrincsi elements and stands free from any entrinsic elements. The appropriate approach used for this graduating paper is the objective approach as presented by Abrams in his book A Glossary of Literary Terms, as quoted in the following: Objective criticism approaches the work as something which stands free f...

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Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a criticism and a protest against Southern society of the 19th century. ... The literary critic Veit Kuhne states, "Even more than his action, his writings showed that Twain, the native Southerner, had left the world of racial prejudices behind him and had become one if it's harshest critics" (http://www.mycgiserver.com/~veit/veit/schule/twain.htm). ...

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The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton S.E. Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the age of sixteen she wrote her First novel, The Outsiders. I t was this book that allowed Hinton to attend the University Of Tulsa. While attending the University of Tulsa, Hinton fell in love...

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Humanism is the intellectual, literary and scientific movement of the 14th to the 16th centuries without which the Renaissance would never have evolved. ... Humanism is thought to be the most significant and defining intellectual and literary movement of the Renaissance. ... This literary form is to this day is known as "Petrarchan sonnet." ... This illustrious honor was a shining moment for Petrarch, as this was a public expression of respect and enthusiasm for his literary achievements. ... Petrarch had unwittingly become the creator of historical analysis and literary criticism. ...

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Thus Orlando's desire and future are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. ... As with any literary adaptation, Potter's adaptation of Orlando has been met with much criticism. ... The image of the bumboat woman is there, and the meeting between Orlando and Shelmerdine on the moors is fairly close to the literary version. ... Because Orlando the book breaks so many rules in that it experiments with such a variety of literary forms and deals with such thematic comple...

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Cooper began his literary career with Precaution. ... The Pioneers was Coopers third work using a literary technique called "A descriptive tale." ... In 1895 Mark Twain published his acerbic criticism of James Fenimore Cooper I in his essay "The Literary Offenses of Fenimore Cooper." ... In one place in "Deerslayer," and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115. ... There are nineteen rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction -- some say twenty-two. ...

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The following stanza from "The Prologue" is Bradstreets feeling towards the criticism she received from being a female writer and it explains how men saw women at this time: I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits. ... Despite all of the hardships that she endured in not only her personal life, but also from the criticism that she received for being a women writer, Bradstreet has emerged as one of the most enigmatic figures in literature. ... A fel...

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Despite her literary success, Sexton continually battled depression and psychosis. ... Some thought Sexton was one of the best known and most controversial of the confessional poets, a group composed of New England writers who rose to prominence in the nineteen-sixties (Contemporary Literary Criticism 311). ...

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How great of a writer do you think Mark Twain was, lets hear your criticism. ... Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. ...

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How great of a writer do you think Mark Twain was, lets hear your criticism. ... Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. ...

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An unpleasant visit from Peter Hovenden, the old watchmaker, is enough "to torture Owen's soul with the bitterness of worldly criticism" (Hawthorne.272). ... While Owen was creating his butterfly, not only did he deal with his own mistakes and criticism but he also had to deal with criticism from others. ... His family background gave him no inspiration; his college work did not prepare him; his friends and family scoffed at the idea of a writing career and the citizens of his hometown showed no interest in a literary man- (Whitelaw.101). ...

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