Fasick, Laura. "Sentiment, Authority, and the Female Body in the Novels of Samuel Richardson." Essays-in-Literature. Fall 1992, 19:2, 193-203. Laura Fasick is concerned with the relationship between the attempt to split the female mind and body and authority. ... Louise Kibbie deals with the relationship of the female characters in both Pamela and Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure to the competing forms of property present in both novels. She states that both novels are "concerned with the tension between two ideas of female character, represented by two versions of property: a narrative of cur...

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... in Mary Barton fundamentally weakens the force of the novel as a social commentary. I will be referring to other social commentary novels such as Hard Times by Charles Dickens, and The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell. By using these two novels as markers with which to measure Mary Barton, I hope to discover, whether it is the love interest, or merely Gaskell ... difference between good and evil. One could say that Orwell's novel is non-fiction, and therefore bound to be a more effective tool to highlight social problems. However, there are other novels, Dickens" Hard Times for examp...

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In the time period in which Elizabeth Gaskell wrote, "Novels were somehow frivolous and corrupting unless they had a clear moral or spiritual message". (Uglow 134). Gaskell's novel Mary Barton can be viewed as socially conservative, as it upholds important moral ... addiction, the author's accord with the social values of the time will become clear. It has been suggested that all discourses regarding Victorian social problems are gendered. (Poovey) Social problem novels such as Mary Barton are gendered feminine due to the human aspect found in the writing, which persuades and manipulates the...

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... a culture's treatment of food and mealtimes provides important insight into the nature of the culture. Eating is both a somewhat animalistic part of humanity and a center for social gathering. In the novels One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Metamorphosis,, food plays important, if different, roles. These roles can be seen when food is center in a society, during mealtimes ... of food, and his family chooses to ignore him. In The Metamorphosis, food plays a role of a taker of life with respect to the protagonist. It is clear that in the novels One Day in the Life of Ivan Den...

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... to the way the characters in Layla and Majnun act in pre-Islamic times. The authors illuminate these contrastive elements through how the characters interact with other individuals in the novels, mainly between their loved ones. Not only does it illuminate the culture of the times, but it also shows how the societal values influence the characters' lives. Islamic law and ... the lack of it directly affect the characters in the two novels, which is shown strongly between Ahmed and Majnun. Ahmad is regarded very highly in his society and is a person other people in his society admire. Peo...

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All novels create numerous settings that, together, create a world in which the characters of the novel exist. Certain settings in the novel will be created as the residing environments of the dominant ... she must also reflect upon herself in contrast with the societies in which she has resided to aid in her journey of self-discovery. It is in this way that novels employ the use of heightened contrasts between their various physical, historical, social, moral, and psychological settings in order to create their meaning....

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... views to readers from a position of relative power (van Toorn, 1999). A good example of Aboriginal people using literature as a tool to voice their views to the world, are the biographical novels "Haunted by the Past" (Langford Ginibi, 1999), and "Auntie Rita" (Huggins and Huggins, 1996). In the former, Ruby Langford Ginibi tells the story of the life of her son Nobby ... activism. Her daughter, and co-author of the book, Jackie Huggins, provides her own perspective of the times, both in response to and in conversation with her mother. Both these novels provide an important alternative ...

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... in "Oprah's Book Club," increasing sales of the book itself and ratings of the show. In short, it was assimilated into the consumer based capitalist system. And like the other novels included in Oprah's club, it is assigned at the beginning of a month, discussed at the end of that month, then discarded for another. Literature loses its relevance after four weeks ... as the Harlequin romance, is a betrayal to the potential activism that art can have. However, again I contend that sexuality becoming a prominent component of popular culture is not necessarily a bad thing. Novels such as th...

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... . For example, Rodriguez was too interested in his books and learning more facts, and not interested enough in the big picture. He read many non-fiction books, textbooks, and fictional novels, and asked himself why he read them. He said that "they constituted the only means [he] had of describing to [himself] the educational value of books "(526). As we see ... ...

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... schools. Fiction, especially fairy tales, video games and comic books still portray a hero remarkably similar to the heroes invented by the world over two millennia ago (Mything). Many popular films, novels and other forms of entertainment drew very heavily from mythology, especially Star Wars and Harry Potter, which are wildly popular, indicating that society is still in love with the epic ... ...

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Adversity Alexie and NorthSun write about the problems associated with being a modern American Indian. Much of the adversity is similar to what a majority of people in the world face. Issues of family, relationships, and heritage are presented from the views of two American Indians who know what the reservation life is all about. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven deals with the relationships that the American Indians have with each other, and how they are affected by modern American society. A Snake in Her Mouth is a collection of poems that offers a view of American Indian life a...

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... though her father was still alive. The Westons lived in Augusta, and Dorcas would earn her keep by being their servant. She spent a lot of time reading various books and novels as she grew older and left the Weston household after some boy had seduced her. She eventually made her way to New York and became a prostitute. She was admired by ... ...

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Novels have always been a dominant artwork due to British literature. For centuries people had entertained themselves by reading different kinds of novel. Pride and Prejudice is one of the first novel ... ...

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... to a greater understanding of Edna's inevitable decision to commit suicide. In contrast to the caged birds and the materially constrained women of her time, Edna at the conclusion of the novels feels totally free and self-possessed by the tantalizing sea. Her need to soar above the clouds, shed all materialistic layers and swim out into the great expanse of ocean ... ...

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