Papers On American Literature
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Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'
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This 5 page report discusses Edgar Allan Poe's 'detective' story with an eye to the attitudes of class consciousness and superiority demonstrated by the main character, C. Auguste Dupin, in relationship to the Prefect of the Parisian Police. No additional sources cited.
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Edgar Allan Poe's Mysterious Death
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10 pages in length. For nearly a century and a half, speculation has surrounded the untimely death of Edgar Allan Poe. But now there is new evidence suggesting he did not die drunk, but rather from another malady entirely. The writer shows us how Poe's life, full of sorrow and disappointment, may have ultimately lead to his early demise.
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Horror at Home: The Domestic Setting of Poe’s Gothics
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A 3 page paper pointing out that most of Poe’s Gothic stories and poems have very normal, ordinary settings. The paper argues that this reflects the uncertainty of American life as opposed to the relative stability of England during the same period. No additional sources.
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Interpretations of Edgar Allan Poe
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A 7 page paper examining the way three famous writers interpreted Edgar allan poe, with a special focus on his short story 'The Masque of the Red Death'. Critiques by William Butler Yeats, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H.P. Lovecraft are compared, contrasted, and analyzed. Four sources including the story itself.
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Revenge in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”
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A 7 page paper looking at the theme of revenge and victimization in this horror story by Edgar Allan Poe. The paper concludes that Poe deliberately left open the question of whether Fortunato was the only victim of Montresor’s diabolical revenge, or whether the ultimate revenge was on Montresor himself. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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The Individual and Society in Poe and Garcia Marquez
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An eight page paper looking at the complex interrelationship between the individual and society, and reality and illusion, in these two authors. Works discussed are Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Masque of the Red Death” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings.” The paper concludes that in both stories an edifice is created which is not real -- but in Poe’s story it is created by an individual’s attempt to protect himself against society, and in Garcia Marquez’ it is created by society’s attempt to put blinders on the individual. Bibliography lists four sources.
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Caroline Janover's 'Josh : A Boy With Dyslexia'
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2 pages in length. The writer offers a brief account of Caroline Janover's book about a young boy with a learning disorder. No additional sources cited.
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Theodore Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy'/ Clyde Griffith
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This 5 page report discusses the great novel by Theodore Dreiser and his development of the character of Clyde Griffiths. While some of critics have accused the character of 'Clyde' as being a misogynist or a sexist, this writer presents the argument that Clyde was neither. The only person Clyde looked down on was Clyde himself. No additional sources cited.
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Theodore Dreiser's 'Sister Carrie' / Setting
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A 5 page essay on the turn-of-the-century novel by Theodore Dreiser. The writer looks at how Dreiser made the settings of Chicago and New York a dynamic part of the characterization and action of the novel. It is the writer's premise that Dreiser took less care with the characterization of his protagonist then he did with her environmental situation. No additional sources cited.
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Dorothy Bryant's 'The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You' / Social Implications
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A 5 page paper on the Dorothy Bryant's novel and the utopian fictional society she creates. The writer details the modes of dress, language, mythology, and physical type which characterize the society in sociological terms. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Kinata.wps
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