THE tendency to consider centuries as natural periods in the history of culture, and their termini as milestones, indicates a mental habit that is far from logical, but it is one that men do not ...
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From the fantastic to the real: How American literature lost its monsters
American literature did not begin in restraint—it began in excess. In the nineteenth century, it excelled at the fantastic, ...
AMERICAN literature, excellent as it is by way of its poetry, is excellent much more by way of its prose. Received opinion, however, stands for the converse. Conscious that in emotion, invention, and ...
Considering the long history between literature and the Jewish people it should not at all be surprising that Jews made major contributions to American literature. From Emma Lazarus, whose poem “The ...
Are Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays still relevant today? Source: Dennis Clausen Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is not someone we hear much about today. Yet a strong case can be made that he is one of ...
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