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Papers On British Literature
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Wolfe’s “Look Homeward, Angel” and the Exploration of a Real Life
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A 6 page paper looking at this 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe in terms of its reflection of Wolfe’s real childhood and adolescence. The paper argues that through the act of writing this novel, Wolfe struggled to come to terms with who he was, who he was becoming, and what he wanted to be. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: KBwolfe.wps
Engels and the Working Class of England;
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This 4 page paper considers Engel's pamphlet 'The Condition of the Working Class in England' which was published in 1844. The paper considers his communist opinions voiced in this publication on the working class and the middle class andalso examines why this was a hypocritical view. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEengels.wps
'The Puritan Dilemma' # 2
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A 10 page paper discussing the examination of a concluding statement of the author: '...the broader vision that Winthrop stood for could never be wholly subdued. No Puritan could be a Puritan and remain untouched by it, for it arose out of the central Puritan dilemma, the problem of doing right in a world that does wrong.' The paper examines that Puritan dilemma, particularly in the light of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson, with emphasis on the personal searches of John Winthrop. All references to the Bible are NIV. No other sources cited.
Filename: Winthrop.wps
John Winthrop & The Puritan Dilemma
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A 6 page essay analyzing Edmund Morgan's story of John Winthrop and the dilemma of the Puritans. Discussions include, reasons Winthrop left England, the numerous dilemmas contained in the tenets of Puritanism, and the success of the Puritans in establishing a new colony. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Purdil.wps
Whitman’s “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”
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A five-page paper analyzing Walt Whitman’s poem in terms of its relationship to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The paper looks carefully at symbolism and imagery, concluding that Whitman uses his poetic art to help him work through his shock and grief. No additional sources.
Filename: KBlilacs.wps
Auden's Anti-War Poetry
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A five page paper looking at two poems by W.H. Auden in terms of the way he consciously hearkens back to earlier poetic forms and diction to make a very contemporary anti-war statement. Poems discussed are 'The Shield of Achilles' and 'O What Is That Sound.' Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: KBauden.wps
Class Tensions in Edgeworth and Trollope
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A six page paper looking at the dissension between the upper and lower classes in Maria Edgeworth’s “Castle Rackrent” and Anthony Trollope’s “An Eye for an Eye.” The paper shows that even though the two novels present their arguments very differently, both authors assert that the lower classes are not doormats created for the landed gentry to walk on at will. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: KBtroll.wps
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