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  • Paper XVII. Unit 1 Nathaniel Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter 1
    Paper XVII. Unit 1 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter 1. Introduction 1.1 Objectives 1.2 Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1.3 Major works of Hawthorne 1.4 Themes and outlines of Hawthorne’s novels 1.5 Styles and Techniques used by Hawthorne 2. Themes, Symbols and Structure of The Scarlet Letter 2.1 Detailed Storyline 2.2 Structure of The Scarlet Letter 2.3 Themes 2.3.1 Sin, Rejection and Redemption 2.3.2 Identity and Society. 2.3.3 The Nature of Evil. 2.4 Symbols 2.4.1 The letter A 2.4.2 The Meteor 2.4.3 Darkness and Light 3. Character List 3.1 Major characters 3.1.1 Hester Prynn 3.1.2 Roger Chillingworth 3.1.3 Arthur Dimmesdale 3.2 Minor Characters 3.2.1 Pearl 3.2.2 The unnamed Narrator 3.2.3 Mistress Hibbins 3.2.4 Governor Bellingham 4. Hawthorne’s contribution to American Literature 5. Questions 6. Further Readings of Hawthorne 1. Introduction 1.1 Objectives This Unit provides a biographical sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne first. Then a list of his major works, their themes and outlines. It also includes a detailed discussion about the styles and techniques used by him. The themes, symbols and the structure of The Scarlet Letter are discussed next, followed by the list of major as well as minor characters. This unit concludes with a discussion about Hawthorne’s contribution to American literature and a set of questions. Lastly there is a list of further readings of Hawthorne to gain knowledge about the critical aspects of the novel.
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  • Views on Economic Issues, M
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  • VCU Open 2013 Round #7
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  • America and the 'Way to the Devil'
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  • Library Builders
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  • Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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  • Literary Analysis Copyright © 2014 Notgrass Company
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  • Context I Traducció Comentada De Letters from the Earth De Mark Twain
    CONTEXT I TRADUCCIÓ COMENTADA DE LETTERS FROM THE EARTH DE MARK TWAIN 101486 – Treball de Fi de Grau Grau en Traducció i Interpretació Curs acadèmic 2014-2015 Estudiant: Raquel Castaño Clariana Tutor: Dolors Udina Abelló 8 de juny de 2015 Facultat de Traducció i d’Interpretació Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Dades del TFG Títol: Context i traducció comentada de Letters from the Earth de Mark Twain. Autor: Raquel Castaño Clariana Tutor: Dolors Udina Abelló Centre: Facultat de Traducció i d'Interpretació Estudis: Grau en Traducció i Interpretació Curs acadèmic: 2014-15 Paraules clau Mark Twain, traducció, religió, cristianisme, sarcasme, crítica, Bíblia. Resum/Summary En aquest treball es presenta la figura de Mark Twain i la seva obra, la major part de la qual no està traduïda al català. Seguidament, se centra en el seu pensament religiós. Twain fou una persona molt crítica amb la religió, especialment amb el cristianisme, com queda palès en l’obra Letters from the Earth. En aquest treball es fa una proposta de traducció d’aquest conjunt d’assajos en forma de carta al català, justificant les decisions preses. This academic work presents the figure of Mark Twain and his writing, most of which has not been translated into Catalan. After that, it focuses on his views on religion. Twain was very critical of religion, especially of Christianity, as clearly stated in his work Letters from the Earth. This project consists of a draft translation of this series of essays in letter form into Catalan, explaining the decisions taken throughout the process. Avís legal/Legal notice © Raquel Castaño Clariana, Terrassa, 2015.
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  • Literary Miscellany
    Literary Miscellany Including Recent Acquisitions And Items In Only Tangentially Related Fields. Catalogue 368 WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 TEMPLE STREET NEW HAVEN, CT. 06511 USA 203.789.8081 FAX: 203.865.7653 [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com TERMS Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described, but are considered to be sent subject to approval unless otherwise noted. Notice of return must be given within ten days unless specific arrangements are made prior to shipment. All returns must be made conscientiously and expediently. Connecticut residents must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance are billed to all non-prepaid domestic orders. Orders shipped outside of the United States are sent by air or courier, unless otherwise requested, with full charges billed at our discretion. The usual courtesy discount is extended only to recognized booksellers who offer reciprocal opportunities from their catalogues or stock. We have 24 hour telephone answering and Fax for receipt of orders or messages. Catalogue orders should be e-mailed to: [email protected] We do not maintain an open bookshop, and a considerable portion of our literature inven- tory is situated in our adjunct office and warehouse in Hamden, CT. Hence, a minimum of 24 hours notice is necessary prior to some items in this catalogue being made available for shipping or inspection (by appointment) in our main offices on Temple Street. We accept payment via Mastercard or Visa, and require the account number, expiration date, CVC code, full billing name, address and telephone number in order to process payment.
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  • UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Three Very Short Poems: The Verbal Economics of Twentieth-Century American Poetry Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/23q9t3c3 Author Schmidt, Jeremy Publication Date 2020 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Three Very Short Poems: The Verbal Economics of Twentieth-Century American Poetry A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in English by Jeremy A. Schmidt 2020 © Copyright by Jeremy A. Schmidt 2020 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Three Very Short Poems: The Verbal Economics of Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Jeremy A. Schmidt Doctor of Philosophy in English University of California, Los Angeles, 2020 Professor Michael North, Chair This study examines three very short poems from three distinct moments in recent literary history in order to determine the limits of the poetic virtue of concision and to consider the social and aesthetic issues raised by extreme textual reduction. Attending to the production, circulation, and afterlives of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” (1913), Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” (1959), and Aram Saroyan’s “lighght” (1966), I argue that such texts necessarily, and yet paradoxically, join simplicity and ease to difficulty and effort. Those tense combinations, in turn, make these poems ideal sites for examining how brevity functions as a shared resource through which writers define and redefine what constitutes poetic labor and thus negotiate their individual relationships to the poetic tradition. In tracing those negotiations, Three Very Short Poems: The Verbal Economics of Twentieth-Century American Poetry participates in the ongoing reassessment of the relationship between literary modernism and mass culture by ii foregrounding art-poems that have reached unusual levels of popularity.
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  • Metacomet Monadnock Mattabesett Trail System National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment
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