Nov 3, 2009

Themes in Sister Carrie: Theodore Dreiser Connects Money and Morality

By: Eva Gordon

Nov 2, 2009

The Origin of Rip Van Winkle: Washington Irving’s Classic American Folktale Had Antecedents

By: John K. Davis

Nov 1, 2009

Willa Cather's Childhood in Red Cloud, Nebraska: Cather's Early Years Inspired My Antonia, O Pioneers, Paul's Case

By: Vickie Britton

Oct 29, 2009

Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer; Sex, Lust, Art: Controversial Novel Detailing Sexual Experiences Sparks Discussions

By: Yahan Wu

Oct 23, 2009

Literature Review – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451: Dystopic American Literature on Censorship, Reality TV

By: Nicholas Morine

Oct 16, 2009

Summary of The Minister's Black Veil: A Synopsis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Ambiguous Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Oct 11, 2009

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Its Origins: Washington Irving’s Halloween Ghost Story of the Headless Horseman

By: John K. Davis

Oct 9, 2009

Characters in The Minister's Black Veil: The Three Title Roles In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Oct 7, 2009

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton: A 21st Century Feminist Criticism

By: Holly Anderson

Oct 5, 2009

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner: Plot Summary of Faulkner’s Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Sep 30, 2009

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Reviewing a 19th Century Creepy Classic

By: Roberta Laurie

Sep 30, 2009

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman Perkins: A Review of Gilman's Classic Tale of Psychological Terror

By: Roberta Laurie

Sep 25, 2009

Emerson Redefines the Concept of Reason: "Nature" Essay Conflates Ideas of Intuition, Faith, and Imagination

By: Angela Zito

Sep 23, 2009

Ambrose Bierce: A Writer Forged by the Civil War

By: Kristin Hanneman

Sep 22, 2009

The Ghosts in the Stories of Henry James: The Jolly Corner, The Turn of the Screw and Other Works

By: Vickie Britton

Sep 19, 2009

Knowledge is Misery in The Giver by Lois Lowry: Ignorance Keeps Pain Out of Utopian Societies

By: Nadia Santiago

Sep 15, 2009

Blue Shadows Farm by Wisconsin Writer Jerry Apps: Fictional Story of a Civil War Veteran Homesteading a Family Farm

By: Christine Eirschele

Sep 12, 2009

The San Francisco Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 7, 2009

The Reed College Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 7, 2009

The First New York Beat Writers: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 7, 2009

The Beat Generation in New York: The Other Poets, Activists and Literary Artists of the Beat Movement

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 7, 2009

The Women Behind Kerouac and Ginsberg: The Inspiration, Muses, Great Loves and Losses of the Original Beats

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 7, 2009

The Women Behind Burroughs, Kerouac and Cassady: The Inspiration, Muses, Great Loves and Losses of the Original Beats

By: Jennifer Berube

Sep 5, 2009

Paul's Case by Willa Cather-An Analysis: Cather's Most Significant Short Story About Spirituality VS Reality

By: Vickie Britton

Sep 4, 2009

Disappearances in the Stories of Ambrose Bierce: The Psychology of the Unexplained

By: Michelle White

Sep 2, 2009

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton: Supernatural Tales of All Too Human Troubles

By: Michelle White

Sep 1, 2009

Jack Kerouac and the Other Original Beat Writers: The Cultural Movement That Came to be known as the Beat Generation

By: Jennifer Berube

Aug 30, 2009

Theme in Jack London's To Build a Fire: Man v. Nature in London’s Short Story

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Aug 27, 2009

Atlas Shrugged Delivers Timeless Message: Big Business Versus Big Government

By: Patricia Faulhaber

Aug 23, 2009

Huckelberry Finn and the Great American Novel: A Journey of Morality as Youth Grows Up

By: George Garza

Aug 21, 2009

Characters in Capital of the World: Hemingway’s Bullfighters and Their Audience

By: Melissa Howard

Aug 20, 2009

Social Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: The Numerous Important Social Symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Book

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Aug 20, 2009

Religious Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: The Importance of Religion in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Book

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Aug 15, 2009

Summary of The Capital of the World: A Synopsis of Hemingway’s Story of a Boy Whose Illusions Never Die

By: Melissa Howard

Aug 9, 2009

"The Mysterious Rider" Predictable, but Engaging: Zane Grey's Book Filled With Stereotypes, but Enjoyable Nonetheless

By: R.L. Coffield

Aug 7, 2009

Characters in Hemingway's Short Story: People in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

By: Melissa Howard

Jul 30, 2009

Summary of Francis Macomber: Synopsis of Ernest Hemingway’s Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Jul 28, 2009

More Literature in A Long Fatal Love Chase: Alcott’s Novel is Full of Literary and Mythological References

By: Melissa Howard

Jul 24, 2009

Literature Review – Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flat": American Classic Lit Bearing Themes of Poverty, Love, Friendship

By: Nicholas Morine

Jul 20, 2009

Book Review of East of Eden: John Steinbeck´s Epic Novel Draws Readers In

By: Yirssi Bergman

Jul 16, 2009

Theme in The Great Gatsby: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel of Illusions

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Jul 11, 2009

The Age of Innocence as a Bildungsroman: The Psychological Growth of Newland Archer

By: Melissa Howard

Jul 3, 2009

Book Review of At Fault by Kate Chopin: A Classic Novel From One of America’s Most Notable Literary Voices

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Jun 11, 2009

The Last of the Mohicans: James Fenimore Cooper's Classic

By: Samantha Markham

Jun 9, 2009

Dancing To Henderson the Rain King: Saul Bellow's Novel of Africa is Still a Joy to Behold

By: Douglas Nordfors

Jun 9, 2009

Herman Melville and Moby-Dick: The Writer and Great American Novel Re-examined

By: William Padgett

Jun 8, 2009

Age of Innocence From Book to Movie: Martin Scorcese’s Adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Classic Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Jun 4, 2009

Little Women: Louisa May Alcott's Perennial Best-Seller

By: Samantha Markham

Jun 3, 2009

Short Story Summer Reading: Five Short Stories That Should be on One's College Prep Reading List

By: Cynthia Jones-Shoeman

Jun 1, 2009

Book Review of Revolutionary Road: Richard Yates’s First Novel

By: Jeris Swanhorst

May 22, 2009

Character Analysis of Newland Archer: Understanding the Protagonist in The Age of Innocence

By: Melissa Howard

May 21, 2009

Minor Characters in The Age of Innocence: The Supporting Cast in Wharton’s Commentary on New York Society

By: Melissa Howard

May 13, 2009

Central Characters in The Age of Innocence: Important People in Edith Wharton’s Commentary on New York Society

By: Melissa Howard

May 13, 2009

Main Characters in The Age of Innocence: The Main Players in Edith Wharton’s Commentary on New York Society

By: Melissa Howard

May 7, 2009

Literature in a Long Fatal Love Chase: Alcott’s Novel is Full of Literary and Mythological References

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 29, 2009

Minor Characters in A Long Fatal Love Chase: Minor Characters in Louisa May Alcott’s Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 29, 2009

Characters in A Long Fatal Love Chase: The Main Characters in Louisa May Alcott’s Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 27, 2009

Moby Dick – An Analysis: Herman Melville's Tale of The Big White Whale

By: Samantha Markham

Apr 23, 2009

A Review of A Long Fatal Love Chase: Louisa May Alcott’s Lost Novel is a Treasure

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 9, 2009

The Theme of Knowledge in Lee's Novel: Good, Evil, and Ignorance in To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 9, 2009

Summary of King Pest: Synopsis of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Grotesque Arabesque

By: Melissa Howard

Apr 7, 2009

Prejudice & Tolerance in Lee's Novel: Racism in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 31, 2009

King Pest's Friends and Family: Descriptions of the Characters in Poe’s Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 31, 2009

Themes in My Kinsman, Major Molineux: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Short Story Features Basic Themes of Life

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 31, 2009

The Life of Ayn Rand: The Story of the Author of Atlas Shrugged, 1905-1957

By: Jeffrey Donaldson

Mar 26, 2009

A-G Famous American Literature: Ernest Hemingway, Washington Irving, Henry James, Harper Lee…

By: M.L. Costa

Mar 26, 2009

H-N Famous American Literature: Ernest Hemingway, Washington Irving, Henry James, Harper Lee…

By: M.L. Costa

Mar 26, 2009

O-T Famous American Literature: Eugene O’Neill, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Mark Twain…

By: M.L. Costa

Mar 26, 2009

U-Z Famous American Literature: Tennessee Williams, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald…

By: M.L. Costa

Mar 25, 2009

Review of To Kill A Mockingbird: A Look at Harper Lee’s Only Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 21, 2009

Allegory in My Kinsman, Major Molineux: The Complicated and Obscure Allegory in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Story

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 21, 2009

Breaking Up with Ernest Hemingway: Agnes von Kurowsky’s Influence on A Farewell to Arms

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 21, 2009

Religion in A Farewell to Arms: Religion in Ernest Hemingway’s Novel About Love and War

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 19, 2009

A Very Short Story and a Letter: Parallels Between a Story, a Novel and a Note

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 16, 2009

A Very Short Story: A Synopsis of Ernest Hemingway’s Snapshot of a Relationship

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 14, 2009

Themes in A Farewell To Arms: Important Themes in Ernest Hemingway’s Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 10, 2009

Love in A Farewell to Arms: Can Ernest Hemingway’s Macho Characters Truly Love?

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 10, 2009

Characters in A Farewell to Arms: A Synopsis of the Major Players in Ernest Hemingway’s Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 10, 2009

Review of A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway’s Third Novel

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 7, 2009

Irony in Edgar Allan Poe's Works: The Cask of Amontillado and Tell-Tale Heart

By: Gwendolyn Cuizon

Mar 6, 2009

Burmese Days: Book Review: George Orwell is a Master of His Craft

By: Todd Christopher Petty

Mar 3, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Synopsis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 3, 2009

Synopsis of Poe's William Wilson: Edgar Allan Poe’s Story of A Self Divided

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 3, 2009

Characters in Artist of the Beautiful: The Important People in Hawthorne’s Short Story

By: Melissa Howard

Mar 3, 2009

A Summary of The Artist of the Beautiful: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Story About the Artistic Ideal

By: Melissa Howard

Feb 27, 2009

Review: On the Road: Hitting the Highway With Jack Kerouac

By: Jennifer Berube

Feb 19, 2009

Zane Grey - Riders of the Purple Sage: A Closer Examination of Grey's Use of Figurative Language

By: John Hansen

Jan 31, 2009

Summary of My Kinsman, Major Molineux: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Story of a Country Bumpkin Visiting the City

By: Melissa Howard

Jan 29, 2009

The Alphabet and The Devil's Dictionary: Ambrose Bierce's Parody Subverts Its Own Ordering Principle

By: Luke Arnott

Jan 20, 2009

Coming of Age in 'I Want to Know Why': Boy's Hero Falls from Grace in Sherwood Anderson's Short Story

By: David Alliger

Jan 16, 2009

Good & Evil in Young Goodman Brown: Nathaniel Hawthorne on Guilt Versus Innocence

By: Melissa Howard

Jan 10, 2009

Sherwood Anderson's I Want to Know Why: Anderson’s Young Protagonist Learns Life Lesson About Betrayal

By: Cicely A. Richard

Jan 9, 2009

Unreliable Narrators in Faulkner: Faulkner’s Use of Stream of Consciousness Mirrors History

By: Melissa Howard

Jan 6, 2009

Most Important American Authors: Hawthrone, Melville, Whitman, and Twain Produced American Classics

By: Ret Talbot

Dec 23, 2008

John Steinbeck's Philosophy on Human Strength: Grapes of Wrath Characters Reflected in Steinbeck's Nobel Speech

By: Christine Deakers

Dec 18, 2008

The Grapes of Wrath and Biblical Allusions: John Steinbecks References the Holy Book

By: Christine Deakers

Dec 18, 2008

The Grapes of Wrath and the American Religion: John Steinbeck Writes About Oakies' Religion

By: Christine Deakers

Dec 15, 2008

The Basil & Josephine Stories: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Youthful Short Story Collection

By: Dale Van Every

Dec 13, 2008

Understanding Hills Like White Elephants: A Quick How to for Understanding an Ernest Hemingway Classic

By: Derek Clendening

Dec 13, 2008

Faulkner Style in Two Novels: Comparison/Contrast of Faulkner’s Use of Stream of Consciousness

By: Melissa Howard

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