Tag: american literature
Snowflakes Are Only Appreciated in Frozen Water Form
Rebecca Reese What makes a “good” book? Is it character development? Is it a riveting story line? Is it the choice of setting? In American Literature this week, we had […]
A Life Well Lived
Julia Joyce By the end of the Leatherstocking tales Deerslayer/Natty Bumppo/the Trapper is nearing ninety years old. He has lived a long life, and he and everyone else knows it […]
Bibliophiles and Literary Canons
Miranda Alexander There is one question that never fails to send my mind into a rather fantastic frenzy: “What is your favorite book?”. Naturally this would seem to be a […]
How Do You Write About Something You Haven’t Experienced?
Lyssa Henry James Fenimore Cooper was a phenomenal writer. He took readers to places they had never been to feel things they had never felt, which is a big goal […]
The Impact of Washington Irving
David Stephens Washington Irving is often referred to as the Father of American literature due to the success that he achieved with his writings. He is the first American writer […]
R.I.P. to the Hero of Husbands
Rebecca Reese “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving is a classic example of what all men dream of. You enjoy shrugging off responsibilities in order to hang out with your […]
Rip Van Winkle’s Life Choices: Terrible or Genius?
Lyssa Henry Washington Irving’s short story “Rip Van Winkle” is about a man who is not entirely satisfied with his life and decides to go hunting to avoid his wife, […]
Sleeping Through Life
Julia Joyce Washington Irving wrote a short story called “Rip Van Winkle” about a man who gets lost in the woods. Before getting into the story I need to take […]
Under the Spell of Sleepy Hollow
Miranda Alexander Whether or not we like to admit it, we all take pleasure in sitting under the stars while soaking in the warm breath of a campfire and listening […]
The life Journey of Phillis Wheateley
David Stephens Phillis Wheatley, like so many African Americans of her time, was taken from her home and family and sold into a life of slavery. While that is never […]
Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World—Wheatley and Equality
Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa but sold into the North American slave-trade around the age of seven or eight. Her first name comes from the ship that she […]
The Mercy of Slavery?
Julia Joyce Poetry is ambiguous. That is the appeal of it usually. The answer is not just handed to the reader. The reader has to care enough to work for […]