Author Background William Faulkner was born in Mississippi in 1897. He was a Modernist and like the rest of Modernists, his writing and its style were responses to the fast occurring changes and technical innovations that marked the twentieth century. He experimented with language and format. In As I Lay
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Analysis of An Englishmans Home by Evelyn WaughAnalysis of An Englishmans Home by Evelyn Waugh
Analysis of ‘An Englishman’s Home’ by Evelyn Waugh Author Background Analysis of ‘An Englishman’s Home’ by Evelyn Waugh – Evelyn Waugh is considered to have been one of the best writers of English prose in the twentieth century. Sharp wit and satirical insight mark most of his writing. He was
Analysis of ‘A Call To Conscience’, by Martin Luther King Jr.Analysis of ‘A Call To Conscience’, by Martin Luther King Jr.
A Call To Conscience is the compilation of speeches given by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was born on January 15th 1929 with an elder sister and younger brother. He studied Sociology and then enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. As youngster he was sceptical about
Analysis of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryAnalysis of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Introduction Analysis of A Raisin in the Sun: Raisin in the Sun is a play that had its debut show in Broadway in 1959. This play is written by Lorraine Hansberry. The story is about a black family who was coming into some money. It talks about the family’s fight
Analysis of Follower by Seamus HeaneyAnalysis of Follower by Seamus Heaney
Analysis of ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney Follower – Seamus Heaney Background Analysis of ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney – Seamus Heaney was born in Ireland and considered himself an Irish and not a British poet. His parents were part of a farming community and scenes from rural Ireland form part of
Analysis of Bluebeard by Kurt VonnegutAnalysis of Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
Author Background Analysis of ‘Bluebeard’ by Kurt Vonnegut – Kurt Vonnegut was born to a wealthy American couple of German origin. Though they were well known in the German expat circles, after WWI, as ill feeling towards Germany was on the rise, the Vonnegut family stopped speaking German. The rejection
Analysis of Heart and Mind by Dame Edith SitwellAnalysis of Heart and Mind by Dame Edith Sitwell
Heart and Mind – Dame Edith Sitwell Background Dame Edith Sitwell and her brothers Osbert and Sacheverell well known for their eccentricities were great attractions in Victorian society. Edith Sitwell wrote poetry in a dramatic mock nursery rhyme style. She is famous for war poetry that mourns the death of
Analysis of ‘Palace Of The End’, by Judith ThompsonAnalysis of ‘Palace Of The End’, by Judith Thompson
The title of the docudrama “Palace of the End” is the name of Saddam Hussein’s palace which housed torture chambers. The title clearly indicates the gruesome outcomes described in the play. The play is a monologue of three people positioned at different places on the stage. What they have to
Analysis of The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkAnalysis of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader – Bernard Schlink Background Analysis of ‘The Reader’ by Bernhard Schlink – ‘The Reader’ by Bernhard Schlink was a novel published in Germany in 1995. The English version was released in the US in 1997. The story which has many autobiographical elements deals with the problems the second
Analysis of Animal Dreams by Barbara KingsolverAnalysis of Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Animal dreams – Barbara Kingsolver Author Background Barbara Kingsolver was born in Maryland but spent her early childhood in Kentucky where her father was a doctor ministering to the rural poor. Later they moved to Africa for a while where too her father worked among Africans who lived in deprived