Browsing by Subject "English literature"
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Jane Austen and the Feminist Tradition
The casual reader of British literature often views Jane Austen as a genteel early nineteenth-century novelist whose works focus on a young woman in her quest for marriage. These same readers would consider as quite ... -
A Reflection of the Scientific Attitude in English Literature of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries
It is of tremendous and outstanding importance, then, vhen any age finds itself slowly but definitely changing not only its thoughts but its manner of thinking from the preceding ages. Such is the case of the seventeenth ... -
The Influence of Darwin's Origin of the Species on English Literature
In the study of five important writers of prose as well as verse in the Victorian Age, we can see how the impact of Evolution was reflected in literature. The work of Da rwin, especially with its connotations on man (we ... -
The Story of Cleopatra in English Literature
Perhaps no story is better known than the story of Cleopatra. Even the ordinary child would have a pretty definite idea of beauty if someone would say to him that such and such a girl is as beautiful as Cleopatra. In spite ...