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How to Do Literary Analysis: An Experimental Reflection Based on The Yellow Wall-Paper

By Sara Barkat Leave a Comment

Ocean Literary Analysis as Conversation The Yellow Wall-Paper

How do you do literary analysis? You might begin by treating it as a conversation between you, the reader, and the writer’s words. After all, the story wants to be heard. Let’s start with The Yellow-Wallpaper.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, The Yellow Wall-Paper

Poetry as a Way of Ordering Experience: “The Music of Time” by John Burnside

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

Poetry can be a way to bring meaning and order to one’s life, writes John Burnside in “The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, Poets

It Was a Marvelous Year: “The Making of Poetry” by Adam Nicholson

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In “The Making of Poetry,” Adam Nicolson tells the story of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797-98, when they created some of the greatest poetry written in the English language.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth

“The House of Seven Gables” by Nathaniel Hawthorne – Still a Fascinating Story

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

“The House of Seven Gables” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is more Gothic romance than ghost tale; whatever the genre, it remains a fascinating story.

Filed Under: article, Books, Literary Analysis, Literary Tour

Literary Analysis: The Yellow Wall-Paper Affects Us All

By Sara Barkat 1 Comment

The Yellow Wallpaper Flower

The Yellow Wall-Paper may seem like a simple story on the surface, but it’s actually quite complex. This analysis of the classic 1892 story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman probes that complexity in fascinating ways.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Literary Analysis, The Yellow Wall-Paper

W.H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939″ – The Biography of a Poem by Ian Sansom

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

“September 1, 1939” is one of Auden’s most famous poems. But British writer Ian Sansom sees the flaws. His biography of the poem and the poet is marvelous.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, W. H. Auden

Rediscovering “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Boy near water Great Expectations

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is one of his best and most beloved novels, one he initially described as “fine, new, and grotesque.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, English Teaching, Fiction, Literary Analysis, London

What Made 1922 a Literary Watershed Year?

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Red Dawn 1922 year that changed literature

In 1922, everything changed in literature, as James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” brought modernism to fiction and poetry.

Filed Under: article, Britain, Literary Analysis, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

The Strangeness of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Snow scene A Tale of Two Cities

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, one of the most quoted works of English literature, continues to speak to the human condition.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Fiction, Literary Analysis

“Housman Country: Into the Heart of England”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Park Housman Country Peter Parker

Peter Parker, in “Housman Country: Into the Heart of England,” explains why “A Shropshire Lad” became one of the most popular poetry books of the 20th century.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, Poets

Poetic Asides: Norman Nicholson and Frank Stanford

By Glynn Young 11 Comments

Tree in Snow Norman Nicholson

Reading poetry can lead to the discovery of other poets and their poetry, such as what happened when other poets led to Norman Nicholson and Frank Stanford.

Filed Under: article, Ballads, Books, Britain, Classic Books, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Emily Dickinson and The Sea: A Poem of Transcendence

By Rick Maxson 8 Comments

Emily Dickinson and the Sea Poem of Transcendence

Is Emily Dickinson’s ‘I Started Early – Took My Dog’ really just about the sea? Or is it something more? This poem analysis argues for transcendence.

Filed Under: Blog, Emily Dickinson, Literary Analysis, Poem Analysis

The Windhover, by Hopkins: Sound, Image, Meaning

By Sara Barkat 6 Comments

Gold Vermilion Feathers The Windhover Essay Gerard Manley Hopkins

What does The Windhover, by Gerard Manley Hopkins, mean? Closer to myth than allegory, the possibilities are layered.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis

Why Does Hamlet Wait to Kill the King?

By Sara Barkat 3 Comments

Why did Hamlet wait to kill the king? Crumbling Wall

Did William Shakespeare make a bad plot choice in Hamlet? Why does Hamlet wait to kill the king? To answer the question, one must understand the play’s nature.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

Order and Disorder in Macbeth

By Sara Barkat 15 Comments

Macbeth Order and Disorder Trees and Air

In this classic Shakespeare play, if no one knew what the Macbeths had done, all they need do is look to the air, the earth, animals, sleep, and dreams. Check out this intriguing analysis of order and disorder in Macbeth.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, Macbeth, Shakespeare, Student Writing

Was Hamlet Sane or Insane?

By Sara Barkat 10 Comments

Was Hamlet Sane or Insane Leaves Graphic

Figuring sanity or insanity isn’t simple from the outside. Was Hamlet insane? That depends on your definition of insanity and the importance of love ties.

Filed Under: Blog, Hamlet, Literary Analysis, Shakespeare

Tragedy and Comedy: Why We Love Them, What’s the Point

By Sara Barkat 7 Comments

Psychology and Neurology of Comedy and Tragedy

Why read tragedy or comedy—or bother to write either one? Psychology and neurology suggest they can change our lives, make us more empathetic, and help us cope.

Filed Under: Blog, Literary Analysis, writer's group resources, Writing Tips

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