Literature

A letter to the woman who means so much in my life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, finding Poe’s penchant for rime as bit much, labeled his contemporary, the "jingle man." But Poe’s literary chops have proven more valuable to the written word than a mere rimer.

Inspiration is the feeling of excitement that you get from someone or something that gives you new and creative ideas. If you describe something good to someone or as an inspiration, you mean that they want you or other people to do or achieve something.

Deven's desire to escape the dreariness of Mirpore is what intensifies and attaches importance to these constant back-and-forth journeys from Mirpore to Delhi. These are not just physical journeys, but metaphorical. Through Nur and Urdu poetry, Deven is seeking liberation from his suffocating life.

He was an Indian freedom fighter, socialist thinker, social activist and Great writer of Sane Guruji. Simple, straightforward, concise language, expressive rhetorical style were the hallmarks of his writing.

On the 154th birth commemoration of Rabindranath Tagore, here is a rundown of five intriguing things about Tagore that you should know.

Edgar Allan Poe is famous for penning the first detective story and his many poems and stories written in the morbid style. His most famous, The Raven, published in 1845 brought him an instant success in his quest to be recognized.

Jane Eyre is a gothic romance and bildungsroman novel written by Charlotte Bronte. This article analyzes the "red room episode" within the book.

This article will analyze the elements of Gothicism used in Edith Wharton's short story: The Lady's Maid's Bell.

Knut Hamsun won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1920 and was a Nazi sympathizer while Romain Rolland won it in 1915 and was an admirer of Josef Stalin but both wrote monumental works that are now recognized as great literature.

James Joyce is one of the top writers of the English language and his book 'Ulysses' is considered the greatest novel of the 20th-century. He created the character of Molly and talking of me, I've been looking for Molly all my life

The Legend, Jaja is catapulted in an upward mobility not by the strings of enslavement but by his struggles which lights up his path. Though he ends up on a tragic note, he had not just existed but had lived a life.

The tale of the allotment of the queen of Sparta with Paris prince of Troy has held center stage for hundreds of years but there is a version by Herodotus that is at variance with the classical story.

In the Postcolonial era Latin America becomes a land of mixed culture. The contemporary Latin American writers in their literary texts represent the cultural pluralism of Latin America and the trope of indigenous language by using the genre of Magic Realism.

After reconsidering my position on the postmodernist movement, especially in the art of poetry, I have determined that although some dissembling frauds have sullied the literary canon with pretense and duplicity, some of the basic tenets of postmodernism, indeed, have a place in genuine literature.

Literature on the difference between a good people and bad people and what God sees as good and bad.

Edgar Allan Poe's was a brilliant writer. He composed one of the most famous poems in American literature, helped to invent the of the short story and the mystery as well as helping to establish science fiction writing. However, his life was essentially tragic in his relationships with others.

Another rabbit story about how tricky they can be, this one involves different animals and tests. This is the last from the second book in the series, The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

Which would you choose if you were given the choice of "trouble when you're young or trouble when you're old?" This fairy tale tells of a girl who chose trouble when she was young and how it all turned out for her. From The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

The Egyptian history of the festival starts on August 15 and it is called the festival of 'Loyalty to the Nile River'. Many stories about the sanctity of the Nile were invented according to ancient Egyptian beliefs and over time. The most famous of these stories is the Nile Bride

The Weedah is a mockingbird from Australia with a very strange and gruesome folk tale to explain its appearance and behavior. Read on if you dare. This is from The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales From Around the World.

Bloody Mary was at one point among the most popular urban legends, the ideal Halloween dare to show off your bravery. How plausible is it really, and where could it have originated? The answers are certainly mixed.

This is an old fairy tale about a young fisherman who captures a magic turtle and is taken to the undersea kingdom. It is sad from there. This is another from The Fairy Tale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

He was that Nobel Prize winner Egyptian writer (1911-2006) who never left Egypt and the majority of his novels revolved around the theme of local and real Egypt.

Rachel Hadas's recent poetry collection Poems for Camilla works against itself in many ways.

This is a collection of a few case studies of my previous students showing how they have transformed from a child to a mature and successful human with all the difficulties and struggles that they have faced. Through this exploration, I find the traces of my journey as well as a teacher.

This is a sad story of loss and revenge but also bravery. It is another in The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

This is a lovely tale of self-sacrifice for the good of another and how Sim Cheong gets her father's blindness cured. This is another in The Fairy Tale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

Like most Mayan folk tales, this one is all about animals and how they got the personality traits they hold. I thought it was a funny story and was glad to include it in The FairyTale Alphabet Book, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales from Around the World.

In 1846, Edgar Allan Poe published an essay known as 'The Philosophy of Composition'. The true nature and intent behind this essay has long been a matter of debate.

An in-depth analysis of Why Sherlock Holmes is An Exceptionally Well Written Character

A look at 5 modern writers who pioneered the art of concision and literary minimalism.

The King of the Crocodiles marries a farmer's daughter. Sounds gruesome but ends very magically.

The Bible is a very interesting book, and whether or not you believe it is irrelevant when it comes to these two lessons. There are two lessons that can be found in the Bible, and in other texts, that should be heeded if you want to live your best possible life.

A very unusual and surprising fairy tale is the Pooka and Tim Dorney. The Pooka is an impish magical pony who plays tricks on nighttime travelers.

A Man of the People is a novel that was written by the late Nigerian novelist, poet, and essayist, Chinua Achebe. The accounts in the book are told from viewpoint of Odili, a former teacher who's intending to challenge M.A. Nanga, his class three teacher for a parliamentary seat.

Bigfoot takes on many different forms, and the stories appears to be among the more plausible of

How Fenrir was bound in a magical chain, from Norse mythology.