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…Robert Sullivan’s The Meadowlands tells the tale of a young man’s two year love affair with a marshy wasteland just a few minutes west of New York City. This book is Sullivan’s detailed journal, containing many months’ worth of stories told…

…the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada. In 1863 he began signing his articles in the newspaper with the pseudonym Mark Twain, a slang word on the Missouri River meaning two fathoms deep. In 1864, he moved to San Francisco where he met Artemus Ward…

…" is an excellent and frightening exploration of split personality two generations before Freud. One would think that Poe would be best remembered for his powerful tales, but much of his international reputation rests on his critical acumen that pointed in equally new…

…Servant, Assistant, Yeoman, and Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer is a poet who lived in the 1340’s, during which he wrote one of his most famous works, The Canterbury Tales. In particular, he had written about two Yeomen. His birth is unknown, but his life…

…West Side Story The drama/musical, which parodies the story of Romeo & Juliet, takes place in a city of New York, probably in the early 50’s late 40’s. It is a tale of two rival gangs, which despises the other in a vicious circle of hate. Riff leader…

…at West Point, New York, where he excelled in the study of languages. But he was expelled in 1831 for neglecting his duties. Poe's Poems (1831) contained two important poems, "To Helen" and "Israfel." He began to publish tales in the early 1830's while living…

…was probably formed two or three hundred years before and alphabet was developed in Greece around the mid to late eighth century BC. The Plot 'The Iliad' is a tale of heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses, war, and love, but mostly it is the story…

…A Look at the Pardoner: the Genius of Chaucer The Canterbury Tales is a literary masterpiece in which the brilliant author Geoffrey Chaucer sought out to accomplish various goals. Chaucer wrote his tales during the late 1300’s. This puts him right…

…Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities: Social Criticism Essay submitted by Anonymous Many authors receive their inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. The idea for a story could come from family, personal experiences, history…

…of the Sleepy Hollow" is an example of a simple, yet mysterious fable in which Ichabod Crane acts as the protagonist. Ichabod becomes the victim of the feared headless horseman after believing the superstitious tales of this spirit preying in the night. The film…