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Publishing, First Time Authors, and the Difficulties and Problems They Face

One notable hurdle for first-time authors has nothing to do with what they know, but who they know (Smith, 2002). The same applie...

Nineteenth Century Authors James, Davis, and Twain

Smiley, knowing full-well that this would set the old gentleman off on a rant about Jim Smiley and the celebrated jumping frog. Th...

J.B. Priestley's 2 Kinds of Authors Analyzed

this might be referred to as either daydreaming or free association, when the knowledge is finally told it often resembles what is...

Literature of Canada and Authors Atwood, O'Hagan, and Davies

in the first section of the novel, while "Evidence" leads to no final truths or understanding. Born as he is between the worlds ...

American Author William Faulkner's Life and Writings

gloried in the proud history of the plantation South that secured a place of honor for the aristocrat, and yet he abhorred the opp...

Tales of Devious Caribbean Women by Hispanic Authors

became increasingly diffident towards him" (Ramirez 79). Yet, when the manager asked the narrator what Francoise was saying, he wo...

The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice by Author Derrick Bell

resolve racial inequality, that inequality continues to exist in terms of economics in particular. Bell asserts that social class...

My Favorite Author: John Cheever

where Cheever first experienced heartbreak. That heartbreak came over the fractionation of his family that occurred when his fath...

Shakespeare as the Author of His Works

poems "by several well-known theatrical poets. One of these poems (untitled in the volume, but now known as "The Phoenix and the T...

Authors look at Bartleby

kind of man would have dismissed Bartleby at once. Melville allows the narrator to be aware of this fact, which raises him in the...

3 African American Authors on Class and Race in the U.S.

liberals and conservatives traditionally take with regard to black issues, that isnt the focus of the piece: West is really discu...

ColdFusion, Dreamweaver, and FrontPage Tools for Web Authoring

and comments; and even on-line diaries known as blogs; people became more interested in developing their own personal website. As...

Italian American Authors and Three of Their Works

section, the reader comes to know Rimanelli as "a lover of words" (Tamburri 473) and also as a "free collector of paper joy and pa...

3 American Authors and Perspectives on Forced Cultural Assimilation

family depicted in this book after all represents a rather blas? view of America. On closer consideration, however, it becomes ap...

Relationship Between Author Richard Rodriguez and His Son

gas station attendants (Magill, 1994). That embarrassment was a major impetus toward the younger Rodriguezs acquisition of knowle...

Spiritual Perspectives of Native American Author N. Scott Momaday

the world tend to be heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food, whether by hunting wild animals or by agriculture. Nat...

Overview of Author Virginia Woolf and Her Influence

breakdown" (Anonymous Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), 2002; vwoolf.htm). After the serious tragedies is when her writing truly began, ...

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century British History and Authors

as one author states, "The medieval church was defeated and the educated classes embraced scientific rationalism. Art, architectu...

Literary Naturalism of Author Stephen Crane

of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. In addition, he wrote a myriad of imposing poems, and ninety pieces of short fictio...

A Fictional Conversation With Author Tom Peters

This paper provides a conversation between a professor Ralph Stacey and author Tom Peters. The author pays particular attention t...

American Born British Author Henry James

In six pages this paper examines James' life and how his literary style had been molded only by himself and not his time spent in ...

Life and Works of Author James Dickey

In seven pages this paper discusses Dickey's life, poetic writing style, and his most famous novel Deliverance. Nine sources are ...

A Review of Atlantic Crossings by Author Daniel T. Rodgers

A 5 page analysis of the the book Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age by Daniel T. Rodgers. Transnational hi...

Reflections of the Storyteller and Author in The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In five pages this paper discusses how in The Yellow Wallpaper the storyteller reflects author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Three so...

Anger of the Author Revealed in Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende

In five pages this report discusses the author's anger and her spiritual strength and determination as they manifest themselves in...

The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes

Barthes was addressing "the trivia" of society in a serious way; we would be surprised to see how some of these same themes appear...

Three Authors on Nonconformity

In five pages this essay considers nonconformity and conformity as it is depicted in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid, Black Boy by Richard...

An Analysis of That's Not What I Meant by Author Deborah Tannen

misunderstood intentions can also influence communications styles. Add an indirect style of communication, more a tool used by wo...

Authors and Resource Validity

results of a survey revealed that 66 % of teachers used their computers "a lot" for classroom instruction, and 39 % frequently use...

Author Ian Fleming's Tragic Life Story

In five pages this paper examines the tragic life story of military officer and James Bond series author Ian Fleming. Five source...