Americká literatura
Frost, Robert. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".
Summary and Analysis
(from American Literature II Lectures)
The speaker opens the poem with observation that he probably knows who the owner of the woods he is stopping by is. His house is however in the town,...
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Frost, Robert. "The Oven Bird".
Summary and Analysis
(from Od puritanismu k postmodernismu)
The sonnet may be seen as a personification of tensions and confusions of a modern poet. The solution of these problems, as offered by Frost, is...
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Fuller, Margaret. "The Great Lawsuit".
Summary
- it is the destiny of Man to ascertain and fulfil the law of his being
- Men = both man and woman as the two halves of one thought
"Four Kinds of Equality"
- the thought of equality shows itself in...
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Gordone, Charles. No Place to be Somebody.
Summary & Analysis
Characters
Gabe Gabriel (black male): an aspiring playwright/actor.
Shanty (white male): an aspiring drummer, cleaner at Johnny's Bar. Weak, immature.
Johnny (black male): the bar's...
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H.D. "Helen".
Summary and Analysis
Presents Helen of the Greek legend from the unfavourable point of view of the Greeks who suffer under the Trojan War she caused.
The poem announces that all Greece hates and curses Helen....
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H.D. "Mid-day".
Summary and Analysis
The setting and the tone of the poem give the impression of a desert, a literal as well as a figurative waste land. The speaker is torn by her thoughts and she feels scattered like the...
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H.D. "Oread".
Summary and Analysis
Oread of the title is a nymph dwelling in mountains and hills.
The brief poem develops an image of the sea, however it is not distinct whether the speaker addresses a literary sea of green...
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Hakluyt, Richard. "The Manners, Usages, and Ceremonies of the Russians".
Note
- this is a chapter from Hakluyt's travel book The Discovery of Muscovy and Other Histories
"Of the Emperor"
- Evan Vasilivich, i.e. the son of Vasilie
- beloved but many enemies, esp. the nation of the...
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Hakluyt, Richard. "The Worthy Enterprise of John Fox".
Notes
- this is a chapter from Hakluyt's instructive adventurous book Voyager's Tales
- the story emphasizes valiancy and above all religious devotion of the Englishmen
Summary
English merchants on board of...
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Harte, Bret. "Tennessee's Partner".
Summary
Set in the village of Sandy Bar. Tennessee, gambler and thief, is captured and tried at a court of justice. He refuses to answer any questions. Tennessee's partner (who remains nameless in the whole...
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Harte, Bret. "The Luck of Roaring Camp".
Summary
The Roaring Camp is a settlement of reckless roughs. The only woman in the village, the coarse and sinful Cherokee Sal, dies in childbirth. Though the men do as if they cursed the orphan to preserve...
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Harte, Bret. "The Outcasts of Poker Flat".
Summary
The village Poker Flat excludes objectionable characters: Mr Oakhurst, gambler; Mother Shipton, called the Duchess; and Uncle Billy, drunkard. The three intent to find refuge in the neighbouring camp...
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Egotism; or, the Bosom Serpent".
Summary
The young sculptor George Herkimer and his cousin Rosina Elliston pay a visit to Roderick Elliston, Rosina's husband. The couple has been separated for four years. Roderick used to be a brilliant man,...
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Ethan Brand".
Summary
The lime-burner Bartram is visited by his long-lost predecessor Ethan Brand. Brand set off eighteen years ago to search for the Unpardonable Sin. He tells Bartram that he has come back because his...
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "My Kinsman, Major Molineux".
Summary
The narrator offers some brief historical background, describing the times when the Kings of England have assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors. This act was greeted with great...
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