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Analysis of John Hersey’s Novels
Critics have generally agreed that John Hersey’s greatest strengths as a novelist derive from two sources: the observational skills he developed as a journalist and his belief in the importance of individual human beings in difficult situations. Reviewers throughout his… Read More ›
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Analysis of Joseph Heller’s Novels
At first glance, Joseph Heller’s (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) novels seem quite dissimilar. Heller’s manipulation of time and point of view in Catch-22 is dizzying; it is a hilariously macabre, almost surreal novel. Something Happened, on the… Read More ›
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Analysis of Ernest Hemingway’s Novels
“All stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true story teller who would keep that from you,” Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) wrote in Death in the Afternoon. He might have… Read More ›
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Analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Novels
Central to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s romances is his idea of a “neutral territory,” described in the Custom House sketch that precedes The Scarlet Letter as a place “somewhere between the real world and fairy-land, where the Actual and the Imaginary may… Read More ›
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Analysis of Frederick Philip Grove’s Novels
Among Frederick Grove’s (February 14, 1879 – September 9, 1948) primary themes, the foremost is the issue of free will. Through his characters, Grove asks how much freedom anyone has in the face of often accidental but usually overwhelming pressures… Read More ›
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Analysis of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
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Analysis of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels
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Analysis of Toni Morrison’s Novels
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Analysis of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
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Analysis of Rolando Hinojosa’s Novels
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Analysis of Oscar Hijuelos’s Novels
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