Cultural Influences on Eliot’s “Waste Land”
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A ten page paper looking at T.S. Eliot’s famous 1922 poems in terms of some of the socio-political, scientific, and aesthetic influences that grounded it, as well as its later legacy. Specific works discussed include: Eliot’s essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” his poem “Gerontion,” Habermas’ “Modernity’s Consciousness of Time and its Need for Self-Reassurance,” Neitzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morals,” Camus’ “The Stranger,” Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” and Freud’s “Civilization and its Discontents”. Bibliography lists nine sources.
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Jean Toomer's 'Bona and Paul'
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A 5 page paper that describes the significance of color in Jean Toomer's story. This paper demonstrates that Toomer uses different colors, especially reds and purples, to delineate between racial considerations, while at the same time basing many of the concepts of ethnicity and interracial relationships on the color determinations in the work. No additional sources are cited.
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Jean Toomer's 'Reapers'
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A 5 page analysis of Jean Toomer's imagery-laden, eight-line poem. The paper centers on the author's use of the color black for relating the color of death, of fear, and of life for the people of his race during the time in which he wrote. The reapers work in silence, methodically and mindlessly cutting down one at a time, as black people were so often treated in the hundred years between the end of the Civil War and the Civil Rights activities of the 1960s. No additional sources cited.
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Henry David Thoreau's Thoughts On The Current Walden Pond Developments
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4 pages in length. What would Henry David Thoreau think about what has happened with his treasured Walden Pond? It can be argued that his reaction to humanity's blatant disregard for its inherent beauty would be less than enthusiastic. The passing years have been a struggle for Walden Pond's very existence: Celebrities and common folk near and far have shown their support in preserving what Thoreau considered one of the most exquisite points in the entire world. The writer considers what Thoreau might say if he were here to witness Walden Pond Developments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Coleridge vs. Wordsworth / Philosophy vs. Imagination
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An 8 page paper comparing and contrasting the styles and philosophies of these two early nineteenth-century poets. The paper uses as examples Wordsworth's 'Ode on the Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' and Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' , and concludes that whereas Wordsworth's poetry is philosophy in verse, Coleridge gives us images we can see and feel. Bibliography lists six sources.
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Samuel Coleridge's 'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' # 2
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A 5 page paper on the literary structure of this classic work, the importance & symbolism of the mariner, etc; Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Samuel Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' / A Critical Analysis
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An 8 page paper discussing an analysis of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner along with its symbolism and influences. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'/ Theme of Alienation
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A 4 page paper discussing T.S. Eliot's 1919 poem, and its treatment of emotional alienation in the character of Prufrock himself. The imagery is discussed in great depth. No sources except poem.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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A 7 page research paper on the life and work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who was a poet and philosopher-critic of the English romantic movement. His poems are considered to be some of the greatest and most original in English literature. During his own lifetime, public opinion on Coleridge and his work was sharply divided. He garnered a great deal of criticism from some of his contemporaries, while others revered his intellect and talent. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Black Poetry & Literature -- A Reflection Through the Ages
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A 5 page paper comparing today's black literature and poetry to poems of the days of slavery. The writer discusses contemporary authors and ways in which their works still reflect the themes and issues of the old poems & chants of slavery. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Ghosts of the Earth in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney
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A fifteen page paper looking at this Irish poet's views of the thin veil between life and death, as depicted in his works. The paper asserts that Heaney views the dead and the living, the past and the present, as occupying the same space. Bibliography lists fifteen sources, including seven poems of Heaney's.
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Seamus Heaney's 'Mid-Term Break' & Elizabeth Bishop's 'First Death in Nova Scotia' / Imagery
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A 4 page paper discussing the imagery present in the poems 'Mid-term Break,' by Seamus Heaney, and 'First Death in Nova Scotia,' by Elizabeth Bishop. Both poems are incredibly effective in their use of imagery. Each one presents a different view which is quick and to the point. The reader, with only a few words, understands all of the situation, as well as all of the implications. No additional sources cited.
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Double-consciousness in the Work of Eliot and Walcott
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A 6 page paper analyzingT.S. Eliot’s and Derek Walcott’s feelings of double-consciousness -- the sense of being pulled by two warring cultural or intellectual legacies -- and how this is expressed in their work. Works mentioned are Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” and The Waste Land, as well as Walcott’s “A Far Cry from Africa,” “Names (for Edward Braithwaite),” “Omeros,” “A Sea Chantey,” and “The Castaway.” No additional sources except poems and the essay.
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Anti-Semitism In The Poetry Of T.S. Eliot
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This 8 page paper examines the premise that renowned U.S. expatriate writer T.S. Eliot was notoriously anti-Semitic. To develop this thesis, several samples of Eliot's poetry are quoted and analyzed. Bibliography lists 8+ sources.
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T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' / Two Views
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A 5 page paper discussing two views of the poem by T.S. Eliot, those of Elisabeth Schneider and Michael L. Baumann. Schneider's position is that Eliot himself is Prufrock; Baumann's is also, but with the focus of there being nothing of purpose in the life of a male aside from sex and death. If copulation has occurred even once, then there is nothing left but death. The paper supports Scneider's position and opposes Baumann's. No additional sources cited.
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T.S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'/ Indecision's Answer
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A 4 page paper arguing that Eliot's poem speaks of metaphysical glimpses into an afterlife. It is spoken in the construct of a night when 'J. Alfred Prufrock' is traveling, though not reveling, on the mundane earth with a companion. During the ramble, Eliot takes an ironic look at what is known and what is before him. Within the poem, he orders his words in a purposeful rambling between providing an answer to the 'overwhelming question,' and seeing grace in the present. He also uses subjugated literary techniques, color elements and time to further stipulate indecision and fear. No additional sources cited.
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