Anti-romantic novel

Comradeship in James Hanley's "The German Prisoner", Ernest Hemingway's "Farewell to Arms", "Not So Quiet", "All Quiet on the Western Front", and Pat Baker's "Regeneration" For many soldiers and volunteers, life on the fronts during the war means danger, and there are few if any distractions from its horrors. Each comradeship serves as a divergence from the daily atrocities and makes life tolerable. Yet, the same bonds that most World War literature romantically portrays can be equally negative

Politics Victor Hugo grew up in the vast political landscape of post-Revolutionary France. Generally considered one of the greatest French writers in history, he wrote novels, poetry, short stories and plays throughout his life. His works heavily influenced the French Romantic movement, being some of the first works of poetry and novels that emerged in France. Hugo’s involvement in politics had some of the strongest influences on both his writing and his personal life; towards the middle of his life

Introduction The Anti-Transcendentalism movement was a movement against all conventional beliefs. A participant in this movement was Herman Melville, most famous for his novel Moby Dick. Moby Dick highlights the journey of an obsessive quest to find a whale. The obsessive quest leads Ishmael, the main character, to his death because he tries to work against the forces of nature, which expresses some of Melville’s Anti-Transcendentalist beliefs through this particular novel. The Anti-Transcendentalists

her homeland in her poem “Al Partir,” when moving to Spain in 1836. It was here where she developed her career as a writer before returning to Cuba twenty-three years later. Within that time she wrote poetry, novels, and theatrical pieces that stood out today as well as then for its romantic themes and progressiveness toward both woman empowerment and slavery. Avellaneda was born into a noble family. Her early childhood was lived happily but she experienced a lot of depression as she got older. Her

The astonishing life of Herman Melville generated a great idea to create the novel Moby Dick. The historic point on Melville was very surprising and gothic. The author takes the view point and emotion towards the American Gothics. A heart warming personality, and a prosperous life influenced the writing of Moby Dick, and also helped launch the Gothic author Herman Melville into stardom, but Melville never got to see his fame come into reality in the fictional genre during the American Romanticism

Dumas’s novels have had a profound impact on the world in many ways specifically through just the amount of literature he has contributed. Totaling at about 300 volumes, Alexandre’s output of literary works is massive and they range in variety from novels to plays, and even a cookbook. (Dumas) Each has had their own impact on the literary world and sometimes it even spreads further than that. And it went so far, as to with any adept writer, affect the works of other writers. Robert Stowell explains

One of the many joys of reading is that a great novel can transport you to a completely different realm, dimension, or world. There are many genres of books that can do so, but one of the most important ones during the Romantic era was gothic literature. In Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, it is clear that she is commenting on the impact of gothic literature during this era. Austen creates this commentary based on the continual exaggeration and use of the word ‘horrid’ by characters, Catherine

The astonishing life of Herman Melville generated a great idea to create the novel Moby Dick. The historic point on Melville was very surprising and gothic. The author takes the view point and emotion towards the American Gothics. A heart warming personality, and a prosperous life influenced the writing of Moby Dick, and also helped launch the Gothic author Herman Melville into stardom, but Melville never got to see his fame come into reality in the fictional genre during the American Romanticism

The monster loves nature and its beauty, but when he is transformed into an anti-romantic, nature mocks him. "Nature decayed around me, the sun became heatless; rain and snow poured around me; mighty rivers were frozen; the surface of the earth was hard and chill, and bare, and I found no shelter." As Floyd states, "Felix and Safie's

The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. The novels in the trilogy are titled The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay . The novels have all been developed into films starring Jennifer Lawrence, with the film adaptation of Mockingjay split into two parts. The first two books in the series were both New York Times