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Critics of Shakespeare: Leo Tolstoy
An introduction to the criticism of Shakespeare by one of the world’s greatest novelists, Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy.
The Overcoat as a Love Story: Examining as Genre and Psychoanalytical Boy Meets Girl Story
Gogol’s “The Overcoat” from a Freudian Psychoanalytical perspective.
The Ambitious American
A synthesis of ideas regarding the pursuit of moral perfection as exemplified throughout American literature.
L’allegro & Il Penseroso: the Hero-poet’s Journey to Immortality
A critical essay detailing John Milton’s poems "L’Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" and his relationship to the hero-poet.
Eliot’s Tradition and the Individual Talent
T. S. Eliot is a well known critic, poet and writer who has done a great amount of literary work. Eliot has his own views for judging and analyzing poets and poetry. In "Tradition and The Individual Talent", Eliot has given some significant ideas, which are essential to understand in order to understand Eliot’s perceptions regarding poetry and poets.
The Kite Runner: Criticism as Related to Oliver Twist
My personal criticisms of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.
Strong Morals and Conscious Choices Promote the Rise Above Oppression
Comparing The Masters, Those Who Walk Away from Omelas, and The Day After The Revolution written by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Literary Criticism of Rappaccini’s Daughter
An analysis of the literary criticisms pertaining to Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Seven Simple Rules for Reading Gertrude Stein
Whether you consider Gertrude Stein forbiddingly complex or hopelessly simple-minded, what follows is a sure-fire way to get into the work of one of modernism’s most influential writers.
Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband
A brief overview of how society’s expectations of perfection affect the people who make up the society in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband.
