human condition and their place in the world. When compared to the romantic period, modernism appears edgier and less serene. The romantic period had more of a focus on the natural world and the experience of being; modernism focused more on the inner self, seeing more of a decline and fraught fragmentation with the external world. From a literary perspective, the period meant a subversion of typical norms: modernist prose and poetry played with structure and form in ways that readers weren’t used to and often had more ironic or edgier intentions. For these reasons, E.E. Cummings and his poetry represents the… Continue Reading...
character development that helps motivate readers to not only continue reading, but to learn more about this romantic period in history through additional outside research. In addition, the fictionalized historical aspects of the storyline were especially entertaining and helped provide the plot with the credibility intended by Reeves.
Answer No. 2: Even on its own and without the author's preface as well as her dedication and "address to the reader" in the appendixes to help place the storyline and characters in context, The Old English Baron was still a page-turner. Even in the face of seemingly overwhelming adversity, including the deaths of many of the people he… Continue Reading...