Grail Quests
In Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, cup or vessel that caught Jesus' blood during his crucifixion. The Holy Grail was said to have the power to heal all wounds. Over the course of the three Grail quests of medie Continue Reading...
Natural, by Bernard Malamud [...] its importance in American baseball literature.
THE NATURAL
The Natural" was author Bernard Malamud's first book. In an interview, Malamud said he wrote it because "Baseball players were the 'heroes' of my America Continue Reading...
The French tradition of the Arthurian legends, however, are far less overtly political in their approach to the tales and to Guinevere in particular, and though politics and loyalties are still important elements of these stories the aspects of roma Continue Reading...
Storytelling
Human beings are naturally predisposed to hear, to remember, and to tell stories. The problem -- for teachers, parents, government leaders, friends, and computers -- is to have more interesting stories to tell. (Schank, pg. 243)
The ar Continue Reading...
She is ten and very tired."("Lolita," 87) Again in the hotel room, in the ecstasy of his dream, Humbert loses his 'word-control' in a dialogue with Lolita, building up the tension through a virtual linguistic explosion. Language breaks free, and Hum Continue Reading...