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Ever wonder where some of the beautiful passages and ideas from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings came from? Much of the influences are from Old English, both the language and the literature.

This article shares information on 10 of Associated Contents most fascinating writers.

The known medieval legend has been produced in many forms, but there are in it special motifs which originate in ancient pagan myths.

A research paper on Puerto Rico, in which I was required to interview someone from Puerto Rico and discuss the culture of the country, and how I felt communicating throughout the interview.

The author briefly examines the life and poetry of the celebrated Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.

This article shows how trees hold power in different mythologies across the world. Each fact in here is derived from the sources in the bibliography.

An analysis of Puritan literature in a historical and ideological context.

An analysis of The Odyssey as an example of an epic poem.

A look at two poems by Coleridge that define what entials the highest quality of mythological and supernatural elements in romantic poetry. These two poems have set the groundwork for further supernatural poetry and have remains unsurpassed throughout time.

Adrienne Rich's poetry from 1955 to 1985 chronicles her evolving understanding of intimacy through recurring images of light versus dark, movement versus inanimation, and mere physical presence versus dynamic interaction.

Themes of poetry are vast, but two of the most common themes are love and death.

As Harper and Walton assert in The Vintage Book of African American Poetry, Countee Cullen's poems are often considered to be "a fluid coalescence of black life and English forms" (Harper 153).

When most people think about a "sixth sense" they'll either think of psychics or a small child who sees dead people. When I think of a sixth sense, I think of the most wonderful sense of all: poetry.

By writing poetry about common people, including women and children, and sentimentally regarding them as equals, Wordsworth reflected the desire for equality amongst all mankind, a trait characteristic of the romantic age.

An investigation of the role of sound in poetry.

There are hundreds of different types of poetry. Some have been around for centuries and others have been adopted recently and given a name. Following is a comprehensive list of seven of the main and most popular types of poetry used today.

Great humorous poems and cautions about literary dead ends, promoted by a contest!

An essay I wrote in college about the literature development in early China and India.

Wallace Stevens once said, "To see the gods dispelled in mid-air and dissolve like clouds is one of the great human experiences." This idea is prevalent through much of Stevens' work, but none state his ideals so plainly as his poem "Sunday Morning".

Many Christians don't understand some of the traditions of their own religion. We don't know why we worship on the first day of the week.

Questions in my head, are as unshakable as the haunting memory of the dead. Thoughts, in which I can't escape, puts more wood in the fireplace. Need, it creates a spontaneous combustion,

The 1989 film "Dead Poets' Society" contains the inspiring story of Todd Anderson, who became transformed from a timid and self-doubting child into a confident, free-thinking individual and leader through the influence of his teacher, Mr. Keating.

Martin Scorsese's mafia films Mean Streets and Goodfellas show a distinct change in style for a director who made similar films in different eras of his life.

After 20 years, Thomas Covenant, or his spirit at least, returns to aid or once more defend, "The Land." Actually, the protagonist is his physician that he had during his last years on Earth, but his presence in some form permeates the action.

Seriously, in the early years of the 20th century a number of novels were published that supposedly were not actually attributed to the woman who "wrote" them, but rather were the imaginative flights of fancy from the soul of a long dead literary kindred spirit.

An essay on the significance of bird imagery in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Sky-Lark, and Ode to a Nightingale.

Roman literature idealized the life of its peasants, presenting a romanticized portrait of Roman rural life that was not representative of the Roman peasant's lifestyle and is contradicted by documents which reveal an accurate historical perspective.

Examining the various literary influences, such as Freud, St. Tomas Aquinas, and Dante, that shaped A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, as well as the autobiographical influences in James Joyce's most famous novel.

Maila Numi, the actress who created the classic Goth character Vampira, died in her North Hollywood home of heart failure on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

DSO inspires a reverie about 40 years of the Grateful Dead's special music that ranges into hippie culture, Dead solo projects, the nature of a tribute and more. Pull on your poncho and jump aboard Casey Jones' freewheeling train.

A short biography of the life and career of screen diva Dorothy Dandridge.

The speaker's father attempts to prove his love his daughter is greater than that of the speaker's mother. The father attempts to hide his pedophiliac urges by showing paternal love, but ironically succeeds only in implicating himself in the process.

This is a collection of sonnets in English by author from Serbia and Montenegro...

An examination of hypocrisy in Robert Browning's poem "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister."

A delve into the melancholy mind of the greatest writer in English Literature.

The inaction of the Ashikaga shoguns led to over a century of warfare.

This essay discusses how the Mariner's journey in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is similar to the redemption a person practicing a religion such as Christianity goes through.

A Review of the Docudrama The Laramie Project

A critical look at Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles and David Herbert Lawrence's two short stories Odor of Chrysanthemums and The Horse-Dealer's Daughter.

Poetry

Ireland is rich in stories of heros, gods and goddesses. This is but a brief introduction to myths and legends of Ireland.

I'm sure you can all relate to this beast of banality...

The Invisible is one film not to be missed.

Free verse poetry.

I was a twin whose brother died at 10 months of age. Ever since I was told this it has haunted me like the ancient Roman myth of Romulus and Remus or the little known American story of Elvis Aaron and Jesse Garon Presley.

Harold Pinter's dramas are so singluar, they have given rise to the adjective "Pinteresque".

A graduate school level research paper written on Norse Mythology. The class was taught by Dr. Martin Arnold, one of the foremost experts in Norse mythology in the world.

Depending on who you ask Wicca is either a new found religion or one of the oldest religions to be, and to be honest both of these statements would be true.

The thought process and cultural worldview of the two authors are compared to those of their native cultures to determine whether their style of artistic presentation would make them successful storytellers among their own people.

The Mariners's Museum is the largest maritime museum in the northeastern United States. Biggers isn't always better, but in the case of nautical history attractively presented for young and old you can do no better than the Mariners Museum in Newport News

Over the past several years Cinco de Mayo has become one of the fastest growing holidays behind St. Patrick's Day and Halloween. You might want to add a few more....

A contrasting examination of both "The Sower and the Seed" and the "Imperial Message" and the purpose parables serve to their readers.

a review of Magic City by Yusef Komunyakaa, Hanover : University Press of New England, 1992.

A reflective look at the Vietnam war experience through the eyes of a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

Just what did Eliot mean when he wrote that April was the cruellest month? Was he talking about the changing of seasons? Life after war? Life after death? Perhaps he was writing an ode of rejuvenation.

Music, theater, street fairs, food, literature, leather, sand castles, the Blue Angels, and more!

Wondering what the differences are between the major Romantic poets? Byron, Keats, Shelley and Coleridge had widely different views, which are explained in this article.

One reason the New Negro Movement serves as a significant time for the African American community is because it was a time when the community began the process of breaking away from the master narrative of slavery and began to ask itself, "Now what?".

Both "A Separate Peace" and the film "Dead Poets' Society" center their conflicts around the devastating harms that lack of emotional restraint and self-destructive leanings bring about. This is partially demonstrated in the clandestine societies in both works.

A look at the history of Genre in Film and Broadcast and how it continues to innovate today.

A look at Africa and all it has given the world.

"The Groundhog" is one of many well-written poems by Richard Eberhart that has become part of many cultural heritages, which indicates the extent of his literary achievements.

A Neo Elizabethan view on the inbred remnants of superstitions, and various catagories of ghost as displayed by Shakespearean plays.

How did Loch Ness become infamous?

Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead uses disconnection to show that Shakespeare's Hamlet, argued by some to be the greatest play ever written, is really just a histrionic melodrama.

the best book I've ever read, the respected warrior

The life of Edgar Allan Poe

Cold reading is a way to make people think you know more about them than you really do.

A summary and analysis of Bullet in the Brain, a short story by Tobias Wolff

Mark finds that his dreams don't end when he opens his eyes...

An analysis and a comprehensive look regarding the Irish resistance to British Colonialism and Post-Colonial In-fighting

This analysis and synopsis teaches the untrained eye navigate and evaluate a literary work for use of various literary techniques(symbolism, characterization, theme, climax, foreshadowing etc.).

The movie "The Proposition" is brutal, violent, strange, and has no heroes. Yet, it is one of my new favorites. I think you should see it too.

This essay highlights Allen Ginsberg's poem.

Love is a complicated concept. Here, Ms. McFarlin explicates two poems about love that may help the reader understand it more.

The Waste Land and three other modern poems are analyzed with a particular eye toward the isolation of the individual in modern society.

T.S. Eliot's masterpiece.

The paper gives a brief overview of the Haiku scene in the Tamil language today.

The Religious Right's protest against the movie The Last Temptation of Christ had the short term effect of helping the movie to turn a profit. They were much more successful with the long term effects of their calls for censorship, however.

Famous Guyanese National Poet speaks of injustice of politics and suffering of the country of Guyana while he was a political prisoner during racial and politically trying times.

A discussion of the essay White,
Written by Richard Dyer
From The Matter of Images:
Essays on Representation

In Beowulf, the emergence of Christianity is evident throughout the story and displayed by the deeds and actions of the poem's characters.

You love Simon and Garfunkel's music and have for years, but did you know they started out as a band called Tom and Jerry in the 1950s? Learn how this harmonizing duo got their start and how they became true American idols.

At first glance, E.E. Cummings' famous poem "Buffalo Bill's" seems to be an inventive words-for-the-sake-of-words sort of poem: a sound sculpture, one of the experiments Cummings was so famous for. But is he actually trying to tell us something?

Given the current political climate we are all very aware of the disillusionment that can take place during wars. This paper demonstrates that phenomenon during World War I and World War II.

Award winning poet and researcher Eugene Redmond was interviewed for this vivid retelling of the Emmett Till tragedy.

Kahlil Gibran's philosophy is very simple and it is spiritual and mysticism in good measure. In The Prophet his brand of philosophy is splattered from beginning to end. The protagonist Al Mustafa acts as an exponent of his philosophy which encompasses life unto death.

He is the founder of The Fly High Poetic Language Enrichment Program, a poetry self-expression program that teaches children the importance of communication and self-expression through poetry.

I'm not just saying this because one of the band members happens to be my cousin, but Burnt Toast and Jam is a great band. Each member is a gifted, very musically inclined, and talented addition to the band.

A brief biography of America's first female poet, Anne Bradstreet.

An in-depth analysis of how the music of the Doors affected the youth culture of the 1960s.

Five tips to writing better poetry shows five of the most important habits of professional poets.

Metrical analysis of "Here Dead Lie We Because We Did Not Choose." by A.E. Housman; A stylist approach at showing how the form aids content in poetry.

In England, in the year 1848, 7 avante garde artists that all shared a unique vision formed one of the greatest movements in art history known as the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

A short parable about the day I lost my novel when my hard drive crashed.

The recent deal with Warner Music via the Sinatra estate is expected to amend anything neglected in Frank Sinatra's Reprise catalog. Those uninitiated to that Reprise material will see and hear a lot more than "New York, New York."

He is one of the greatest legends of all time. He has influenced music for decades. He is a rock legend, folk hero, gifted and talented musical genius, innovator and an inspiration to us all. He is Bob Dylan.

Biography life story of C.S. Lewis, an extraordinary writer in his own time.

I had to conduct very serious research before I could find the unique method of dream interpretation that was absolutely correct and understand exactly how the psychology of dreams works.

A literary analysis of the chapter "Reading" in Henry David Thoreau's classic, "Walden," with emphasis on the purpose of reading and the "heroic reader."