Literary Journeys

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Literary Journeys

Describes the literary journeys of Kenneth Grahame, Gwyneth Lewis, Sujata Bhatt and J.D Salinger.

1,335 words () | 7 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that each of the pieces of literature in this paper involves a journey. The author points out that, in each work, the author enters a world of the written word and writes in ways reflecting a particular outlook. The paper relates the journey of Toad in Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows", of poet Gwyneth Lewis in first-person simile "Fax X", of poet Sujata Bhatt's journey from India and of Zooey Glass in J.D Salinger's "Franny and Zooey".

From the Paper:

"This is poetry, sophisticated, complex, a stream of images, in which passivity - things being done to the characters in the poem - and activity - the actions of these characters - blend together. "We" are taken into the new day as if on a cruising ship. This poem reflects a world in which the journeys of life are more inflicted than chosen. While Toad chose his journeys, the "we" of this poem are taken on the journey, with no real expression of choice in the matter."

Sample of Sources Used:

"Kenneth Grahame." The Literature Network. Dated 2007; July 26, 2007; <http://www.online-literature.com/grahame/>. Internet.
Grahame, Kenneth. Wind in the Willows. New York, New York: Ariel Books/Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980
"Sujata Bhatt." The Poetry Archive. 2005; July 26, 2007; <http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=1500>. Internet.
"Gwyneth Lewis, Biography." Gwyneth Lewis. Undated; July 26, 2007; <<http://www.gwynethlewis.com/biography.shtml>> Internet. ,
Bhatt, Sujata. "The One Who Goes Away." Point No Point. Manchester, England: Carcanet, 1997; reprinted in At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners. Ken Watson, Ed. Undated; July 26, 2007; <http://www.ravenspire.com/coolschool/docs/imagined%20corners.html> Internet.