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This paper looks at why "The Arabian Nights" story has remained famous and popular as a significant work in Arab literature. It examines the universal and positive appeal of the tales, their influence in Western literature and specific writers influenced by the Arabian Nights.

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""Alf Layla wa Layla" translated as "A Thousand Nights" and also known as "An Arabian Night's Entertainments" has had a remarkable history equal to that of the characters in its tales. Some scholars surmise that these tales originated over years ago in ..."

Tags:Alf Layla wa Layla, Arabian Nights, A Thousand and One Nights

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In this article, the writer provides a discussion of the elements of God and the supernatural in literature, briefly discussing their use in the following texts: Koran, 'Decameron', 'Tales from One Thousand and One Nights', 'The Song of Roland', and 'Hamlet'.

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"One could make an arguable case that God and the supernatural are two of the most popular elements of all time in literature. From religious texts like the Koran to Elizabethan dramas like William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', God and the supernatural appear in numerous and diverse works of literature. God and the supernatural are also elements found in the medieval poem' The Song of Rowland' and Boccaccio's novellas in the 'Decameron'. Even Middle Eastern literature like 'Tales from One Thousand and One Nights' combine ..."

Tags:miracles, angels, genies, heaven, hell, ghosts, apparitions, magic

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"Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., author, historian, political scientist, son of an author and historian, professor of history at Harvard University, special presidential assistant from 1961-1963, eminent man of American letters, would seem to be overly well-qualified to write what he calls a personal memoir of the days when John Fitzgerald Kennedy occupied 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C..

Schlesinger, born in Columbus, Ohio, October 15, 1917, was a contemporary of the assassinated president. An alumnus of Harvard, he was an associate professor of history from 1946 to ... "

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In "A Room of One's Own", Virginia Woolf has much to say on the changing relationships among women, men, society and literary genres. The author of the paper shows that far more than simply the book form of Woolf's stirring, provocative lectures, it is practically a "feminist manifesto." This paper excerpts many passages from the book as "offset quotes." It then expounds, analyzes and comments on these examples of Woolf's work. The paper includes an analysis of Woolf's provocative concept of whether it's worse to be "locked out" or "locked in." Additionally, the paper discusses Woolf's (and society's) ideas relating to feminism and sexism and how these "isms" in turn relate to literature and the success or failures of male and female writers, particularly in the 19th Century.

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""So long as you write what you wish to write, that is
all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or
only for hours, nobody can say."

This is among Woolf's most moving passages. She is addressing a group of young women toward the end of her lecture, emphasizing the importance of women's writings and encouraging everyone interested to give it a try. Behind these words is an even deeper message: you never know who you touch. What may seem like a completely insignificant act of one person say the penning of a humble little sonnet can by of lasting influence to someone else if it stays in that person's memory. Even if the poet only wrote the sonnet for herself and thought it mediocre at best, someone decades or even centuries later might find inspiration in it. No one can say, even authors or poets themselves, what kind of impact their work might have in future generations. Only time can determine that."

Tags:feminist, Jane, Austen, Pride, and, Prejudice

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This paper examines critical reviews of John Updike's "A&P" and Bobbie Ann Mason's "Shiloh", summarizing briefly the critics' arguments and then responding to them.

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"In his article, "Updike's A&P", Corey Evan Thompson argues that the narrator and main character, Sammy, is not a hero for standing up for the young girls, but a young man frustrated with his job. Thompson points out that Sammy must deal with annoying customers that he refers to as witches, bums and sheep. Thompson states of Sammy that he has been thinking about quitting for at least a few months and notes that Sammy has worked..."

Tags:A&P, Updike, Shiloh, Mason, critique, critic, literature, rock music, hero

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This paper analyzes the theme in "A Room of One's Own" , which discusses why there has been such a paucity of female fiction writers. The paper summarizes the reasons Woolf provides for this paucity and talks about what other feminist authors would say of Woolf's writings. Some of the criticisms that have been leveled at "A Room of One's Own" are also covered by this paper.

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"If, on the other hand, had Judith had money and education, we would perhaps be revering and celebrating the plays and stories of a Judith Shakespeare. While emphasizing the importance of financial freedom, Woolf acknowledges that her own literary pursuits have been enabled by her aunt Mary Beton who has bequeathed her five hundred pounds for the rest of her life. The book, based on a lecture delivered at Cambridge University, is quasi-fictional. Woolf admits to liberally creating fictional characters to further her cause. The name Mary Breton does occur in several settings the name for her aunt and also a friend. No dishonesty is implied in the fictional accounts and they should not be construed as such."

Tags:financial, social, freedom, creative, pursuits, writer, female, extreme, feminism, opportunity, novelists

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The author of this paper examines and discusses the book by Ken Kesey, written in 1962, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" which relates the experiences of patients and staff in a mental institution in the United States. In particular, the writer of the paper examines two of the main characters in the book, Nurse Ratched, one of the senior nursing staff and a much feared figure amongst the patients, and Randal McMurphy, a convicted felon who sees incarceration in a mental institution as preferable to spending time in jail. The paper's author describes the relationship between these two characters, the enmity that developed between them and its effect on other characters in the book and refers to current literature on the subject of mental illnesses.

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"The Chief's thoughts help to set the "mood" for the environment into which Randal McMurphy, the protagonist, will soon enter, and which will lead to McMurphy becoming physically, mentally and emotionally neutralized at the hands of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy, is a small-time criminal looking to sit out his recent jail sentence in the state mental institution where Chief Bromden and other patients become the participants in McMurphy's own self-indulgent, but enlightening social experiment, which becomes a contest of wills between McMurphy and Nurse Ratched, and in the end goes horribly awry."

Tags:nurse, feminisim, madhouse, antisocial, authority, ward, american, literature, jungian, archetypal

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This paper discusses Virginia Woolf's writing, "A Room of One's Own", which uses the stream of consciousness technique and talks about the prejudices and inequality that women, particularly women artists, faced in 19th century society, in Woolf's case, 19th century English society. It looks at how, in this work, Woolf cites the historical, social, political, and even economic dynamics that influence the society's outlook on the women sector, i.e., that women should not enjoy the freedom that men receive from the society. It also explores how, by discussing and analyzing the treatment of human society to women, Woolf objectively narrates, in detail, the discrimination committed against women in the third chapter of "A Room of One's Own".

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"The lack of acceptance of society to revolutionary changes about women's roles and image, which involves behavior and actions that are submissive to men and the society in general, is just one point that Woolf addresses in "A Room." Going further her "monologue," she enumerates the hindrances that prevent women from attaining a status equal to or higher than male artists, which are material and immaterial. The material hindrance concerns economic freedom, where Woolf posits, - for women "to have a room of her own" was out of the question? [s]ince her pin money? was only enough to keep her clothed; she was debarred from such alleviations" This passage can be interpreted literally and figuratively, where the literary interpretation centers on the economic constraints that society imposes on women, resulting to financial dependency to men and ignorance because of lack of or insufficient education."

Tags:discrimination, feminism, society, prejudice

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This essay discusses Virginia Woolf's arguments in "A Room of One's Own". Overall, Woolf makes an excellent case for women's right to an education and economic independence.

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Islamic literature developed and expanded during the Abbasid era for a variety of social and cultural reasons, but primarily because it served as an eloquent expression of the magnificent achievements of Islamic civilization as it expanded in power and influence between the 8th and 13th centuries. The compelling beauty and superior quality of Islamic literature and poems during the Abbasid centuries have rarely been surpassed by writers and poets of any historical era, and are characterized by the evocative poetry of Ibn Da'ud, Abu Nuwas, al-Mutanabbi and Abu al-Ma'arri, the romantic prose and fables in classics such as Thousand and One Nights, and the development of multiple new literary forms.

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The Development of Islamic Literature in the Abbasid Era Islamic literature developed and expanded during the Abbasid era for a variety of social and cultural reasons, but primarily because it served as an eloquent expression of the magnificent achievements of Islamic civilization as it expanded in power and influence between the 8^th and 13^th centuries. The compelling beauty and superior quality of Islamic literature and poems during the Abbasid centuries have rarely been surpassed by writers and poets of any historical era, and are

Tags:abbasid, era, literature