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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Samuel Beckett. Titles in this study guide include All That Fall, Endgame, Krapp's Last Tape, Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable, and Waiting for Godot.
As an unconventional, but modernist author of the war ravaged 20th century, Beckett focused on essential elements of the human condition in dark, humorous ways. Moreover, Beckett was often associated...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, the most controversial of Hardy's works as it toes the line between Victorian and modernism literature.
As an author who lived to see both literary time settings, Hardy was often, criticized during his lifetime for combining elements of realism and fantastic coincidences. Moreover, The Mayor of Casterbrige was Hardy's attempt...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, one of several plays based on true events from Roman history.
As a historical drama of Roman war time, Julius Caesar explores the complicated nature of power and political transitions. Moreover, Shakespeare focuses on the moral struggle between demands of honor, friendship, patriotism, and loyalty. This Bright Notes Study Guide...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by William Golding, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. Titles in this study guide include Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, and Free Fall.
As a collection of novels, Golding's work offers commentary on modern society and the primitive behavior of people. Moreover, his stories are based in reality and include literary...
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Titles in this study guide include The Flies, No Exit, Dirty Hands, The Roads to Freedom, Being and Nothingness, The Wall, Nausea, The Childhood Of A Leader, and Existentialism.
As a French philosopher and writer of the twentieth-century, Sartre was a foremost supporter of Marxism, sociology, and critical theory. Moreover, Sartre was a central figure in the philosophy of existentialism. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history...
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Discover rare and interesting facts about Mightier Than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer!
Mightier Than The Sword, the fifth installment of Jeffrey Archer's seven-book Clifton Chronicles series starts with a bang...literally. It begins when a bomb explodes on the MV Buckingham. Harry Clifton finds himself in New York for this novel, where he is informed he had just been elected as the English PEN's president. His wife, Emma, has to deal with the damage...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, arguably one of the most, recognized novels to come from the 19th-century and is still, studied today.
As a novel of both the Romantic and Realism literary movements, Les Misérables captures the history of France through the lens of political chaos, liberty, and individualism. Moreover, Hugo is, considered to have dominated French literature...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, the supreme example of Crane's war stories.
As a novel set, during the American Civil War, The Red Badge of Courage is, known for realism and naturalism. Moreover, the novel sets itself apart from other war novels as it focuses on the thoughts and experiences of the protagonist, instead of the outside world. This Bright Notes...
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In this summary book, readers embark on a transformative spiritual journey beyond mere principles and clichés. It guides them towards discovering their truest selves and achieving profound personal growth and spirituality: the revelation of truth and illumination.
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Gustave Flaubert, the prime influencer of French realist literature.
As a leading exponent of literary realism, Flaubert's work, illustrates elaborate devotion to style and aesthetics. Moreover, he emphasizes the psychology of his characters and their role in the logical development of his works, which marked the beginning of a new age in French...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Joseph Heller's Catch-22, which eponymously coined the term so frequently used today to describe the predicament of being, trapped by contradictory rules.
As a novel of post-World War II America, Catch-22 is profound in its conception, complex in its artistry, and radical in its message. Moreover, in some colleges it is, studied as the modern counterweight to Homer's...
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Navigating complex literary works has never been simpler with our comprehensive study guides! Dive deep into the world of Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History by Nellie Bowles with our expertly crafted resources. Whether you're a student aiming to elevate your understanding and grades, an educator seeking to streamline lesson planning, a book club member looking to enrich discussions, or simply a...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Harold Pinter, receiver of the New York Critics' Antoinette Perry Award for Best Broadway Drama in 1967. Titles in this study guide include The Homecoming, The Comedies of Menace, The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter, A Slight Ache, The Caretaker, The Collection, The Lover, and other minor works.
As an author of mid-twentieth-century drama, Pinter...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for B. F. Skinner's Walden Two, the behavioral psychologist's only published attempt at fiction.
As a novel of the 1940s, Walden Two has been thought of as science fiction due to the fact that science-based methods of modifying human behavior did not yet exist. Moreover, its controversial discussion of the rejection of free will can baffle readers. This Bright Notes...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Henry James' The Aspern Papers, considered to be, one of James' most acclaimed novellas.
As a tale of the nineteenth century, James continues his theme of evaluating society and its effect on other individuals. Moreover, The Aspern Papers gives readers the opportunity to compare the cultures and customs of both America and Europe from an American's perspective. This...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Henry James' Washington Square, a simple tragicomedy that is, based on a true story.
As a novel of the nineteenth-century, illustrates family conflict between a daughter and her unemotional father. Moreover, Washington Square's omniscient point of view and uncomplicated prose continues to entice readers. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Ivan Turgenev, renowned Russian writer. Titles in this study guide include Fathers and Sons, Rudin, On the Eve, A Nest of Gentlefolk, and A Sportsman's Sketches.
As an author of the realism literary movement, his novel, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the most significant works of nineteenth-century fiction. Moreover, he translated and publicized...
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Discover rare and interesting facts about Circling the Sun by Paula McLain! Four years after her extremely successful novel The Paris Wife hit bookshelves, Paula McLain is back with Circling the Sun. Her latest novel follows a similar formula as The Paris Wife in that it is a historical fiction story about a relatively unknown woman. The subject of the novel, Beryl Markham, grew up in the wilderness in Kenya on her father's farm. The local tribe often...
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