Melissa Howard's Blog

Nov 4, 2009


Book Cover for The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Harper Row
       


Sep 17, 2009

Posted by Melissa Howard

American author T.C. Boyle has written over twenty works of fiction and has one a variety of literary awards.

There is a growing collection of articles at Suite101 for those interested in studying and learning more about his work.

Book Reviews

Review of The Tortilla Curtain

Symbolism in Boyle's Books

Symbolism in The Tortilla Curtain

The Symbolism of the Coyote

Satire in Boyle's Books

Juvenalian Satire in The Tortilla Curtain




Jul 22, 2009


Cover of The Shack, Windblown Media
       


May 20, 2009

Posted by Melissa Howard

Edith Wharton is one of a group of female writers whose works revolve around social conventions and who uses irony for humor and criticism in her writing about society.

There is a growing collection of articles at Suite101 for those interested in studying and learning more about her work.

Character Summaries from Wharton's Novels

Review of Film Adaptations

General Essays


Author Edith Wharton, Public Domain
       


Mar 19, 2009

Posted by Melissa Howard

Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Hemingway, is one of the great American writers.

There is a growing collection of articles at Suite101 for those interested in studying and learning more about his work.

Reviews

A Review of A Farewell to Arms

Themes in Hemingway's Work

Love in A Farewell to Arms

Themes in A Farewell to Arms: Identity, Individualism, Patriotism, War

Religion in A Farewell to Arms

Character Analysis

Characters in A Farewell to Arms

Characters in The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

Characters in The Capital of the World

Summaries of Short Stories

A Very Short Story

The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

The Capital of the World

Miscellaneous Articles about Hemingway's Work

A Very Short Story and A Letter

Breaking Up with Ernest Hemingway


Hemingway, 1939, Lloyd Arnold/Public Domain/Wikimedia