Articles written by George Conrad Gould
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David Mamet: The Village
Mamet accentuates a stark and lonely existence for his main characters. The village forms the backdrop which contains the separate worlds of its characters.
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Slouching Toward Nirvana
Slouching Toward Nirvana presents his thoughts on growing old. Many of the poems are written in his 70s, but he still conveys a sense of adventure in his life.
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Keats: Ode on Indolence
Keats explores ambition and poetry in the context of discussing laziness. While poetry emerges as a powerful impulse for Keats, he finally wishes it away.
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Brink Road and Postmodernism
Brink Road exhibits themes familiar to postmoderism and responds to alienation from a higher power through a complex relationship to nature.
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Chinese Poetry: Wild Grass
Father of modern Chinese Literature weaves brilliant imagery with modern anecdotes in his portrayal of early twentieth century China.
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Religion in Beowulf
Beowulf portrays a stark contrast between Paganism and Christianity and was written in the eighth century A.D. It includes passages on fate and human will.
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Burroughs' Dreams Build on Past
The book My Education was written at the end of Burroughs' life and presents an interesting look back to the dreams, people and places that he experienced.
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A Sicilian Snake
D. H. Lawrence penned the poem "Snake" as a reflection of an encounter with a snake at a drinking trough. The poem is charged with his thoughts and actions in response.
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Lindsay's Arcturus: Classic Sci-Fi
"A Voyage to Arcturus" is an adventure that starts on planet Earth and goes to the planet Tormance, where the hero Maskull encounters various alien intelligences.
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Reading the Cantos as a Troubadour
The article conveys the sense in which Pound drew on the troubadors themselves and their writings in creating his life long work, the Cantos.
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