Les Misérables 
.... were in the 19th. It resonates in ways that neither Hugo nor his
modern reader might have imagined. Les Misérables embodies or ....
(1835
7
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Baudelaire's poem "Destruction"
.... Certainly a
modern reader would feel differently about Baudelaire's poem than would a
reader of the previous century when Baudelaire wrote it. ....
(1642
7
)
Lack of Realism in Shakespearean Plot
.... On the other hand, it may be difficult for the
modern reader to become attuned to the fact that the play is structured around such a theme as defiance of ....
(2381
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Plot Analysis of 3 Shakespearean Plays
.... On the other hand, it may be difficult for the
modern reader to become attuned to the fact that the play is structured around such a theme as defiance of ....
(2306
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories A Comparison of Two Short
.... Hawthorne's era. Words and phrases such as "your worship," "wont," and "whither" fall rather heavily on the
modern reader's ear. The mood ....
(1726
7
)
Order in the Pre-Columbian World
.... From the
modern reader's perspective, the ancient people of Mesoamerica are vastly different from the way they are portrayed in old movies. ....
(1025
4
)
Mill's Philosophical System of Utiltarianism
.... This argument sounds a little odd to the
modern reader, who is most likely inclined to believe in what Mill is so painfully arguing without much thinking about ....
(871
3
)
"Thoughts on the Works of Providence" (Wheatley)
.... Unfortunately, the style alienates the
modern reader rather than drawing him or her into the poet's religious consciousness. The ....
(1132
5
)
Post-Modern Etnography & a Story
.... Assessing post-
modern ethnography depends on several factors, including space, time, genre, and the imagination of the
reader as well as the writer. ....
(1407
6
)
Willa Cather's Woman Centered Fiction The significance of the ...
.... But for the
modern reader, who may well be sensible of the wish for romantic fulfillment, of the need for social justice, and of the complexities involved in ....
(2032
8
)
Romantic Elements in Beowulf & The Hobbit
.... it is precisely this wearing away of his respectable reluctance to behave heroically which gives Bilbo the greater ability to connect with the
modern reader. ....
(1648
7
)
Beowulf
.... match. The society depicted in Beowulf is harsh and violent, and it is likely to appear to the
modern reader as unattractive. This ....
(2070
8
)
Benjamin Franklin
.... But then that poses a secondary problem. What if Franklin's "important words" are a mystery to the
modern reader? Or, for that matter, the phraseology? ....
(1850
7
)
Beowulf and Sir Gawain & The Green Knight
.... The society depicted in Beowulf is harsh and violent, and it may appear to the
modern reader as unattractive with its unrepentant passion for showy material ....
(1821
7
)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
.... It is simply impossible for the
modern reader to know whether the ancient Sumerian saw Gilgamesh as a religious or a mythical story, although likely there were ....
(1682
7
)
Defects in the Work of Jacques Le Goff
.... Indeed, part of the pleasure of Gibbon for the
modern reader is that he or she learns much about the Enlightenment from seeing late antiquity and the early ....
(2406
10
)
Modern Morality
.... In this way, the individual
reader or spectator goes through an internal dissension, which mirrors the dissension of .... Green, MJ Guilt, shame, and
modern morality ....
(2017
8
)
The Semiotics of Performance by Marco De Marinis
.... are made to classical works, such as those of Plato and Aristotle; more references should have been included that are recognizable to the
modern reader. ....
(1242
5
)
Modern Occultism & New Age Thought
.... Boston: Beacon Press, 1969. ---. Some Social Implications of
Modern Technology." The Essential Frankfurt School
Reader. Ed. Andrew Arato and Eike Gebhardt. ....
(5828
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)
Yeats' Poem "The Second Coming"
.... have been alluding to a specific event, such as the Russian Revolution of just a few years earlier, his use of poetic imagery allows the
modern reader to draw ....
(826
3
)
Rip Van Winkle
.... Despite the fact that this seems quite misogynist it was certainly as clear to Irving as it is to the
modern reader that Dame Van Winkle had a great deal to ....
(1811
7
)
The Poetry of Walt Whitman
.... And yet the fifth line of the poem is an odd one because a
modern reader will wonder what he means by the words "corrupt" and "conceal": Was it doubted that ....
(1549
6
)
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Puritanism
.... The Scarlet Letter is a multi-layered work that is also difficult for the
modern reader because of the formality of the language and the unusual nature of the ....
(2079
8
)
Knighthood in the High Middle Ages
.... When he does begin to introduce some reality to his study, Borst does so in order to draw another parallel which hardly inspires the
modern reader: In the High ....
(1618
6
)
Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings
.... the era. The society depicted in Beowulf is harsh and violent, and it may appear to the
modern reader as unattractive, . . . with ....
(1881
8
)
Pride and Prejudice
.... Austen's work does focus on marriage as a requisite and central part of a woman's life, but the
modern reader should keep in mind that such beliefs and ....
(1545
6
)
The Life of Margaret Fuller
.... A second problem is the language. While this is probably more faithful to Fuller's time, it sounds stiff and formal to the
modern reader. ....
(2214
9
)
Wars in the Post-Cold War World
.... Thucydides: "people go to war out of 'honor, fear, and interest'" (Kagan, 8). Of these, the most problematical for the
modern reader is likely to be honor. ....
(2297
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)
A Hero of Our Time
.... is not to say that Turgenev is unaware of what he is doing in painting characters who are not very realistic or recognizable human beings to the
modern reader. ....
(3313
13
)
Historiography
.... This should not be surprising to the
modern reader, for from our own perspective nearly half a century later it is easy to see the decade of the 1950s as the ....
(2423
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