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The Bereavement of Turnus: A Tragic Ending To A Tragic Tale

By: Jessica Gleason

The Hector / Achilles Dichotomy: Which was the true hero?

By: Jessica Gleason

War & Peace: Volume II, Part IV: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

War and Peace: Volume II, Part III: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

War and Peace: Volume II, Part II: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Ulysses: A Review: A Modernist Classic

By: Martyn Conterio

Life and Times of Dante Alighieri: Historical Context of the Divine Comedy

By: Kelley Wadson

War and Peace: Volume II, Part I: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

War and Peace: Volume I, Part III: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

War and Peace: Volume I, Part II: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

War and Peace: Volume I, Part I: Leo Tolstoy's Masterpiece on Russian Society in the Time of Napoleon

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Sebastian Barry: A Long Long Way: Novel of conflicting Loyalties of Irish soldiers of World War I

By: Mary Hiers

Seamus Heaney:The Burial at Thebes: Translation of Sophocles' Antigone by 1995 Nobel Laureate

By: Mary Hiers

Anna Karenina: Themes: Leo Tolstoy Writes about Social Conflict, his Times, and Happiness

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Anna Karenina: Plot: Leo Tolstoy on Love, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Leo Tolstoy Books and Biography: Life and Works of "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" Russian Author

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Life in the Tomb: WWI Literature: Stratis Myrivilis' Classic Novel of the Greek Trenches

By: Elizabeth Nelson

Maupassant's Diamond Necklace: What Is Happiness Worth?

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Blindness, by José Saramago: Navigating Chaos

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Kafka's Heroes: Basic Characteristics

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Nina Berberova: Author and Critic

By: Feature Writer Meg Nola

Shakespeare's Revenge Tragedy: Hamlet doesn't just avenge murder, he contemplates it.

By: Jennifer Alpeche

The Trial, by Franz Kafka: Understanding Joseph K.’s Failed Case

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka: Interpreting the Transformation of Gregor Samsa and his Family

By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Italian Writer I.U. Tarchetti: Author of Fantastic Tales and Passion

By: Feature Writer Meg Nola

Ode on a Grecian Urn: Explanation for Students!

By: Preeti Raghunath

Explanation of 'The Tyger': Made Easy For Students

By: Preeti Raghunath

Cantar de Mío Cid, the legend: The story and legend of a Middle Ages nobleman, first mediaeval text

By: Angeles Fernández

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