Academic papers on American Literature

Homosexuality and the Trickster in The Fur Queen
This 6 page paper addresses the tricker as an inspiration in Highway's novel, The Fur Queen. It is the trickster, and the star seed image that helps Gabriel deal with his life and become whole. Bibliography lists 4 references.
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Exodus: How Characterization Serves the Narrative
This 9 page research paper explores "Exodus" from the view of characterization is used to develop the narrative. The argument is that characterization is flat in order to serve the exodus plot. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Character Sketch: Dorothea in Middlemarch
This 3 page paper sketches Dorothea and looks at her growth and change over the course of the novel. 4 sources cited.
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Poe
This 3-page paper discusses how Edgar Allan Poe uses various attributes that encompass Gothic literature. There are 2 sources cited.
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Mindplay and its Effects on Suffering and Defeatism in Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio
This 5 page paper explores the question of how the mind is influenced by other minds and thoughts until the thoughts are grotesques of reality. Further explored is this idea to postmodern thought. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Walter John Harmon
This 2.5-page article addresses E.L. Doctorow's story Sweet Land Stories and the character Walter John Harmon and the narrator Jim. There are 0 sources cited.
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The Great Influenza
This 2.5-page paper is a book review of John M Barry's book, "The Great Influenza: The Epic of the Deadliest Plague in History." There are 3 sources cited.
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Early African American Literature: Comparing DuBois and Baldwin
This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of DuBois and Baldwin. Similarities such as the questioning of the role of church in African American society are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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