American Literature

A look at how Edgar Allan Poe portrays family in "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado"

Morbid, bizarre, and ghastly are terms that apply to every work of poetry and every short story that issued from the pen of Edgar Allan Poe. In his hands even the term family, ordinarily redolent with positive connotation, becomes the stuff of disease, degradation and death.

This is less surprising when we take note of his personal familial circumstances. His biological parents both died before Edgar

American Literature Book reviews: Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown

by Frances Stanford

Digital Fortress was Dan Brown's first novel, published in 1998. However, it did not receive any rave reviews and it was only after

American Literature Literary analysis: Anthem, by Ayn Rand

by Arianna Lightfoot

My literary analysis relates to the following quotation:
"It is a sin to think the way no others think and to put them down upon a

American Literature Book reviews: Midwives, by Christopher Bohjalian

by Callista Meyer

Full of moral ambiguity and medical ethics Christopher Bohjalian's novel " Midwives" raises many questions that are mind boggling

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