William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth creates a mystical philosophical revelation and/or feeling when viewing upon the secluded landscape of Tintern Abbey.  This poem is more thoughtful compared to the Lyrical Ballads.  It is also a more religious, autobiographical aspect of his reflections.  This experience is subjective though because the scenery is only important because it is a stimulus.  [...]

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner begins with a wedding guest who is entranced by the Mariner, who is full of wisdom.  At first, the Albatross is a positive omen then the Mariner confesses his killing of one.  Then he states that he has possessed a destructive nature.  In part four, alone denotes a distance [...]

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William Blake

William Blake is an author known for his romantic and lyrical poetry, born to London is 1757 where he was raised a devout Catholic.  His father was a successful London hosier who encouraged his son’s artistic talents (unlike most parents these days).  His mother educated him at home before he was sent to Henry Pars’ [...]

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The Age of Wire and String

The reality of which Ben Marcus writes his stories in The Age of Wire and String are so unbelievably intriguing. I get a sense that I am reading something that would be found in the Twilight Zone. There are supernatural undertones in his writing and to each ultimately different narrative. In Land on floating Island [...]

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An Evening with Max Brooks

On Monday October 12, 2009 I went to see Max Brooks speak about his book The Zombie Survival Guide. He made it clear to the audience that Z-Day is coming. You don’t when and you don’t know where. And when it comes, he will be ready. He wrote this book to inform everyone how to [...]

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Appeal of J.K. Rowling

J.K Rowling used an ingenious narrative while creating the Harry Potter series. She took an average adolescent and pushed him into this new world. We, as readers, get to experience this push of Harry’s into the Wizarding World. We, as readers and muggles, have never experienced what her version of this world entails. We have [...]

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Disturbing Varieties

(My thoughts on the book Varieties of Disturbance by: Lydia Davis.) I can relate with the Catepillar story. When I see something or know that it is there I keep thinking about it any time something familiar to the subject is addressed or noticed. I do wonder where that spider has gone when an hour [...]

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