Study Aids : Book Notes

Clark's 'horse opera' is about the American West and the cowboy, but not in the stereotypical fashion that has come to guide most Westerns. This book is principally a psychological study, monitoring and measuring the personal changes that occur as men deal with immense space, rugged weather and countryside, and tending cattle. more...

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Each of these stories deals with the 'dark side' of the human character. Heart of Darkness is a journey up a Congo river to where an ivory agent, Kurtz, mentally disintegrates into a grotesque creature. The Secret Sharer is about a murderous captain who is tragically alienated from other people. more...

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This is a fanciful and romantic tale of the Mohicans, a disappearing tribe of Native Americans in the frontier. The romantic action centers on a frontier scout during the French and Indian Wars, who plays a part in the wresting of a continent from nature and the original inhabitants. more...

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Paul Morel is a sensitive son of an English miner. He is devoted to his mother and torn between his love for Miriam and his bond with his mother. He rejects Miriam and turns to an older, married woman, but soon discovers that he cannot fully love a woman while his mother is alive. more...

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Dante wrote three epic poems about heaven, purgatory, and hell. The Inferno is about the latter and is encyclopedic in scope and information. From Dante's own world of politics, theology, and learning, he poured everything he was and knew into this text. This concise supplement to Dante's The Divine Comedy: Inferno helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. more...

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