The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was born on Dec. 10, 1830, in Amherst, Mass. Dickinson—though she only started writing poetry when she was 22—wrote 1,775 poems (Johnson, v). However, in her lifetime only seven were...
An Analysis Of Milton’s Epic Poetry in “Lycidas”
“Lycidas” was composed in November of 1637, by John Milton, and is a poetic elegy for Milton’s friend and classmate at Cambridge, Edward King, who passed away in a shipwreck over the Irish Sea. Both...
A Literary Examination of Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time”
“God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!” “The Fire Next Time,” by James Baldwin, was published in 1963 and comprises two essays. The first essay is a letter Baldwin...
Banned Books: Diving Into “Madame Bovary”
“She was so sad, so very sad, that when you saw her standing in the doorway of her house, you would think you saw a funeral pall hanging in front of the door. What ailed her, it seemed, was a kind of fog...
Hemingway’s Unique Prose Showcased In “The Old Man And The Sea”
When Ernest Hemingway was being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, only one of his novels was directly praised by the Swedish Academy: “The Old Man and the Sea”. The myth of Hemingway, along...
“Paradise Lost” And The Importance Of Literature
Before beginning “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton, the reader already knows the ending and all the preceding events. “Paradise Lost” in a way, is a poem that nobody should feel a desire to read, much...
IRHA Swings Stags Into Spring
In the course of a year, we tend to lose ourselves in the low months of January, February, and March; the sun loses its luster, the streets are barren and harsh and a universal sorrow introduces itself to all...
A Must See: “Sense and Sensibility”
When Adger Cowans received his first camera as a child, he always first kept it by his bedside. But one night, he had a different and even more unique idea. In an effort to capture the unreal, he placed his...
Claudia Hart Lectures “The Real Fake”
On Wednesday, Nov. 10, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts hosted “Through a Different Lens: Innovation Lab Lecture Series.” At this event, renowned intermedia visual artist Claudia Hart gave her...
Four Creative Classes To Consider During Spring Registration
Even though there has always seemed to be a focus on the Egan School of Nursing and Health studies and the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield, the University is still a Jesuit school and thus the push for...