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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Herman Melville's Billy Budd, his final novel.
As a book of the twentieth-century, Melville focused on society's limiting forces on people's individuality. Moreover, Billy Budd has two versions as it was, completed by different authors after Melville's death. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Herman Melville's classic work, helping...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Homer's The Odyssey, possibly the most famous epic poems in history.
As an epic poem of ancient Greece, it is the second oldest surviving work in Western literature. Moreover, this work has achieved a title as a Western classic. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Homer's classic work, helping students to thoroughly, explore the reasons...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Hermann Hesse's Demian, one of his most notable works.
As a book of the twentieth-century, Demian captivated those who endured World War I. Moreover, Hesse's novel contains psychological, historical, and religious themes as the protagonist, Sinclair, searches for his truest self. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Hermann Hesse's...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, the gripping third installment of kingship and rebellion.
As a detail rich history of the sixteenth century, Shakespeare skillfully combines history and comedy, moving from intense battle scenes of kings to simple scenes of country life. Moreover, his compelling themes of power struggle and burdensome royal life are demonstrated...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for B. F. Skinner's Walden Two, the behavioral psychologist's only published attempt at fiction.
As a novel of the 1940s, Walden Two has been thought of as science fiction due to the fact that science-based methods of modifying human behavior did not yet exist. Moreover, its controversial discussion of the rejection of free will can baffle readers. This Bright Notes...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, the best known work composed by one of the most influential German authors of the twentieth-century.
A semi-autobiographical and existential novel, Hesse blends Eastern and Western philosophy in Steppenwolf to explore man's struggle for spiritual liberation. The protagonist's spiritual crisis continues to resound with readers seeking authenticity...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Inherit the Wind, a political play that fictionalized the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial.
As a play of the 1950's, Inherit the Wind defended intellectual freedom. Moreover, the play intended to denounce the state of McCarthyism at the time. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Lawrence and Lee's classic...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Charles Dickens's David Copperfield, an autobiographical novel of the main character.
As a 1800s English work, David Copperfield shows how power leads to corruption, a still-relevant theme today. Moreover, the novel draws from several of Charles Dickens's own personal experiences and demonstrates the harsh life caused by greed along with the hope that is born from...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native, arguably the most popular of Hardy's 14 Wessex novels.
As a novel first published in the magazine Belgravia, popular for its sensationalism, Hardy classified The Return of the Native as a "Novel of Character and Environment." Moreover, themes from Hardy's novels draw interesting conversations around the power of imagination....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thomas More's Utopia, originally written in Latin in 1516 and considered a great political and philosophical satire.
As a rhetorical work from the early 16th century, there has been much debate amongst scholars on what More's intentions were for writing. Moreover, Utopia makes a mirror so that readers may be able to see themselves more clearly and more realistically....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Thusydides' The Peloponnesian War, considered to be one of the earliest historical novels to be written in a scholarly setting.
As a historical novel of fifth-century B.C., The Peloponnesian War is an account of the war between Sparta and Athens. Moreover, the writer, Thucydides, was an Athenian general during the war. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes From the Underground, considered to be one of the very first existentialist novels.
As a novel of nineteenth-century Russia, Notes From the Underground challenged and created new methods of understanding towards the 'enlightened' utopian ideas that explored in Russia. Moreover, the novel dives deep into themes of isolation, folly, and extremist...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the author's first attempt at historical fiction.
As a novel of the nineteenth-century, the story of The Prince and the Pauper continues to live on through video games, movies, TV shows, and books. Moreover, the novel presents timelessly relevant themes of justice and judgement, identity, and, society and class. This Bright...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, one of several plays based on true events from Roman history.
As a historical drama of Roman war time, Julius Caesar explores the complicated nature of power and political transitions. Moreover, Shakespeare focuses on the moral struggle between demands of honor, friendship, patriotism, and loyalty. This Bright Notes Study Guide...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for George Orwell's Animal Farm, one of the most famous political satires to this day.
As a book of the twentieth-century prior to the Cold War, it remains among the most celebrated allegorical novellas. Moreover, Animal Farm, while controversial at its time, became a success due to the political shift of the Cold War. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, arguably the most famous of all Middle English literature.
As a series of twenty-four stories, The Canterbury Tales was written in 1392 and tells of the pilgrimage of thirty people from various social classes to Canterbury. Moreover, Chaucer uses each story to represent a theme in order to exemplify the changing of societal...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for William Shakespeare's Richard II, a political tragedy and historical play set during the Hundred Years' War.
As a historical drama of 1595, Richard II contains imaginative descriptions and characterizations of real people in history and balances poetic language with harsh realism. Moreover, Richard II expresses themes of betrayal, leadership, and father-son relationships....
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, noted as his first great novel of his mature career.
As a novel of the nineteenth-century, Crime and Punishment tackles the still fascinating subject of psychological and moral dilemmas. Moreover, this book continues to intrigue and shock readers to this day. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, became influential during the 1960s, when cultural movements were seeking inspiration from the East.
As a novel of the 1950s, Siddhartha incorporates contrasting ideologies from Eastern religions to Western individualism to create a new idea of life's true meaning. Moreover, the novel has influenced, inspired, and shaped generations of...
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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Hermann Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund, a literary success upon its first publication in the 1930s.
As a novel of the Great Depression, Narcissus and Goldmund explores themes of brotherhood in spite of disparity. Moreover, Hesse's prevalent themes of conflict between spirit and flesh continue to ring true for readers throughout history. This Bright Notes Study...
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