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Shakespeare as fetish Literature Dissertation

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The objective of this paper is to describe the fetishization of William Shakespeare’s work. In order to better understand the content of this research, it is important to define key terms and concepts: adaptation; fidelity; abuse; fetishization and pop culture. This work is particularly important because it demonstrated the development by which plays like those of Shakespeare’s are modified.

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A comparison between The Proposal by Anton Chekhov and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber Literature Essay

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The works of Anton Chekhov and James Thurber are well known for their ability to understand the social realities of their respective societies. Their works also are able to analyze the intricacies and nuances of the human mind.

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Coetzees Waiting for the Barbarians and Foe, and Gordimers My Sons Story and The Conservationist Literature Essay

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The role of the author in the canon of South African literature has been a subject of ongoing critical concern. The writer as artist has historically taken on, either voluntarily or as a function of social expectation, an inevitable sociopolitical importance in a society where large race-based power imbalances have played a critical role.

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Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truths Literature Book Report/Review

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It is something which can be done by everybody. They do not need a specific degree or thought process to be a theologian. They can just think about the religion, they may go ahead and go beyond to find out more about it by taking classes or reading books, or they could just have intellectual discussions with other interested parties.

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Epic of Sheikh Bedreddin by Hikmet and the challenges of translations Literature Dissertation

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The ability to create specific expressions within literature is not only bound by the expectations of the author. There are also expressions which are reflective of social and political issues as well as the historical applications of the time.

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Shakespeare: Traditionsl Notion Of Sovereign Power in King Lear And The Tempest Literature Essay

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In the Tempest, Prospero and Caliban ruler-slave relationship is mutually considered just (McDonald, 2004). It was as if Caliban had come to terms with Prospero’s rule and dominance. But he eventually retaliates against his master.

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Romantic Love and How Sorrow Is Connected to This Kind of Love Literature Essay

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Whether the sorrow comes from the fact that the love is unrequited, one of the lovers is dead, or from regret over not choosing a path that one might have chosen, sorrow and love are often interconnected through poetry throughout time. This is a theme that weaves throughout time, as seen through many of the poems in the selections in the paper.

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Postmodernism in Julian Barnes Flaubert's Parrot Literature Essay

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As this research aims to delve on the concepts of postmodern literature, this research discusses Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot in the light of Postmodernist criticism of literature. Initially, this research proposes that Flaubert’s Parrot is a Postmodernist literature as expressed by its content, language structure, and the nature of its major themes.

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Gender and Australian Law Literature Essay

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The discrimination among the gender in Australia has been evident in almost all the sectors of the country and the paper analyzes the problem of discrimination based on genders and the laws and regulations framed to promote such practice in a reputed country like Australia.

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The Book: Crossing Over by Ruben Martinez Literature Research Paper

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Ruben Martinez, a Mexican-American news correspondent, and a journalist were devastated to hear the tragic incident that involved three of the Mexican brothers who lost their lives when the truck, carrying 26 undocumented migrants, turned over in a high-speed quest with the U.S. Border Patrol beyond the Tijuana-San Diego borderline.

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Discovering the Roots of William Blakes Complexity as a Literary Genius Literature Research Paper

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Matthews’s analysis of Blake’s interpretation of Paine is especially fascinating and enlightening, illustrating a superb control of this intellectual domain. To demonstrate the influence of several modern political and religious treatises on the creations of Blake, Matthews explores a number of Blake’s poems of this era.

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What is Literature Literature Essay

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Many unsatisfying definitions have been given for the word ‘literature,’ with various scholars trying to explain why they think their definitions fit better. For instance, Terry Eagleton sees literature as any piece of writing which is ‘imaginative’ in nature and is not “literary true”(2).

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Society, Love and Marriage in Sense and Sensibility Literature Term Paper

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While Sense and Sensibility reflects societal norms for marriage in the late 1700s and early 1800s, Austen’s work shows a wrestling going on between marriage for money or love, and in the end romantic ideals of marriage for love wins out.

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by Thurber versus the Necklace by Maupassant Literature Essay

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“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant were written at different times, in different countries, and in different settings. Their characters have different fates and their stories have different endings. However, there is something in common between these two literary works.

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Toni Morrisons Recitatif Literature Essay

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The author states that rather than making a race subjugated to another the writer puts equal status to both giving opposed elements to each other. So an analytical reading of the story is attempted in this paper focusing on the racial differences portrayed between the two in their relationships.

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The death of the salesman Literature Essay

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Willy Loman is condemned as an outcast by the common trend among the readers. Therefore, the new generation of readers does feel nothing especially for the plight of characters like Willy Loman. The readers believe that the actions of Willy merit his destruction as portrayed in the play.

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The Odyssey. Review of the Facts and Details Literature Essay

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The Odyssey is an extreme form of fiction that has no connection with reality. The culture of the gods has been defined in a way that numerous gods assist humans against one another. Intelligence is the key to success in the play The Odyssey.

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Violence in Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre and Die Verlobung in St. Domingo Literature Essay

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The two works: - Schiller’s ‘Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre’ and Kleist’s Die Verlobung in St. Domingo best illustrate the nature of violence in society: here being exemplified from the German peoples’ perspective.

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World Literature Literature Research Paper

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World Literature Topic: Research Paper. Maus is an exquisite piece of classic novel depicting the history with animated animal representation. It can be regarded a non tradition method utilized by the author to teach history of the period around world wars.

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A Valediction Forbidding Mouring - John Donne Literature Essay

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According to Walton, his biographer, she said that her diving soul boded her some ill in his absence and begged him not to leave. Donne too had a vision of her in the day time and sent home a messenger who reported that their child was dead. The poem thus has an autobiographical value.

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Metamorphosis and the Life of Kafka Literature Research Paper

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One morning as Gregor Samsa woke up and discovered that he transformed from a human being into a vermin. Just like every man, he got shocked as to what he has transformed into and why it happened to him. However, it was not his main concern. The question that bothered him the most was how he would go to work in his condition. His family was depending on him since his father’s business was unsuccessful yet his father was too proud to admit it (Kafka & Jarvis, 3-30).

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A Star-Studded Movie by Stephen Spielberg Literature Research Paper

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The power of music is undeniable in the film for in the manufacture of effective cinema productions, directors harness music to invoke a mood, instill characters with certain feelings and foreshadow future events. Located in Georgia, a peopled with many ex-slaves and their offspring, one observes the repercussion of Jim Crow’s segregational laws.

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A psychoanalytical criticism of Edmund Spenser's Fairie Queene Literature Research Paper

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Psychoanalysis was proposed by an Austrian Neurologist Sigmund Freud who suggested it for the treatment of psycho patients by determining the circumstances which they have faced. In the light of his theories, the critic is done over the famous epic poem The Fairie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

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Literary Identity in Hemingway's the Snows of Kilimanjaro Literature Research Paper

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This essay analyzes five elements in Snows and their relationship with the theme of literary self's death. Hemingway uses the plot, setting, symbolism, Harry's character, and his relationship with Helen to describe how and why a literary self-dies. The plot of The Snows of Kilimanjaro shows that Harry's literary identity dies.

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Transhumanism: The Search Immortality in 21st Century Literature Research Paper

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In exploring what this type of evolution would mean for human beings, the ethical considerations are vast and complicated making one wonder if this form of research will do more harm than good. Moral judgment against science has come in many forms, some of them based on beliefs that science has no place in the story of creation.

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Power and Conquest as a Means to Fulfillment: The Red Badge of Courage vs. Their Eyes Were Watching God Literature Essay

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According to the research findings “The Red Badge of Courage” and “Their Eyes Were Watching God” are commentaries about the American society, the social programming it does, the bias it has against race and gender, its emphasis on superficial values such as glory and honor which is not backed up by qualitative internal change.

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Agency and Responsibility. House of Sand and Fog, and other texts Literature Essay

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The Agency especially in literature means capacity of the characters to function as autonomous agents in their respective lives. Sometimes the characters are fictional while sometimes they are real characters. In the paper an attempt is made to show the agency of the characters who are either immigrants, or prisoners, either political or social.

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Native American Literature Literature Essay

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Specifically, the novel implies that, for the Indians, death is much more sacred and meaningful, and therefore gratuitous killing is wrong. For the Westerners, this is not necessarily true, although, as the novel takes place during war, perhaps this is unfair.

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What the Characters Want Literature Admission/Application Essay

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So what do the characters want?A general answer to this question is;identity.All the characters from the books and the two movies are after one thing;identity,though achieved in different ways.Each character shows his or her motive(s) differently based on different situations they are in and their different stories, but the main issue is identity.

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Relationship between the United States and Mexico. The Desert Blood by Alicia Gaspar de Alba Literature Essay

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The border between the United States and Mexico not only demarcates two countries, but also differentiates between two cultures, two societies, one overdeveloped, and the other typically developing. In Alicia Gaspar de Alba’s novel, The Desert Blood, the protagonist, Ivon Villa is of Mexican descent, but was born and raised in the United States, who becomes a University professor.

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And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts Literature Essay

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Randy Shilts, the writer of the non-fiction book, And the Band Played On was a journalist of the San Francisco Chronicle. Shilts published the book in 1987. The book traces the discovery and subsequent spread of HIV and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. In addition, it looks at the role various individuals and agencies played to combat the epidemic when it was first reported in the late seventies.

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Cathy Songs Poem The Youngest Daughter Literature Essay

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This paper tells that the aging process is something that everyone must eventually contend with, and it can be hard on one’s self and one’s family. It is inherently ripe for conflict, which is one of the reasons it is so frequently used in the artistic sphere; it involves conflict between people, dependency, changing relationships and even conflict between the mind, the soul and the body itself.

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Benito Cereno by Herman Melville Literature Essay

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This paper analyses the shifting nature of sea and sky throughout the novel and shows that the sea and the sky provide the key which unlocks the moral message of the story.

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Biography of Edgar Allan Poe Literature Research Paper

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He is most likely responsible for our culture’s fascination with death, the macabre, and the mysterious. His life seemed to parallel many of the themes he wrote about, with his many losses of significant women in his life, which inspired his works, even up to his bizarre, mysterious, and explained death.

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Manipulation and Regret in Macbeth Literature Essay

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The author states that Lady Macbeth motivates her husband to do things he will eventually regret. Throughout the play she plants ideas in his head and causes him to commit murder in order to acquire the throne. The beginning of Act 3, Scene 2 provides a glimpse into their relationship. Lady Macbeth is a cunning and manipulative character.

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Mother Tongue by Demetria Martinez Literature Essay

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The author states that the novel also has pointed commentary about the war in El Salvador, along with indicting the immigration policies of the refugees of this war. Through it all, however, the culture and communication gap cause problems in the relationship, and, ultimately, the relationship does not survive because of it.

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Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream Literature Research Paper

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The author states that Shakespeare tries to prove that the course of love does indeed never run smooth and we should be prepared to lose our love before we can ever dream of finding it again. In other words, it is better to set the one we love free and see if he or she does indeed come back to us or not- that is the test of true love.

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The Setting of Othello by Shakespeare: Moor of Venice Literature Research Paper

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The main theme of this piece of literature is racism, stereotypes, and gender disparity. This play is among that he wrote during the renaissance period. The origin of the English renaissance is traced back to the time of Elizabeth’s reign in England. The main practices at that time were culturally based on the lifestyle of the people.

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My Papas Waltz by Roethke and The Gift by Lee Literature Essay

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The poem raises contrasting opinions from the readers. It is a short poem consisting only of sixteen lines, but the meaning it conveys is very deep. As with any other poem, it contains the harmony of rhythm, rhyme, and clarity of images. The emotions it evokes cross the boundaries of the written words. The messages it conveys are perceived differently.

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The Wife of Bath's prologue and The Wife of Bath's Tale, Literature Research Paper

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The Wife of Bath's Tale is one of the stories from the sequence of tales in the “Tales from Canterbury”. The story begins with a prologue that presents a gallery of portraits of the pilgrims.

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The Personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes Literature Research Paper

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Sherlock Holmes is one of the most notable literary figures of history, and also one of the most enigmatic. This paper attempts to analyze the personality of Sherlock Holmes based on the accounts made in the stories that he figured in. Two contrasting personality theories were used Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory, and post-Freud Neo-analytic Theory.

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Arthur Millers The Crucible Literature Essay

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Proctor is still upset by this statement, it also demonstrates that he has achieved a level of a piece with his upcoming death. In these regards, Proctor shifts from angry denial to death with integrity. Ultimately, Proctor’s change when faced with accusations and potential death reveals his integrity and character.

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Sexual and Selfish Love Interests Literature Essay

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These poems share the same theme of love, although “love” is illustrated in different ways because of the divergences in the speakers' goals. Both poems depict passionate forms of love, although My Last Duchess revolves around selfish love, while To His Coy Mistress expresses sexual love; The poems are both effective in expressing their themes, where Browning handles the theme of love with irony, allusion, and symbolism to expose the intentions and personality of the Duke of Ferrara, while Marvell pursues the same theme using different imagery, allusion, and symbolism.

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The Horse Dealers Daughter by D.H. Lawrence Literature Research Paper

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In “The Horse Dealers Daughter”, D.H. Lawrence depicts the struggles of a woman who tries to cope with the collapse of her family and her strained relationship between her and her brothers. She does not feel loved and thus begins to feel insecure of her worth and purpose in life.

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The Black Monk by Anton Chekhov Literature Essay

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In many of his short stories, Anton Chekhov seeks to present his case for action through symbols. The story The Black Monk is one of the most well known short stories of Anton Chekhov. Known for his inimitable style and themes of artistic autonomy, this story is fairly representative of what Chekhov stood for throughout his writing career.

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Three Anarchists in Latin American Anarchist Movement Literature Research Paper

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Through unsigned editorials and articles, certain periodicals like the El Obrero meaning the worker, and the La Voz de la Mujer meaning the women’s voice proclaimed themselves as tools of politics of the predecessor revolutionary movement. Just the same, another periodical named the Pluma Roja, meaning the red pen, proclaimed and acted the same.

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Comparing Texts on the Conflicts in the Human Mind Literature Essay

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When a piece of literature makes known the totality of the human race, only we can say that it is of merit. The stories like Recitatif by Tony Morrison, Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, and A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tam are thus boasted about a common theme in which the characters struggle to find out their own roles in life.

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The Quality of Life of Agricultural Workers in Canada Literature Book Report/Review

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Cecilia Danysk looks at the labor market in the prairies, particularly the ease with which farm laborers led their lives and how they improved it using the earnings of their labor. On the other hand, Allan Greer considers the lives of peasant farmers in rural Quebec, specifically lower Richelieu.

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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Literature Essay

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The research analyzes the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant in terms of describing the theme and identifying at least two of the literary elements in the short story that contribute to the theme by providing an example of each element. Finally, the discourse would explain how the selected literary elements affect the narrative theme.

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Transformation in Austens Feminist Ideology Literature Essay

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The author states that Persuasion which was Austen’s only novel till today that remains as the most critically neglected one. When it was published it was criticized as being ‘less fortunate’ when compared to her previous work and hence viewed as an inferior adaptation of her usual stories “devoid of invention...obviously, all drawn from experience.

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