Fort William Henry: The Savages Explored The massacre of Fort William Henry occurred in the year 1757, when France's Native American allies captured, tortured, or killed 308 surrendered English. The incident was brutal, it has been told and retold throughout history by an array of authors,...

"Huckleberry Finn" The way in which a young boy loses his innocence by realizing the truth in life symbolizes how the evolution of Transcendentalism to Realism destroys a nation, as the United States moves towards the Civil War. American transcendentalism began with the formation of the ...

"Huckleberry Finn" The way in which a young boy loses his innocence by realizing the truth in life symbolizes how the evolution of Transcendentalism to Realism destroys a nation, as the United States moves towards the Civil War. American transcendentalism began with the formation of the...

Under the pen name of Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens mocks the British monarchy under the facade of a child's fairytale. He dedicates his short novel to the young minds of adolescence, and yet it falls nothing short of a mature purpose. This converted American steamboat pilot constructs a novel dis...

William Dean Howells William Dean Howells was an author during the 19th and 20th centuries. He used his position as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his criticism and works to influence the world of realist literature during his time. William Dean Howells influenced the realism of his ...

Throughout history, Americans have always rebelled against society and culture of other countries. While some Americans persisted to clinch onto the ways of their foreign homelands, most Americans always tried to create new rules in society. Since America is a melting pot of foreigners, its people...

MR. CLEMENS AND MARK TWAIN: A BIOGRAPHY "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography" is a wonderful narrative about the lives of two men, embodied in one person. Both of these men were vaguely similar, but astoundingly different from one another. As Mark Twain, the person was a literar...