Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

This 3 page paper discusses Virginia Woolf's essays, The Mark on the Wall and Professions for Women in the context of the historical and biographical. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page overview of the life and accomplishments of this English author. The paper concentrates of Lamb’s accomplishments in the face of his sister’s mental illness and his own bouts with depression and “nervous weakness”. This paper contends that Lamb’s work is inseparable from his life experiences and that, in fact, those ...

A 6 page report that consists of two separate essays. The first is a 4 page essay on the role of transcendental or mystical experience in poetry as shown in William Blake's "Marriage of Heaven and Hell," Samuel T. Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," and selections from "The Prelude" by William Wordsworth. The second ...

A 6 page paper that is made up of 2 separate essays. The first essay is on what constitutes a phenomenal woman. The writer relates this topic to the work of Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, and Linda Pastan. The second essay is on what constitutes true love. This is related to works by Andy Rooney, ...

A 14 page research paper that offers 2 separate essays, each essay is 7 pages in length. The first essay "What is Romanticism?," first all off, discusses and defines romanticism and then applies this definition to 2 poems each by Byron , Keats, and Shelley. Bibliography for this essay lists 9 sources. The second essay, ...

A 4 page, thesis-orientated essay in which the writer explores and compares the theme of inheritance in these two classic stories.

A 6 page research paper/essay that discusses essays by Chinua Achebe and C.P. Sarvan. Achebe argues that Conrad was racist and Sarvan defends Conrad. The writer evaluates both arguments and then argues that Achebe has the stronger argument, substantiating this position by examining Conrad’s text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that examines what John Stuart Mill meant in his essay "On Liberty," when he said that the liberty he espoused was not meant for societies in their "nonage," that is societies that were immature. The writer examines how this position applies to Mill's argument in the first two chapters of "On ...

A 10 page paper examining Mary Shelley's work in the light of the scientific discoveries of the time. The paper particularly discusses the work of Sir Humphry Davy, Luigi Galvani, and Giovanni Aldini in relation to their theories about the connection between chemistry, electricity, and living matter. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

An 11 page paper analyzing the stylistic components of Jane Eyre which draw the reader onto the author's side. The writer concludes that Bronte's complex characterization and her subversive moral vision encouraged the nineteenth century woman to break out of the mold into which society expected all women to fit. Bibliography lists seven sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the elements of mystery writing. The paper argues that mystery writing clearly involves unexpected events and turns, and also implements many other qualities, in addition to suspenseful events, that help to enhance these surprising events and thus create this unique form of literature. The novels used in discussion include "And Then There Were ...

A five page paper which looks at the various types of news and feature articles which could be based on the events and characters of Somerset Maugham’s ‘Of Human Bondage’ and the different kinds of structure and style which might be relevant to such articles. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the writing style of Lewis Carroll. Examples are given from both novel and poetry forms, quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 10 page research paper which examines the historical connection between science fiction and technology. Specifically discussed are how British authors H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and Arthur C. Clarke could have the creative foresight to write about technological innovations before they became accepted realities. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 9 page paper on Aldous Huxley's 1932 futuristic novel. The paper discusses Huxley's view that science and technology should serve man, not the other way around, and society should never have to adapt itself to an ideology that does not serve its spiritual as well as its physical and social needs. No sources.

This 3 page paper summarises the main arguments and message of “The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism by Daniel Headrick in the Nineteenth Century”. The bibliography cites 1 source.

A 5 page paper on the life, writings, and style of C.S. Lewis, with a special emphasis on his children's work, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. The paper shows how Lewis' Christianity informed everything he wrote. Bibliography lists three sources.

This 12 page paper considers the writing style of George Bernard Shaw in his comedies 'Arms and the Man,' 'The Philanderer,' 'Pygmalion,' and 'Man and Superman,' and relates his style to the perspective that the author intended to express a different view of society, to express unconventional ideas and the challenge the standard values ...

This 4 page paper analyzes an article written by Edwin Jonestown, about Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page essay/research paper that contrasts and compares the early feminism of Mary Wollstonecraft, who penned A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792, and Virginia Woolf who wrote A Room of One's Own in 1928. While different in context and writing style, these two writers made many of the same points, as ...

The Man Of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie was written in the elate eighteenth century (around 1770) while Daniel Defoe's Roxana was written earlier - at approximately 1720. This 5 page paper argues that MacKenzie wished to bring to life the experiences of Christ, while Defoe was more concerned with making a political point. The moral theme in both ...

A 5 page paper contrasting Beckett's view of women in his novel Murphy, written in 1938, with that presented in his play Endgame, written in 1955. The paper concludes that after his prolonged stay in France, Beckett became detached from his particularly Irish way of looking at women, but was unable to gain the perspective ...

7 pages in length. This paper will compare the way that Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote of King Arthur's Battle of Mont-Saint-Michel as compared to that written by Layamon and Wace. The three writers are compared emphasizing why Geoffrey of Monmouth portrayed King Arthur the way he did. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that examines George Orwell's 1946 essay Politics and the English Language. In this essay, Orwell offers a detailed warning about the dangers of imprecise, overly convoluted writing, while also detailing what constitutes good writing. The writer relates Orwell's political ideals to his concept of the ideal writer. Bibliography lists ...

A 5 page paper discussing the points of view of Susan Fraiman and Adrienne Rich. Fraiman sets out to write an essay relating Jane Eyre with Marxism; Rich writes from the feminist perspective. The paper supports Rich as providing the most sound and rational assessments of Jane Eyre, for Fraiman appears to have ...