American Literature Archives - Whittingtonpress https://www.whittingtonpress.com Literary blog with the most interesting book selections Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-logo-32x32.jpg American Literature Archives - Whittingtonpress https://www.whittingtonpress.com 32 32 Ernest Hemingway vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald https://www.whittingtonpress.com/ernest-hemingway-vs-f-scott-fitzgerald/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:27:25 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=268 Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald stand out as two of the most renowned American fiction writers of the 20th century. Though they were contemporaries and friends, they presented different perspectives and styles that came to define the vibrant “Lost … Read More

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]]> Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald stand out as two of the most renowned American fiction writers of the 20th century. Though they were contemporaries and friends, they presented different perspectives and styles that came to define the vibrant “Lost … Read More

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]]> Ray Bradbury “Dandelion Wine” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:39:44 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=214 All people come from childhood. But sometimes, we forget about it, adult life sucks us into its quagmire, and we stop making discoveries and enjoy the little things. Today we will dive into the world of a 12-year-old boy who … Read More

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]]> All people come from childhood. But sometimes, we forget about it, adult life sucks us into its quagmire, and we stop making discoveries and enjoy the little things. Today we will dive into the world of a 12-year-old boy who … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/dandelion-wine/feed/ 0 Saul Bellow “Henderson the Rain King” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:33:40 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=211 The novel “Henderson the Rain King” by the American prose writer, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1976, Saul Bellow, is addressed to everyone who has ever lost interest in life and felt an all-consuming uncertainty. The same feelings overwhelmed … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/henderson-the-rain-king/feed/ 0 A book that will not leave you indifferent – “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/uncle-toms-cabin/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/uncle-toms-cabin/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:29:00 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=208 The days of segregation and oppression of the African American people are long gone with apartheid. But the horrors that happened less than a hundred years ago must not be forgotten in order not to make the same mistakes. Today … Read More

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]]> The days of segregation and oppression of the African American people are long gone with apartheid. But the horrors that happened less than a hundred years ago must not be forgotten in order not to make the same mistakes. Today … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/uncle-toms-cabin/feed/ 0 Patricia Highsmith Detectives You Can’t Get Away From https://www.whittingtonpress.com/patricia-highsmith-detectives/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/patricia-highsmith-detectives/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:20:28 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=205 Patricia Highsmith is an American writer of action-packed detectives and thrillers, she owns several important plot discoveries that other authors later borrowed from her. Another phenomenon associated with Highsmith is that her books are amazingly cinematic, almost all have been … Read More

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]]> Patricia Highsmith is an American writer of action-packed detectives and thrillers, she owns several important plot discoveries that other authors later borrowed from her. Another phenomenon associated with Highsmith is that her books are amazingly cinematic, almost all have been … Read More

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]]> https://www.whittingtonpress.com/patricia-highsmith-detectives/feed/ 0 O. Henry “Gifts of the Magi” https://www.whittingtonpress.com/o-henry-gifts-of-the-magi/ https://www.whittingtonpress.com/o-henry-gifts-of-the-magi/#respond Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:52:12 +0000 https://www.whittingtonpress.com/?p=192 The winter period, when people give gifts to each other, we invite you to re-read the short story of the brilliant novelist O. Henry “Gifts of the Magi”.

Biography of O. Henry
William Porter was born on September 11, 1862 … Read More

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]]> The winter period, when people give gifts to each other, we invite you to re-read the short story of the brilliant novelist O. Henry “Gifts of the Magi”.

Biography of O. Henry
William Porter was born on September 11, 1862 … Read More

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