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    As noted by Umberto Eco in “Dreaming of the Middle Ages”‚ one representation of the middle ages is that of philological reconstruction which can be “…applied either to great historical events or to the imperceptibility of underlying social and technological structures‚ and to the forms of everyday life”(71). By utilizing the middle ages in this fashion‚ it is possible for authors to critique and comment upon the prevalent ideological structures in their own time by using the middle

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    Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Seventeenth Century English Literature‚ literature produced in England‚ from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present. The Anglo-saxon period extends from about 450 to 1066‚ the year of the Norman-French conquest of England. The Germanic tribes from Europe who overran England in the 5th century‚ after the Roman withdrawal‚ brought

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    Bent It Like Beckham

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    Bend It Like Beckham Dir. Gurinder Chadha‚ UK/Germany 2002‚ Certificate 12A Introduction Bend It Like Beckham was one of the surprise hits of 2002‚ making over £11‚000‚000 at the UK Box Office and hitting a chord with a range of audiences at cinemas. A vibrant and colourful British comedy about a young girl from a Sikh family who desperately wants to play football against the wishes of her traditional parents‚ the film can be seen to follow the path of other recent British-Asian films such as

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    Bulfinch’s Mythology: Perceval By Thomas Bulfinch The father and two elder brothers of Perceval had fallen in battle or tournaments‚ and hence‚ as the last hope of his family‚ his mother retired with him into a solitary region‚ where he was brought up in total ignorance of arms and chivalry. He was allowed no weapon but ’a lyttel Scots spere‚’ which was the only thing of all ’her lordes faire gere’ that his mother carried to the wood with her. In the use of this he became so skilful that he could

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    Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem‚ one published in 1833‚ of twenty stanzas‚ the other in 1842 of nineteen stanzas. It was loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat‚ as recounted in a thirteenth-century Italian novella titled Donna di Scalotta (No. LXXXII in the collection Cento Novelle Antiche)‚ with the earlier version being closer to the source material than the later.[1] Tennyson focused on the Lady’s "isolation in the tower and her decision to participate in the living

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    The Lady of Shalott by Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson Copyright Notice ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: http://www.enotes.com/lady-shalott/copyright eNotes: Table of Contents 1. The Lady of Shalott: Introduction 2. The Lady of Shalott: Text of the Poem 3. The Lady of Shalott: Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson Biography 4. The Lady of Shalott:

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    he Pentangle in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight The Pentangle in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight  When writing‚ never explain your symbols. The author of ``Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ’ ’ dropped this unspoken rule when he picked up his pen. Why? The detailed description and exposition of the pentangle form the key to understanding this poem. By causing the reader to view Gawain ’s quest in terms of the pentangle‚ the narrator compares the knightly ideals with the reality of Gawain ’s life

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    "She enhanced the grandeur of her birth by the honesty of her life‚ the purity of her morals‚ the flower of her virtues; and in the conduct of her blameless life‚ she surpassed almost all the queens of the world (Kelly 387)." This is a description of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Eleanor of Aquitaine is a captivating woman who defied her time; she is more successful than any ruler of her time. Her influence is significant in both her own era and today. Eleanor of Aquitaine had a long life until the age of

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    Lecture I The literature of England (America) Plan: I Short survey to the literature of England (America) II Directions of the literature: Romanticism. Realism. Naturalism. III Romanticism. Romanticism in literature. Romanticism and society. IV The theory of naturalism. Naturalism in fiction. V Realism.Realism in fiction. American and English literature begins with the orally transmitted myths‚ legends‚ tales and lyrics (always songs) of

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    ------------------------------------------------- “...This essential peculiarity of the psychopath is not in itself evil or vicious‚ but combined with perverse appetites or with an unusually hostile or aggressive temperament‚ the lack of these normal constraints can result in an explosive and dangerous package.” Within “The American Psycho”‚ Bret Easton Ellis composes a narrative which attempts to instil in us the idea that “that society is responsible for creating the warped aspirations of people

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