uncommon sentiments in the late 19th century‚ an era when laws to prohibit the use of drugs of all sorts had not yet been formulated. There had long been an association of the use of opium‚ both smoked and‚ in the form of laudanum‚ drunk‚ with the creative imagination. Experimentation with it was prevalent among the Romantic poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Percy Bysshe Shelley. But cocaine was something different again. Prior to 1860‚ the active ingredient in cocaine was only available in the
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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most celebrated of all American authors. Heavily influenced by the German Romantic Ironists‚ Poe made his mark in Gothic fiction‚ especially through the tales of the macabre for which he is now so famous. Although he regarded himself primarily as a poet‚ he is one of the few indisputably great writers of the short story‚ alongside Guy de Maupassant and O. Henry. Besides redefining that form as a vehicle for literary art‚ Poe also contributed to the modern detective genre
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individually. Each type has its own unique characteristics. Program music is a term for instrumental music written in accordance with a poem‚ a story‚ or some other literary source (Kerman‚ Tomlinson‚ 233). Program music was not new in the Romantic era but it made music even more expressive because it included that literary connection. The word “program” refers to the story the music has a connection to. Operas usually coincide with program music. A program symphony was an entire symphony spelled
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the spiritual world must both be destroyed. Poe used this concept in many of his writings and its evident the influence it had on his stories due to the contextual clues and obvious characteristics illustrated. Poe’s writings occurred during the Romantic Movement and greatly influenced the literary spectrum by developing a new genre of writing (detective fiction) as well as motivating modern day writers such as the famous Arthur Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes series. Edgar Allan Poe’s use of Destructive
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sights. “Kubla Khan or A Vision in a Dream” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one such poem. Written in 1798‚ it is a poem that uses intricate language to portray a vision or dream that Coleridge had. Coleridge claimed that the poem was written in an opium-induced haze‚ which is something that can be implied by the poem’s subtitle‚ A Vision in a Dream. This poem is essentially about nothing; it is enthralling due to its language and feeling rather than any specific message. The lines of the poem Kubla
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Poe was written in 1839‚ as the age of enlightenment and reason were on the rise. It is a horror gothic story‚ with an atmosphere of evil‚ as well as a sublime that overwhelmed the reader with fear. The Fall of the House of Usher is not only a dark romantic‚ written with a great deal attention to imagery‚ enhancing the parallelism and symbolism that arises as a correlation between the house the Ushers live and the family itself. When first beginning the story‚ the dark and gloomy imagery is interring
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witness friends die‚ attempt to help people beyond healing‚ and fight for life in the war-torn camps. This is where the men become disillusioned and lose their false ideals (remaining from the prior Victorian Age) about the world. America has lost its romantic sentiment‚ thus falsifying the first of three main points to the American Dream. When the men return home‚ Larry has a difficult time adjusting back to American life and he acts secluded and offensive‚ especially toward his fiancée‚ Isabelle. However
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unrest in Syria and turned to writing national poetry filled with bitterness at the defeated Arabic people which launched his first famous poem‚ “Bread‚ Hashish and Moon” which was banned at the time. At first‚ Nizar’s poetry was mostly erotic and romantic and then slowly he began to write more about political issues. Many of the political issues he wrote about dealt with women in traditional Muslim society because of his experience with his sister committing suicide after her parents tried to arrange
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Deborah Pyle M. Drake English 112 Research Paper 15 April 2011 The Theme of Love Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an accomplished writer at an early age. Her success continued throughout her adult life. The theme of love was intertwined in most her works. Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning consistently used the theme of love‚ it was what transpired from that love which gave her personal life success‚ health‚ and marriage. The sequence of events for her life never followed the usual paths
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Turkmenistan‚ Iran‚ Tajikistan and India. All of the drug trade in Afghanistan‚ was the trading of opium‚ which is substance that comes from poppies. The Taliban was an extremist group that ruled over Afghanistan for five years. The Taliban put the massive opium production on hold‚ during their rule. The government and many other groups‚ including the United States are trying to eradicate the opium crop. The whole country was changed because of this plant. Or as Gretchen Peters said‚ "In the bloody
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