American Prose and Poetry in the 20th Century - Caroline Zilboorg

Leaving the 20th Century in style

Advantages: A night with the Manics
Disadvantages: Crappy menu, expencive DVD

‘Leaving the 20th Century’. Manic Street Preachers @ Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. South Wales. UK. Just for those who don't know, this was the concert that the Manics did on New Years Eve, 1999, which continued to New Years Day, 2000, early morning. I was supposed to be there :-( But, my own band had already been booked Months in advance for that night, there was no way of getting out of it, so I simply couldn't go :-( Being a HUGE Manics fan I was gutted, this was a real Once in a lifetime experience I missed, it’s not as if I’ll have the chance again! So, to try and make up for this, my Fiancé got it me on DVD as soon as it Was released :-) Yippee!! It was a fantastic concert!, everything was perfect, the fans were going bonkers, The band looked like they were having a blast, the stage ...

fairy_kitty 22.06.2002 · Read full review
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Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction

Advantages: Some real gems
Disadvantages: Some dross

The book, The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction is edited by David G. Hartwell. It boasts on the front cover: that it is: "The biggest and best science Fiction Anthology Ever Published". And there, as they say, is the rub. Is it? Although I acknowledge that there are a great many good science fiction stories in this anthology, I would have to argue against it being the best. And as for the biggest? Well, Asimov's Before the Golden Age (volumes 1 to 4) is a worthy contender for this title, I would have thought. And the best? It cannot be. Why? Because as Hartwell states in the introduction: "I would like to acknowledge the significant presence of John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke and all the other science fiction writers who are not reprinted in this book." Therefore the correct ...

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Pre 20th Century Poetry Coursework

Advantages: Interesting
Disadvantages: Bit of A Long Read?

This is a piece of my English Coursework. It was graded as A*! Hope you like it. And by the way - It is all mine, no cheating, no copying! The five poems that I am going to compare are 'Sonnet XVIII' by William Shakespeare, 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell, 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti, 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning and 'The Garden of Love' by William Blake. All of these poems have differences and similarities in their views of love. The most obvious similarity in the poems is that most of them are directed towards a particular person. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? You tell me of our future that you plann'd In 'Sonnet XVIII' Shakespeare uses the word "thee" this shows us that it is aimed at a certain person. Also in 'Remember' Rossetti uses the words "our" and "you" again they give ...

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