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There are definitely some "children's" stories that can be...

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:16:37 PST

There are definitely some "children's" stories that can be considered "Gothic" in nature. The Grimm fairy tales, as mentioned above, truly are rather gory and shocking and not what one would consider "fairy tales." Some of the Grimm fairy tales are worse than others, for sure! A very interesting movie about the Grimm brothers (fictional for the most part) is "The Grimm Brothers" that starred Matt...

In reply to #2:Thank you for your inspiring answer! :-)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:50:48 PST

In reply to #2:Thank you for your inspiring answer! :-)

Well, if you have read any of the original Brothers Grimm stories, you...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:38:28 PST

Well, if you have read any of the original Brothers Grimm stories, you would feel the same way. While by today's standards these are not appropriate "children's stories", you need to understand that people's opinions of children were different in the time period you listed above. They were considered to be smaller versions of adults, and these stories were meant to teach lessons and morals. Poe's stories are also meant to teach...

The American Gothic and American Children`s Literature

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:05:01 PST

I will soon have to pass an exam on the American Gothic and Amercian Children`s Literature (1860 - 1920).

While reading the children`s literature The Little Lord Fauntleroy, Tarzan of the Apes, Little Women, Ragged Dick I was much more "horrified" than after reading some American Gothic novels like The Fall of the House of Usher, The House of the seven Gables, The Tell-Tale heart, The Black Cat and so on.

What do you...

This collection of poems ranges a wide topic of themes, from mortality...

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:56:31 PST

This collection of poems ranges a wide topic of themes, from mortality to nature to the depiction of celestial love, but the main theme that carries throughout is spiritual enlightenment. The speaker is seeking throughout the pathway to union with the spiritual or celestial being, and finds the path through his examination of earthly love and a union with nature.

I am making a report on Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali. What is its...

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:33:14 PST

I am making a report on Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali. What is its main theme?