
Michael Verderame
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I am a college English professor, and I also have experience teaching high school and as a librarian. I have a broad range of interests, including history, literature, philosophy, and music.
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Answered a Question in Social Change in the Nineteenth Century
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Answered a Question in America: Pathways to the Present
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Answered a Question in World War I
Following World War I, the role of the federal government changed drastically, as it became increasingly involved in the key institutions and sectors of American life. This trend had actually begun... -
Answered a Question in F. R. Leavis
In F. R. Leavis's view, two essential aspects of Keats's greatness are his aestheticism and the degree to which the poet's personality disappears from his poetry. Keats's poetry, for Leavis, is... -
Answered a Question in Asian History
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Answered a Question in Sonny's Blues
The flashback scene in which the narrator's mother reveals the story of his uncle's death occurs at a pivotal point in the story. The narrator's father has just died, and the narrator is forced to... -
Answered a Question in Oranges
The sentence structure, sentence length, and word choice in Gary Soto's "Oranges" all combine to demonstrate that the speaker is a mature adult, looking back on an episode from his youth.... -
Answered a Question in Carol Ann Duffy
The work of the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy frequently subverts stereotypes about traditional gender roles by encouraging readers to approach topics in new ways. For instance, in "Anne Hathaway,"... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Although it is a comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream certainly raises important issues and seeks to provoke thought on the part of the audience. One issue the play deals with is the gender roles in... -
Answered a Question in James Baldwin
The blues, as defined in James Baldwin's "The Use of the Blues," is not just a musical form. More fundamentally, the blues refers to a particular way of responding to the suffering and imperfection...