Category: Biography

Taking place in Harlem, New York in the 1920’s, The Harlem Renaissance was a great time and era for the African-American community. It was a time where time where the African-Americans community can show their talents through music, poetry and any type of writing. The migration of blacks during and after WWI was the influence…

Mary Wollstonecraft was born on April 27, 1749, in Spitalfield, London. Eight days before her birthday when she was twenty three her mom died. Before Mary was popular and famous the word feminist didn’t even exist. Her parents were Elizabeth Dixon and John Wollstonecraft, her mom was often sick. Her dad was abusive and was…

The romantic period in history and literature was a time that we now see was uneasy and full of turmoil and distress all over England. We started to see a rise in a revolution that completely split different class levels right down the middle, as many working class people started to notice that they were…

Abstract: The women writers in the 19th century represented themselves in the form of writings and presented their ideas through the medium of autobiography, a genre in the literary world. Genre, according to Collins dictionary is ‘a particular type of literature, painting, music, film or other art form which people consider as a class because…

Introduction to Frederick Douglass’s Narrative ‘For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage.’ (Douglass, 93). Frederick Douglass is known as one of the most prominent abolitionist speakers and activists in history; furthermore, creating one of the most sought after novels, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, regarding his life as a…

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was a heartfelt book of his enduring life. This book gave me a great appreciation for all Frederick has endured, all he overcame and lived through and for what he became. What an inspirational story that helps us all appreciate the life he lived and the impact…

“And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy” (“Edgar Allan Poe Quotes”). This quote by Edgar Allan Poe hints at the estranged life he lived. Edgar Allan Poe was a poet who suffered a life of hardships and whose only solace came from writing poetry (“Edgar Allan Poe”). Poe…

An American writer, editor, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country’s…

Frederick Douglass was a prominent abolitionist, a powerful force for the movement through his speaking and writing. His short story, The Heroic Slave, in conjunction with his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, help spread his ideals widely throughout the United States. In The Heroic Slave, Douglass writes about a white man who…

One might not remember a time when women did not have a say in the world. Women today have the right to vote, join the army, and get any job they want, all because of Mary Wollstonecraft and other worldly known feminists. Throughout her life, Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for women’s rights during a time when…