Author Archives: Nick Schenken

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 8 May 2020 Gothic Fiction in Relation to Northanger Abbey             As we have learned through this unit, Gothic fiction emerged from Romanticism, which was one of the popular styles of writing for English literature throughout the 19th century. Due to the Gothic literary movement’s origins, Gothic literature sharesContinue reading “Northanger Abbey Blog Post”

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 5 May 2020 “The Adventures of the Speckled Band” and it’s Relation to Realism             Realism within the Victorian Era is characterized by its aim to create a new style of literature that celebrates the ordinary details of everyday life and a deeper focus on the individual all inContinue reading “Victorian Era Blog”

Nick Schenken Professor Traver English 277 7 May 2020 Final Blog Post             If I were to teach one literary work form this semester and only one, I would choose to teach Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison”. Due to this texts form, its use of fairly easily understandable vocabular along withContinue reading “Final Blog Post”

Written by: Nick Schenken January 31, 2020 In these first two weeks of class, we have read several works of literature by many different British authors. One which particularly sticks out is the argument made in William Wordsworth’s preface to Lyrical Ballads. In this preface, Wordsworth pinpoints three primary guiding rules for composition such asContinue reading “Romanticism Blog”