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Academic papers

Introductory Note:
This section contains academic papers as well as some study aids. Any literary criticism found on this website may be used as a source (with proper credit given to the author, Skylar H. Burris, and this website, www.editorskylar.com) or as a study aid.  However, be reminded that plagiarism of papers is illegal and unethical. For an introduction to the original papers on this site, click here.
Academic Papers:
Examples of Applied Literary Criticism (several short papers demonstrating particular approaches to criticism.)
The Ideal Source for a Tory Message: Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd
"From Man's Effeminate Slackness it Begins": John Milton's Paradise Lost
The Christian Vindication of God: Alexander Pope's "An Essay On Man"
"Dip Him in the River Who Loves Water": William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Manichaesim, Skepticism, and Fideism in Lord Byron's Cain
Biblical Imagery in Gerard Manley Hopkins's "God's Grandeur"
Head or Heart: Christ as Via Media in Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor
Using the Bible as the Key to Unlock the Meaning of Bob Dylan's "Jokerman"
Alternative Explanations for the Societal Breakdown in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
Literature Study Aids:
How to Master the Literature G.R.E. (an article originally published on FineTuning.com)
Critical Approaches to Literature (definitions, overviews, applications, short sample papers, etc.)
Literature Quizzes (quizzes the webmaster has written to test your literary knowledge)
Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain (outline, family trees, etc.)
Find the Full-Text of Literary Works:
Search Powells or Amazon.com or Amazon.uk (full-texts available for order)
The Internet Public Library (full-texts online)
Biblomania (full-text, summaries, and notes online)
Bartleby Online Texts (full-texts online)
Online Literature Library (full-texts online)
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Literature Quizzes (off site)

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