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Matt Reimann

Reader, specializing in Twentieth Century and contemporary fiction. Committed to spreading an infectious passion for literature, language, and stories.

Jane Eyre and Other Classic Bildungsromans

By Matt Reimann. Jul 28, 2014. 9:00 AM.

Topics: Legendary Authors, Literature

A bildungsroman is a novel which follows its protagonist during a significant period of maturation. The book focuses on the main character's childhood or adolescence over a span of years as she navigates the world and investigates her place in it. The bildungsroman became highly popular in 19th century British novels, particularly in the works of Charles Dickens, but still retains its popularity today. Discover more about this form and some essential bildungsromans in the following article.

Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska's Poetry of Contradiction

By Matt Reimann. Jul 2, 2014. 9:00 AM.

Topics: Poetry, Nobel Prize Winners

Wislawa Szymborska won the Nobel Prize in 1996 "for poetry that with ironic precision uncovers the laws of biology and historical mechanisms in fragments of human reality." Indeed, irony is a point of distinction in her work. Her poems are at once simple and yet complex. They are told engagingly from diverse perspectives, and are consistently endowed with her distinguished wit and cleverness.

The Legacy of Mark Twain: A Titan of American Culture

By Matt Reimann. Jul 17, 2013. 10:00 AM.

Topics: Legendary Authors, American Literature, Mark Twain

Lately there's been much discussion over the Great American Novel. Any discussion on this subject cannot avoid mentioning that seminal masterpiece, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. On the surface it follows a teenager as he sails south along the Mississippi, but Twain was sure to pack in some of his century's most skillful satire.

Happy Birthday, Dan Brown!

By Matt Reimann. Jun 22, 2013. 9:36 AM.

Today, June 22^nd, is renowned author Dan Browns birthday. He has much to celebrate considering Inferno, his latest book released last month, is the number-one hardcover novel on The New York Times Bestseller List. Since publishing The Da Vinci Code in 2003, he has been one of the worlds most popular (and controversial) authors, forever ingrained into the landscape of contemporary fiction. While it seems every book he releases becomes an overnight blockbuster, it may surprise you that Dan Brown wasnt always the King Midas of the modern thriller novel.

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