Essays on Past Times

It needs to be reckoned that literature goes on to mirror the society and the culture. Innumerable examples can be cited where the authors have delved into the socio-cultural or socio-economic factors of the world around in their texts through their creative eyes. Now, after the Second World War, the literature of the world saw the responses of the creative artist catering to the needs of the post-war era that encompassed human existence with all its surmounting effect. One can take into consideration the works of the stalwart poet, T.S. Eliot, who engaged in exploring the socio-political dynamics during ...

Seventeenth Century Problems in the 21st Century: An In-depth Look at Modern Slavery through the through the Work of Fiction “Zanzibar Chest” by Aidan Hartley

Abstract

The research would aim to delve into the intricacies of modern slavery that victimizes innumerable people from various corners of the globe. This is a qualitative study that goes on to explicate some statistical data as well for the purpose of substantiation of the claim. Indeed, an element of quantitative study would dig deeper into the work of fiction by Aidan Hartley. This author’s work, the Zanzibar’s Chest is a reminiscence of ...

The Bone Yard

Unlike the classic art, which was full of expressive and definite beauty and meaning, contemporary art is sometimes difficult for understanding. Artist’s idea might be hidden so deeply within avangardist images that it might be even impossible to follow painter’s idea. Julie Heffernan is definitely not such kind of artist. She is one of those very few painters who manage to unite the classic images of beauty with the symbolism of modernity. Julie Heffernan is famous for her series of paintings, in which refinement and idealism of baroque is combined with symbolism of contemporary reality. Another characteristic ...