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[|Literary Modernism]

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Modernism: Overview
[|Modernism: Overview] Ed. Maryanne Cline Horowitz. Vol. 4. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. p1465-1469. 2005 Gale, 2007 Gale.

**American Modernism - Follett eBook**
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// Writing the Research Paper // //**[|Introduction to Writing a Literary Analysis RP]**//
 * Generating a Thesis - Web Resources ** Below are links to several web sites to assist you in developing a thesis statement:
 * Dartmouth University: Developing Your ThesisAn overview of writing a thesis statements with guided questions for evaluating the quality of your statement.
 * Indiana University: How to Write a Thesis StatementEmphasizes the characteristics of a well-developed thesis statement.
 * The OWL at Purdue: Creating a Thesis StatementProvide helpful suggestions and examples for writing thesis statements
 * Rutgers: The ThesisAssociate English Professor at Rutgers University, Jack Lynch offers an overview of the characteristics of a thesis statement, samples of good and bad thesis statements, and links to other reliable sources that also discuss thesis statements.
 * University of North Carolina: Thesis StatementsThis web site "describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one..."
 * University of Toronto: Using Thesis StatementsProvides examples of well-defined thesis statements.
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"Streetcar Named Desire." //Drama For Students//. Ed. Sara Constantakis. Vol. 27. Detroit: Gale, 2010. 209-30. Print.

Cardullo, Bert. "Blanche DuBois as Tragic Heroine." //Tennesee Williams//. Bloom's Major Dramatists. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea House, 2000. 89-91. Print.

O'Connor, Jacqueline. "On Confinement and Isolation in Streetcar." //Tennesee Williams//. Bloom's Major Dramatists. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea House, 2000. 102-03. Print.



Falk, Signi. "On Symbolism and Sentimentality, and on Blanche DuBois, Escapist Woman." //Tennesee Williams//. Bloom's Major Dramatists. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea House, 2000. 77-79. Print.

Ganz, Arthur. "Stanley Kowalsky as a Lawrentian Lover." //Tennesee Williams//. Bloom's Major Dramatists. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall: Chelsea House, 2000. 79-81. Print.

// Writing the Research Paper // //**[|Introduction to Writing a Literary Analysis RP]**//

Below are links to several web sites to assist you in developing a thesis statement:
 * Generating a Thesis - Web Resources **
 * Dartmouth University: Developing Your ThesisAn overview of writing a thesis statements with guided questions for evaluating the quality of your statement.
 * Indiana University: How to Write a Thesis StatementEmphasizes the characteristics of a well-developed thesis statement.
 * The OWL at Purdue: Creating a Thesis StatementProvide helpful suggestions and examples for writing thesis statements
 * Rutgers: The ThesisAssociate English Professor at Rutgers University, Jack Lynch offers an overview of the characteristics of a thesis statement, samples of good and bad thesis statements, and links to other reliable sources that also discuss thesis statements.
 * University of North Carolina: Thesis StatementsThis web site "describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one..."
 * University of Toronto: Using Thesis StatementsProvides examples of well-defined thesis statements.


 * [|In-text Citations: The Basics]**

Noodle Tools Modern Language Association (MLA) (Provides links to helpful resources -- MLA formatting)
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The Catcher in the Rye: Historical Context The 1950s

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