Kay Nielsen: Blending Danish, Oriental and Classical Aesthetics for Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends

Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) is considered to be among the leading European artists associated with what has become known as the Golden Age of Illustration. His body of work extends to substantive suites of monotone and color artwork for five major publications, in addition to designs for the Danish theater, work with Disney and major mural installations in California. Having been privately tutored from the age of 12, Nielsen had shown an artistic interest from an early age, but while the Read More

Critical Analysis of the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Washington Irving weaves tons and tons of spider webs before he comes to the main plot of the story. I would like to analyze the story from the point of view of Romance, Gothic Fiction, Marxism, Psychoanalysis and Feminism. As a romance, the story revolves around the protagonist Ichabold Crane’s efforts to woo Katrina. Ichabold Crane comes to the village to be a school master. Katrina a buxom lass has many admirers and the story sets the conflict between Brom Read More