The Brutal & Hilarious Critique Written by Mark Twain

English: Lesson 85 How fair was Twain's critique of Cooper's literary style? "A work of art? It has no invention; it has no order, system, sequence, or result; it has no lifelikeness, no thrill, no stir, no seeming of reality; its characters are confusedly drawn, and by their acts and words they prove that they …

Rhetoric of a Mad Man – Thomas Paine

English: Lesson 65 A critique of Paine's pamphlets from the point of view of a loyalist in 1778. I write this short essay to reveal to those in America how foolish they are to be swayed by the unfortunately popular pamphlets, The American Crisis, and their mysterious author. Not only are these pamphlets filled with the rhetoric …