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The World According To Clark

Clark Waggoner is a 33 year old freelance writer and Novelist in Portland Oregon. With a degree in Literature and linguistics, Clark has written for most of his life, with his first stories being typed at age six. Clark is working establishing his presence on the web as well as shopping for an agent for his first novel.

Most of what you will find on here of Clark's work are editorials and reviews of different types of books, music, beer and film.

In the Spotlight

Kurt Vonnegut's Version of the Fairytale Bluebeard: Writing About Writing for People Who Don't Read

Bluebeard, which came out in 1987, was one of Vonnegut's last proper novels. Continue »

In the Spotlight

Film Review and Analysis: "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993)

My review and critique of 6 Degrees of Separation.

In the Spotlight

Literary Origins: Shakespeare's Creative Wordplay: A Linguistic Analysis of Catachreses in Hamlet.

The reputation of Hamlet as one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays often times Continue »

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  Classical Music

  20th Century Classical Music: Analysis of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

  11 years ago

  Samuel Barber (1910-1981) composed Adagio for Strings during a very successful period of his work from 1936 to 1938.[1]  It was originally the second movement of a string quartet before Barber rearranged it for string orchestra.  The fact that it...

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  Literary Criticism & Theory

  Literature, Philosophy and the Absurd: Voltaire's Candide

  11 years ago

  At the age of sixty-five, Voltaire, who had already established a name for himself as a philosopher, satirist and playwright, published his most famous work, Candide. The fictional work is a farce on the popular romances written at the time....

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  reelrundown.com

  Film Review and Analysis: "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993)

  2 months ago

  My review and critique of 6 Degrees of Separation.

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  owlcation.com

  Literature and The Modern Short Story: Analyzing Nick Hornby's "Nipple Jesus"

  5 years ago

  Embedded right in the center of the new collection of stories edited by Nick Hornby, Speaking with the Angel, is a story by Hornby himself. “NippleJesus” is the title of the work which is narrated by Dave, a bouncer and art museum security...

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  The English Language

  Linguistic Origins & Etymology of the English Language: An Etymological Study of the Curious English Word, "Strapping".

  11 years ago

  An etymological study of a word or term is one that traces its development and usage throughout the past.  These studies are often interesting because language always develops and changes for reasons.  This is a fairly basic etymological study. ...

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  owlcation.com

  Kurt Vonnegut's Version of the Fairytale Bluebeard: Writing About Writing for People Who Don't Read

  4 years ago

  Bluebeard, which came out in 1987, was one of Vonnegut's last proper novels. Though it is different in style than his earlier works, it is a very rewarding novel. Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most prolific if not best American writers of the second...

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  Western Literature

  Evolution in Literature: An Analysis of William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" and the Bible.

  11 years ago

  An Analysis of one of Blake's most popular and troubling poems. Blake famously subverts the biblical tradition he appropriates in this brilliant work.

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  Alternative Music

  90s Indie Rock Bands and Albums: The coolest band? Pavement.

  11 years ago

  This is the first installment in the '90s Indie Rock series. The point of these Hubs are to discuss several of the most meaningful, original, successful, and important bands of a scene that I loved dearly as it happened and shaped my musical...