Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature

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abandonment
alienation
ambition
American dream, the
childhood
coming of age
commodification/commercialization
community
cruelty
death
education
ethics
family
fate
freedom
futility
gender

LIST OF THEMES

INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK

grief

guilt

heroism

hope

identity

illness

individual and society

innocence and experience

isolation

justice

love

memory

nationalism

nature

oppression

parenthood

pride

race

regret

rejection

religion

responsibility

science and technology

sex and sexuality

social class

spirituality

stages of life

success

suffering

survival

tradition

violence

work