“MylastDuchess”isapoemthatbestexemplifiesRobertBrowning’s().

CloselyrelatedtoDickinson’sreligiouspoetryareherpoemsconcerning(),rangingoverthephysicalaswellasthepsychologicalandemotionalaspectsofdeath.

Withthepublicationof(),TheodoreDreiserwaslaunchinghimselfuponalongcareerthatwouldultimatelymakehimoneofthemostsignificantAmericanwritersoftheschoollaterknownasliterarynaturalism.

MostliterarycriticsthinkthatFitzgeraldisbothaninsiderandanoutsiderof()withadoublevision.

InDeathintheAfternoon()presentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebullfightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy.