Writing About Literature: Comparison and contrast
Roberts, Ch 18 -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)
An idea or quality common to two or more authors. (235)
I remember selecting a topic like this for a research paper in high school, and it turned out to be one of the best papers I've ever written, in my opinion. Perhaps I'll try it again for the next paper I write for my American Literature course.