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- 501: The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... In “William Wilson” the hero, by killing his conscience (in the story it is his double), destroys himself. In “The Cask of the Amontillado” the reason for murder is revenge. The Critical Survey of Short Fiction states that some of Poe’s stories deal with bewitching female characters (Magill 2103-2109). He titles the stories with the women’s names in order to stress the power of a lady’s influence ...
- 502: Mark Twain
- ... lecturer, satirist, and humorist. Since his death his literary stature has further increased, with such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner declaring his works, particularly HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a major influence on 20th-century American fiction. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. His writing career began shortly after the death of his father in 1847. Apprenticed first to a printer, he soon joined his brother Orion's ...
- 503: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... keen observer of life and had a great understanding of humanity, especially of young people. The warmth and humor of his personality appeared in all of his works. Perhaps in no other large body of fiction does the reader receive so strong and agreeable impression of the person behind the story.
- 504: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... a scholarship to Tuskegee Institute, after graduation for two years he worked as an elevator operator in an unsuccessful attempt to save money for college. Ellison discovered for the first time the power of serious fiction through a course of private reading during his sophomore year. Ellison said: “Wuthering Heights had caused me an agony of inexpressible emotion, and the same was true of Jude the Obscure, but The Waste Land ...
- 505: William Faulkner
- ... Faulkner fit to be included within any literary canon. Works Cited Chabrier, Gwendolyn. Faulkner’s Families: A Southern Saga. The Gordian Press. New York, 1993. Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 7th ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman, 1999. Fiedler, Leslie A. “William Faulkner: An American Dickens”. Commentary 10, (1950): 384-87. Heller, Terry. “The Telltale Hair: A Critical ...
- 506: Jimi Hendrix
- ... explicitly and unambiguously, who he thought he was, is” (Murray 147). “1983...(A Merman I Should Turn To Be),” the eleventh track on Electric Ladyland, is called by Murray: “rock’s premier work of science fiction; Hendrix was the music’s first and funkiest cyberpunk” (216). “Merman” marked the pinnacle of Hendrix’ producing skills, and Electric Ladyland was the first album that he himself produced. “Merman”’s lyrics indicate Hendrix’ increasing ...
- 507: The Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- ... of Poe’s literature came in short stories (tales). These stories were mostly tales of horror, terror, and the supernatural. In these topics Poe was quite a pioneer, being the first to write modern science fiction and modern detective stories, where death (a part of horror, terror, and the supernatural) plays a key role. He also explored the world of nightmare where Charles Baudelaire thought that he delved into the “secret ...
- 508: Herman Melville
- ... for unspecified reasons. In 1847 Herman Melville marries Elizabeth Shaw and moves to Manhattan to become a writer. Many of his works were of what he had experienced or his opinions on certain issues. His fiction, though, seamed to be more of a regretfulness of what he had failed to do in his time on the sea. By looking at his job history his favorite thing was to be a sailor ...
- 509: Levi
- ... is a Man, 1947) of survival in Nazi concentration camps. Levi devoted the last fourty years of his life to attempts to deal with the fact that he survived Auschwitz. Levi published also poetry, science fiction, essays, and short stories. Levi was born in Turin. Just before the Fascist racial law of 1938 forbade Jews access to academic status, Levi started his chemistry studies at the University of Turin and graduated ...
- 510: Marco Polo's Influence
- ... people to going to China. Not only bad effects, but good ones. Since his book was considered a fairy tale, a lot of explorers tried to find out themselves if his book was fact or fiction. Christopher Columbus was one of them, and instead, found America. Marco Polo is a very influential man, in good ways and bad. His reason when he wrote his book was to share his experience with ...
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