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- 531: Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
- ... fellow cadets helped to contribute the funds for publication of his poems. Poe later on took up residencecy in Baltimore with his widowed aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter, Virginia. He later on started writing fiction aas a way to support himself. In 1832 the Philadelphia Saturday Courier pulished five of his stories. Poe his aunt and Virginia moved to Richmond in 1835 and became editor of the Southern LiteraryMessenger and ...
- 532: The Works of Graham Greene
- ... may not be entirely true in Greene*s other work, it is certainly true in his novel, The Quiet American. The Quiet American is judged as one of Greene*s "entertainments" that include comedies, spy fiction, and thrillers that take place in foreign countries (Introduction). According to World Literature Critics editor, James P. Draper, The Quiet American is set in South Vietnam and anticipates U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict ...
- 533: Charles Dickens: Biography
- ... 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. Endnotes 1. G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens The Last of The Great Men, American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942 pg ...
- 534: Review of Ernest Hemingway and Writings
- ... the Star and moved back to Paris to launch his career as a writer. In an examination of Hemmingway's writings is very much akin to a study of his life. Most all of his fiction was based upon or expanded from events that he himself had experienced, or at least that which he knew completely, inside and out. Being the perfectionist that he was, Ernest did not feel justified in ...
- 535: Emily Dickinson: Life and Her Works
- ... away- If ‘twas a Dream- made solid - just The Heaven to confirm- Or if Myself were dreamed of Her- The power to presume- With Him remain- who unto Me- Gave- even as to All- A fiction superseding Faith- By so much-as ‘twas real- (Poetry of Emily Dickinson 1996,3) Benfey says that this poem is " elegant and has a mild eroticism that reaches the level of great art in Emily ...
- 536: J.D. Salinger's Personal Life
- ... that is not an easy thing to do. I refuse to chip away at that shell. Besides, who cares about his old loves and trips to Europe and family problems and all? That's what fiction is for, after all! So, some ask, why do I reveal the 22 "missing" stories and the titles of so many others? I do it because that IS part of what he has given the ...
- 537: 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. Endnotes 1. G. K. Chesterton, Charles Dickens The Last of The Great Men, American Book-Stratford Press, NY., 1942 pg ...
- 538: Bill Gates
- ... Taligent and OS/2's strategy. Right now Bill Gates is building a multi million dollar water front home outside of Seattle, equipped with all the technological luxuries that a few years ago only science fiction writers could dream up, for he and his wife, Melinda French. He has a 2.5 million dollar book deal that is selling now(Lyall 20). What is in Gates future? He loves his work ...
- 539: Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
- Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books by Adam Salvo "Vampire, Vampire!" The CIC talker said aboard Ticonderoga. "We have numerous incoming missiles. Weapons free."1 Tom Clancy, the best modern fiction writer, and probably, one of the all time best. Above was an excerpt from his second number one bestseller, Red Storm Rising. Tom Clancy is a civilian genius that knows more about top-secret weapons ...
- 540: Robert Mannyng of Brunne
- ... descriptions of daily life provides a fine social history of fourteenth-century England - it is far more history than literature. On the other hand, The Chronicle of England is an epic bildungsroman largely based on fiction and myth, and uses the works of Geoffrey Crayon, Franklin of Avalon, Geoffrey Monmouth, Wace, Shakespeare,Pierre Langtoft and Bede as its bases. Both Handlyng Synne and The Chronicle of England are massive works, many ...
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