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- 611: Cyrano De Bergerac
- ... be denied his sensibilities, it is Cyrano. When lovers admit, "I'd die for you," it is usually only a figure of speech. Cyrano actually crossed over enemy lines every day simply to mail love letters. He also confessed to her, "My mother made it clear that she didn't find me pleasant to look at. I had no sister. Later, I dreaded the thought of seeing mockery in the eyes ...
- 612: Biography of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... Tamerlane and Other Poems. Desperate for money, he joined the army under the name of Edgar A. Perry. Army barracks were no place for a young "aristocrat." Poe turned to his foster father with penitent letters, pleading for a reconciliation. Mr. Allen yielded sufficiently to purchase his release from the army, which was possible at that time. Shortly afterward, a new volume of his poems was published in Baltimore, Al Aaraaf ...
- 613: Biography of Robert Cormier
- ... The Chocolate War launched him into the young adult market where he has had tremendous success. Cormier still lives in Leominster and still writes for young people-and often directly to them, answering the numerous letters his young readers have sent him over the years.
- 614: Pope Paul III: The Sixteenth Century Miracle
- ... on October 13,1534 as Pope Paul III. Paul III is often called the last Renaissance pope due to his nepotism, his own broad and worldly culture, and for his interest in the arts and letters. One of the most beautiful Renaissance buildings in Rome is the Farnese Palace where he lived like a renaissance prince. Paul III also claimed another name; the first reform pope. By the time he was ...
- 615: Marie Curie: A Pioneering Physicist
- ... be in the Academy of Sciences. Worse yet, some newspapers said that her close friendship with the scientist Paul Langevin was wrong because he was a married man with four children. Marie received many spiteful letters and became distressed. A spell in the nursing home and a trip to England helped her to recover. Marie's real cure for her problems was definitely her work. The Sorbonne at last decided to ...
- 616: Biography of Robert Frost
- ... Reviewed by R. H. Winnick Bibliography Brower, Reuben A., The Poetry of Robert Frost (1963); Brunshaw, Stanley, Robert Frost Himself (1986); Frost, Robert, The Poetry of Robert Frost, ed. by Edward Connery Lathem (1969), Selected Letters, ed. by Lawrance Thompson (1964), Selected Prose, ed. by Lathem and Hyde Cox (1966); Gerber, Philip L., Robert Frost (1966) and, as ed., Critical Essays on Robert Frost (1982); Hall, D., Robert Frost: Contours of ...
- 617: Symbols in Poe's Writing
- ... one year. Poe adapted to military life and discipline and rose quickly to the rank of sergeant major. After a while Poe became tired of the same daily routine of military life. Poe wrote several letters to his foster father, quite regularly. After the death of Frances Allan, Poe met with John Allan in February of 1829. On July first of 1830, Poe enlisted in West Point. While Edgar was at ...
- 618: The Life and Work of Nemerov
- ... edited and introduced poems in the Laurel Poetry Series and is the editor of Poets on Poetry and Poetry and Criticism. In 1965 he was made a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1966 an associate of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The two main elements in Nemerov's character, poetry and fiction, are reflected in both his life and his work. Nemerov believes ...
- 619: Emily Dickinson: Her View of God
- ... To her divine majority- Present no more-(80)." At this point in her life, Dickinson no longer wants to be a serious part of any society. By secluding herself from people and writing poetry and letters only to those close to her, she could question anything without being noted as a skeptic by people within the society. Due to her beliefs, many thought that Dickinson contributed to blasphemy, simply because she ...
- 620: Byron's Don Juan
- ... England and buried in family vault at Hucknall Torkard near Nottingham. At his death he was the most famous poet in Europe and the most notorious sexual adventurer. Lord Byron was a professional poet. His letters and journals prove his concern to be the best poet around and to be famous was consistently deep and serious. Ambition for power and popularity came first and remained always the principle reason for writing ...
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