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- 1751: Stephen Crane
- ... one should write about only what they personally experience that he lived in a self-imposed poverty for part of his life to spur on his writings (Colvert, 12:108). Cranes contribution to American Literature is larger than any one of his books or poems. All parts of Cranes life greatly influenced, or were influenced by his writings, whether it was his early life, formal education, writing career, or ...
- 1752: Socrates
- ... PHILOSOPHER: Mark Socrates, you were raised and educated in many different fields, why did you decide to spend your life as a philosopher? Socrates It is true that I have been educated in the arts, literature, and gymnastics as a youth; but in my continuing education as you may already know, I was taught by Anaxagoras, the famous early philosopher. His theories were not ones with which I would agree; such ...
- 1753: Samuel Clemens
- ... Samuel Clemens A.K.A. Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known as Mark Twain, the distinguished novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and literary critic who ranks among the great figures of American Literature. Twain was born in Florida Missouri, in 1835, To John Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton. As a new born Twain already had moved four times westward. In 1839 the family moved again, this time eastward ...
- 1754: Robert Frost
- ... less traveled and more difficult. Is the traveler happy with the decision he has made to take the road less traveled? Many critics think he may have had second thoughts. Magill's Survey of American Literature states that there are many contradictions throughout the poem, "
He seems to contradict his own judgment. The poet appears to imply that the decision is based on evidence that is, or comes close to being ...
- 1755: Ray Bradbury
- ... Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1953 and is set in a future when the written word is forbidden. Resisting a totalitarian state which burns all the books, a group of rebels memorize entire works of literature and philosophy. There have been many recorded reactions to this book and this is just an example from a librarian: "fired off a letter of furious protest to the wholesaler. How dare they send such ...
- 1756: Ralph Waldo
- ... Ralph Waldo." Microsoft Encarta. CD-ROM. 1998 ed. "Emerson, Ralph Waldo." Lkd. Columbia University Homepage, at "ILT Web." *http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/acedemic/digitexts/emerson/bio_emerson.html * Hodgins, Francis. ed. Adventures in American Literature. Orlando: Harcourt, 1989. Myerson, Joel. "Ralph Waldo Emerson." Grolier Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1993 ed.
- 1757: Paul Ehrlich
- ... ordinary professor at Frankfurt University. Ehrlich received the freedom of the city of Frankfurt in 1912. IV. Miscellaneous Information When Ehrlich was 28 years old, he met Hedwig Pinkus. Hedwig had an excellent education in literature and modern languages. In 1883, Paul and Hedwig married at Neustradt Synagogue. They had two daughters, Stephanie and Marianne. In December of 1914, Ehrlich had a slight stroke. The doctors tried to reduce the risk ...
- 1758: Pablo Picasso
- ... an Andalusian of Majorcan origin. In 1896 Picasso entered the school of fine arts where his father was a professor. In 1900, Picasso visited Paris, at the time the world's centre for art and literature, and became infatuated with its street life, in particular, the area of Montmarte, Paris' bohemian district where he was able to study the City's poorer people. More importantly, it was here that he discovered ...
- 1759: Neal Cassady
- ... age 20 with Jack Kerouac and a twisted relationship with Allen Ginsberg, provided much of the inspiration for the quintessential Beat poems and texts. Even his correspondence with the two of them is considered Beat literature, for it encapsulates the ideals and attitudes of the counterculture and the Beat Generation. Cassady appears in Kerouacs On the Road as the legendary Dean Moriarty and Cody in Visions of Cody. Cassady as ...
- 1760: Maurice Sendak
- ... is the only one with no dedication. He regards it as the one closest to his heart in the collection. Throughout the years Maurice Sendak has made countless contributions to the world of children's literature. His innovative techniques and styles emerge from his personality and his refusal to let the child he once was disappear. There are elements of his personality as well as elements of all children in every ...
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