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- 1801: Marlowe Cut Short
- ... believe that Shakespeare may have stolen some of Marlowe's plays and poems that had not yet been published. Marlowe's life was cut short so that Shakespeare could be come a god of English literature. Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" is one of his most famous love poems that was not discovered until 6 years after his death. This poem is the words of a man proposing ...
- 1802: Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens, Or None Of The Above
- ... and Rubin. Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. Bloom, Harold. Mark Twain. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1986. Kunitz, Stanley J., and Haycraft, Howard. American Marshall, Sara. America In Literature: The South. New York: Charles Scribner s Son s, 1979. Twain, Mark . Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. Microsoft Corporation. Unger, Leonard. American Writers IV: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 1974 ...
- 1803: Mark Twain 5
- ... Langdon of Elmira, N.Y. After serving briefly as editor and part owner of the Buffalo Express, he moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1871, abandoning journalism in order to devote his full attention to serious literature. There, and during summers in Elmira, he produced Roughing It (1872) an account of his Western years, The Gilded Age (1873, with Charles Dudley Warner) a satire of get-rich-quick schemes and political chicanery ...
- 1804: Modern American History
- ... and Martin Luther King, Jr. Their contributions in politics, regulation of the US economy, and roles in racial diversity, these legends have no precedent. Benjamin Franklin contributed to the culture of the US through his literature and his political presence. Franklin was born in the early 18th century, when England still had a grip on the politics of the colonies. Following the revolutionary war, in which he had important diplomatic duties ...
- 1805: 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 ...
- 1806: Martin Luther King
- ... age 15. As mentioned, church was important. He was deliberate and patient in his endeavours, disciplined and hard working. Dr. King was well-read in the history of his people as well as in great literature, philosophies, etc. He developed his oratory skills. He lead many marches and went willingly to jail to further freedom for his people. Being organised, he became the first president of the , Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...
- 1807: Mark Twain
- ... rest of them: exaggeration, understatement, and anticlimax(net). This use of humor and satire is, as agreed by most of the experts in that field, what made Twain one of the greatest writers of American literature.
- 1808: Life Of John Milton
- ... he completed Paradise Lost (1667) and composed the companion epic Paradise Regained (1671) and the poetic drama Samson Agonistes (1671). Paradise Lost is considered Milton's masterpiece and one of the greatest poems in world literature. In its 12 cantos he tells the story of the fall of Adam in a context of cosmic drama and profound speculations. The poet's announced aim was to "justify the ways of God to ...
- 1809: Lytton Strachey
- ... publish Eminent Victorians' -an iconoclastic set of satirical biographical essays which would make his name; and his friends considered him the most brilliant of them all. He was also homosexual. The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Collection of short biographical sketches by Lytton Strachey, published in 1918. Strachey's portraits of Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold, and General Charles "Chinese" Gordon revolutionized English biography. Until Strachey, biographers had kept awestruck ...
- 1810: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... heard that Napoleon had declared himself Emperor, however, he tore the page out and substituted 'In Memory of a Great Man'. What raises Beethoven's genius in music to the level of Shakespeare's in literature is his supreme mastery of musical form. He was able to create vast and complex musical structures stemming from the fundamental building blocks of music itself. After 1812 Beethoven's output dropped drastically. Beethoven had ...
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