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- 2431: The Writings of David Foster Wallace
- ... old teacher at Illinois State University has been considered by many to be a “literary it-boy”. In his short stories he attempts to open up the reader to a world of reality. Through his writing he describes what the common writer refuses to write--the nature of topics and thoughts only spoken about indirectly. One of his favorite topics is addiction. Whether it be addiction to television, drugs, or even ... close reading by white light” (Wallace 47). It appears to me to be only mere observations. Neither is he clear about settings, and with this talent he would seem to be an ideal prospect for writing an episode for the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. An excerpt that illustrates this comes from his short story “Here and There”: “By late May 1983 her emotional bus has pulled out. I find myself ... directness, as if he didn’t have a care in the world. To be honest, he probably doesn’t have one care in that bandanna-wrapped head of his. I have enjoyed his style of writing, and his very open topics. Never have I seen a more open-minded and worldly brilliant writer. David Foster Wallace is one who can take what people consider to me non-mainstream and turn ...
- 2432: Michelangelo
- ... Angelo Poliziano, who were frequent visitors. Michelangelo produced at least two relief sculptures by the time he was 16 years old, the (both 1489-92, Casa Buonarroti, Florence), which show that he had achieved a personal style at a very early age. His patron Lorenzo died in 1492; two years later Michelangelo fled Florence, when the Medici were temporarily expelled. He settled for a time in Bologna, where in 1494 and ... predecessors, but he infused it with the same surging energy that characterizes his sculpture and painting. Instead of being obedient to classical Greek and Roman practices, Michelangelo used motifs—columns, pediments, and brackets—for a personal and expressive purpose. Michelangelo, a partisan of the republican faction, participated in the 1527-29 war against the Medici and supervised Florentine fortifications. The Medici Tombs While residing in Florence for this extended period, Michelangelo ... his view of himself and the world even more directly in his poetry than in the other arts. Much of his verse deals with art and the hardships he underwent, or with Neoplatonic philosophy and personal relationships.
- 2433: Emily Dickinson
- ... one of her spiritual mentors, Minister Charles Wadsworth. Although it has long been believed that various correspondents, including Higginson and editor Samuel Bowles, served as literary guides, there is no evidence that they influenced her writing. Now, biographers are increasingly recognizing the vital role of Dickinson’s sister-in-law Susan Dickinson in her writing. For more than 35 years the two women lives next door to each other, sharing mutual passions for literature, music, cooking, and gardening. Emily sent Susan more than 400 poems and letter-poems, twice as ... at whose behest Dickinson actually changed a poem; in response to Susan’s criticism, Dickinson wrote four different second stanzas to “Safe in their Alabaster Chambers.” Evidence has also surfaced that Susan participated in the writing of many poems with Emily, and Susan was probably responsible for the few printings Emily Dickinson saw of her poems during her lifetime. In the early stages of her career, Dickinson’s handwritten lyrics ...
- 2434: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... to Theo could Van Gogh describe the impressions and feelings that boiled within him. The letters are extraordinary; literary critics have compared them to the works of the great 19th Century Russian masters of "confessional" writing. But even as he was writing so expressively Van Gogh apparently felt that words were not as distinct as pictures. Having decided at twenty-seven that his mission in life was to become an artist, he established his first "studio" in ... he sliced off part of an ear, he worked himself willfully, his painting interrupted only temporarily. As the anger of each attack passed, he became as bright as ever, painting landscapes, portraits, self-portraits and writing scores of clear, logical letters. Although he was troubled about his lapses, he knew they had not ruined his art. His work was not the work of a madman. His mature style, which flourished ...
- 2435: Johannes Brahms
- ... native city, Hamburg, an honor which was the most sacred to him. While all of this was happening, Brahms continued composing. His first ten years were extremely productive, as he wrote several works. He continued writing and conducting music until he died on April 3, 1897. Brahms was noted for his good nature, modesty, and humor. He had no personal enemies, and did not usually criticize the works of others. Brahms was never married; he lived the life of a simple middle classed citizen, and enjoyed fairly good health until the last years of his ...
- 2436: Mark Twain
- ... every few years. William Dean Howells, editor of the Atlantic Monthly and a highly respected novelist, became his close friend and literary adviser. Twain bought a publishing firm in Hartford, Conn. He earned much money writing, lecturing, and in his publishing house, but he spent it on high living and unsuccessful investments. He lost a fortune promoting a typesetting machine. By 1894 his publishing company had failed and he was bankrupt ... 1880); 'The Prince and the Pauper' (1882); 'Life on the Mississippi' (1883); 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1884); 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' (1889); 'The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson' (1894); and 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc' (1896).
- 2437: John Lennon
- ... Yoko invited the press into their bedroom to hold political demonstration called “Bed-In for Peace” at the Amsterdam Hilton. (Fogo) On April 10th 1970, Paul announced that he had left The Beatles because of “personal, business, and musical differences.” This angered John because he and Paul had decided earlier not to tell the public right away. John was the one who wanted to leave the band and Paul said that ... loved cooking and taking care of his boy. He even remarked in an interview once that he enjoyed baking especially bread. He also remarked, “I took a Polaroid of my first loaf.” Also, John was writing songs a lot easier now because he was under less pressure and the songs just came to him. Due to there being less pressure on him, he finished all the songs for the “Double Fantasy ...
- 2438: Emily Dickinson
- ... with their Christianity and her family put an enormous amount of pressure on her to convert. No longer the submissive youngster, she would not compromise her own will on issues such as religion, literature, and personal friendships. Though she cast aside the institutional religion of the Church, she never did reject or accept God. Even so, the most significant things in Dickinson’s life were spirituality, love, individuality, and nature. When discussing these themes in poetry, they mirrored her lifestyle and broke away from common forms of writing with a profound energy and complexity never before seen. Individuality played a prevalent role in Dickinson’s life as a result of her isolation from her community. Dickinson did not conform to society; she did ...
- 2439: Burr, Aaron
- ... him, Clinton soon learned to distrust him, and George Washington refused his request to be appointed minister to France. But in and out of Congress, Burr managed to maneuver so skillfully, and with so much personal charm, that he won the support of many Federalists as well as Democratic Republicans. In 1796 and 1800, Burr ran for vice-president with Thomas Jefferson on the Democratic-Republican ticket. Whatever doubts Virginia Republicans ... Federalists who were plotting secession called on Burr to support them, but his response was masterfully enigmatic. An old enemy, Alexander Hamilton, did everything he could to defeat Burr. Some of Hamilton's derogatory comments, personal in nature, appeared in print, and Burr, who lost the election, demanded a retraction, which Hamilton refused to make. The duel that followed at Weehawken, N.J., on July 11, 1804, resulted in Hamilton's ... president, Burr's conduct was exemplary. He presided over the impeachment trial of Samuel Chase with dignity, ability, and impartiality, and delivered a farewell address that favorably impressed the Senate. But his insatiable dream of personal glory led him to undertake a western scheme that ended in his arrest and trial for treason. Precisely what Burr planned will probably never be known. Most likely he envisioned the creation of an ...
- 2440: Twain
- ... would stop when he took a trip to New Orleans, where he rediscovered his love of the river. In New Oreleans, Clemens arranged to become a steam boat pilot's apprentice under Horace Bixby. When writing about his apprenticeship later, Clemens stated, ³Even Noah got no salary for the first six months-partly on account of the weather and partly because he was learning to navigate,² (Hoffman 52). Clemens won his ... which secured his fame as a humorist through out the entire nation, (Anderson 104). In 1870, Twain married Olivia Langdon of Elmira, New York. It was from then on that he devoted his life to writing and lecturing. A number of books reaped handsome royalties, notably Roughing It (1872), based on his experiences in the Far West; The Gilded Age (1873), written in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner as an expose ... called classics by saying,² Classics are books which people praise and don¹t read,² (Paine xiv). Some of Twain¹s financial troubles lead him to moving to Europe in 1891. Even there, he kept his writing spark alive by recreating European history into fictional books. Twain would return to America in the late 1800¹s but would go back when his wife fell ill in 1903. She died a year ...
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