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- 961: William Faulkner
- ... reality Lafayette County, and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is where most of his stories take place. He pondered the family history and his own personal history; and he used both in writing his stories. (American Writers; 54) Faulkner born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897. In 1902 they moved to Oxford ("Jefferson"), the seat of the University of Mississippi. His father, Murray C. Falkner, (the u was ... and other Famous Creoles, a volume of drawings by William Spratling, one of his Mew Orleans friends. In his book there is a drawing by Spratling of Faulkner and himself sitting at a table painting, writing, and drinking. On the wall there is a sigh reading "Viva Art". Beneath Faulkner's chair are three gallons of corm liquor. In June 1925, Faulkner and Spratling shipped on a freighter for Italy ...
- 962: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... by oneself."(Halsey 64). Everyone knows what an autobiography is, but not so many people realize that although not all authors write a book that can be called a factual autobiography, many authors frequently allow personal, real life experiences to influence their fictional writings. An excellent example of such an author is Anthony Burgess. Anthony Burgess is recognized today as an English novelist, critic, essayist, and composer (editor CLC 80). Burgess ... in literature and English language (Stinson 7). Shortly after, Burgess enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and spent most of his six years in the service in the entertainment section, playing the piano and writing songs, or in the Army Educational Corps (Stinson 7). In 1946, Burgess was discharged with the rank of sergeant-major. Burgess found himself employed in several different jobs, and living in several different countries in the years that followed. In 1948 he became English Master at a grammar school in Banbury, near Oxford. During his time in Banbury, Burgess wrote occasionally, but saw writing as a time consuming process that took away from his composing. It was around this time of transition that Burgess received a letter form his publisher, Heinemann stating that his first novel, A Vision ...
- 963: Raskolnikov And Utilitarianism
- ... pain that I would incur upon receiving an F in my class would greatly reduce the amount of net pleasure. On the other hand, I might experience some pain (due to boredom, frustration, etc.) from writing the paper. However, this amount of pain would be outweighed by the pleasure of receiving an A on it, thus in turn raising my GPA, making my parents happy, graduating with honors, securing a six ... on the agent himself. A utilitarian must consider the long-term effects and the amount of pleasure or pain that others will experience as a result of his decision. The agent cannot just consider his personal level of pleasure or pain. In fact, there may be cases where the utilitarian's right decision may cause the agent only pain. However, in accordance to the greatest good for the greatest number philosophy ... prove to the old woman that her death is the morally right decision according to utilitarianism, I doubt that she would go along with the plan. She would not be so hasty to overlook her personal pain, although it is outweighed by the positive consequences of her murder. A non-utilitarian would argue that one cannot simply dismiss the factor of pain, even if overshadowed by a greater amount of ...
- 964: Geoffrey Chaucer
- ... it was the intermingling of these, a mixture of splendor and poverty, displaying both worldly desire and spiritual purity. Chaucer¦s travels through it, mostly on ¦the King¦s business,_ or civil service, shaped his writing, offering the readers of today a brief glimpse into the world in which he lived. Chaucer lived from approximately AD 1340 to 1400. The world in which he lived was not one of peace or ... city of London was thus Chaucer¦s environment for most of his life. Aside from brief visits into other countries or areas of England, he remained in the city, and it¦s affects on his writing was immense. London of that time was not the London of today. It was a walled city, guarded against invasion, but long enough time had passed since such a threat had approached that the defenses ... makes Chaucer¦s works even more unusual. Unlike most of the other writers of the time, Chaucer wrote his works in English. It was read in English to the Royal Court upon completion. Chaucer¦s writing career was not completely original nor free of influences. His first works borrowed heavily form French and Latin poems, and it was only later that some of his works became more original. For example, ...
- 965: Tom Clancy: His Life, His Style, His Books
- ... effective, and the business so profitable, that he could accomplish all the work in the morning and have the rest of the day to devour all sorts of technical journals and papers.3 After his writing career took off in 1984, he eventually moved into a 400 acre estate on the Chesapeake Bay. He has two tennis courts, two basketball courts, and a full size football field complete with goal posts ... m in it for the money, not the awards. What do I care if someone reads my books a hundred years from now? It's hard to make money when your dead."8 Other then writing, Tom spends his time playing with the armed forces toys, speaking at the FBI, dinning at the White House, attending meetings at the CIA, and hosts fund-raisers for his friend Oliver North.9 The writing style of Tom Clancy should be studied and taught at all levels of school. If one would be able to duplicate it, they would be become the next literary giant. Mr. Clancy's style ...
- 966: Kate Chopin
- ... mother. Less than a year later her mother died and she was on her own again. Kate received a formal education at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis. She enjoys music, reading, writing, French and German. She became fluent in both languages. Later in her life she continues her education by studying biology and anthropology. Kate Chopin is known to be an extremely smart woman. (Toth 116) In addition to writing the only other career Kate Chopin has, is being a housewife. She was very busy taking care of her husband, and their six children. When Kate’s mother died, she became very depressed, and began confiding in her personal physician, Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer. Dr. Kolbenheyer gave Kate the idea to begin writing. Her first published work is "If It Might Be", which was published in 1889. Kate wrote novels, poetry, and short stories. ...
- 967: The Life and Work of Robert Browning
- ... but he did not sign it because of his fear of exposing himself to the public too much. Since Browning did not want to expose himself too personally, he decided to try his hand at writing plays. He was encouraged by the actor W.C. Macready. Browning began work on his first play, Strafford, a historical tragedy. Unfortunately, the play only lasted four nights when it was first put on in ... young writer would continue to struggle to produce a play that would better hold the attention of the audience, but they all remained failures. Not only did Browning profit from this otherwise disheartening experience, but writing the dialogue for the characters helped him explore the "dramatic dialogue." The dramatic dialogue, "enabled him to, through imaginary speakers, to avoid explicit autobiography and yet did not demand that these speakers act out the ... scenes that Italy had to offer. The happy fifteen year marriage ended in 1861 with Elizabeth's death. After Elizabeth died Robert moved back to London. Elizabeth's death, however, did not stop Robert from writing nor did his writing decrease in quality. While in London he wrote Dramatis Personae in 1864 and "The Ring and the Book," which is regarded as his masterpiece. "The Ring and the Book" dealt ...
- 968: Similarities of Bradstreet and Wheatly
- Similarities of Bradstreet and Wheatly M.A. Richmond states in Bid the Vassal Soar, “There is a marked similarity between the two poets in the accent on personal humility and deep religious feeling.” The two poets that the quote is referring to, are Anne Bradstreet, and Phillis Wheatley. Bradstreet and Wheatly may have been different on the outside, but their writing styles are very similar. They both wrote much more intellectually than women of their time were expected to be able to. In Anne Bradstreet's 60 years, she became an accomplished writer. She was the ... fear that their heads might explode, Bradstreet was tutored by natives of England. This and her access to a library helped her become the accomplished writer of many poems. However , the greatest influence on her writing was religion. Being brought up as a puritan, she had puritan religious beliefs, which were exposed in her poems. In her poems, Bradstreet used a literary device called inversion. These poems were discovered by ...
- 969: Peter Tchaikovsky
- ... perfect sweetness and affectionate docility, "I covered France with my hand." The child is father of the man; here we have already Tchaikovsky's strange two-sidedness: on one hand his intense emotionality in all personal matters, his headstrong impetuosity, leaping first and looking afterwards; on the other his candor and modesty, his intelligent acceptance of criticism, even his carefulness and good workmanship-he had covered France with his hand"! If he had only been able to reconcile that lifelong feud between his over-personal heart and his magnanimous mind, he would have been saved endless suffering. But he was not: in his music his self-criticism, as on of his best biographers, Edwin Evans, has remarked, "came after and ... hallucinations; and so painful was the whole experience that he never again composed at night. Of more importance is the vivid example his symphony give us of the contrast between his passionately narrow attitude in personal relations and his magnanimity and candour whenever he could get away from that stifling atmosphere into the free air of impersonal art. His eager wish for a performance of the symphony in St. Petersburg, ...
- 970: Bridging Technology And Academe
- ... important effect on how the higher education community accommodates NITs. As the Clinton/Gore administration maintain, technological literacy is "…as fundamental to a person's ability to navigate through society as traditional skills like reading, writing and arithmetic" (White House, 1996). The RAND report, "Fostering the Use of Educational Technology: Elements of a National Strategy", (Glennan and Melmed, 1995 ) observes that, "Information technology is the fundamental underpinning of the science of ... universities and the Library of Congress. On-line library catalogs are an excellent bibliographic resource for students; before actually going to a library, searching can be done from a remote site, such as a home personal computer, or a campus computer laboratory. This adds a convenient dimension to library use, particularly for literature reviews and citation analysis. Reference works are also a popular resource on the Web. Full-text, keyword searchable ... a short synopsis comparing the research experiences. This type of assignment allows the student to gain networked information and traditional research experience, reflect on the research process using both avenues, and communicate the experience in writing. Another useful assignment that incorporates the Internet as an information tool is the composition of a social policy issue paper, deriving information from the various electronic sources. This exercise helps students recognize the characteristic ...
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