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- 871: Langston Hughes
- ... book in 1926 and his death in 1967, he devoted his life to writing and lecturing. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles. In addition, he edited seven anthologies. The long and distinguished list of Hughes' works ...
- 872: Ernest Hemmingway
- ... with Agnes who left Henry for an Italian Army officer. It seems to me that the differences between the two men were only surface differences. They allowed Hemingway to call the novel a work of fiction. Had he written an autobiography the book would probably not have been well-received because Hemingway was not, at that time, a well known author. Although Hemingway denied critics' views that A Farewell to Arms ...
- 873: George Orwell
- ... share with his wife, Eileen. Animal Farm, " an animal fable satirizing Communism" (Wadsworth 866). This novel "securely" established Orwell as a novelist, who enjoyed worldwide success. Orwell had also completed his most "formidable work of fiction" Nineteen Eight-Four ("Orwell," The Oxford Companion 516). "The book is a frightening portrait of a totalitarian society that punishes live, destroys privacy, and distorts truth" (Wadsworth 866). Soon after Orwell was diagnosed as a ...
- 874: Stephen Hawking
- ... research at Caisus College and studied theoretical physics. He did this partly because he found elementary particles unattractive and he wanted to study with Fred Hoyle, who was a British astronomer and also a science fiction novelist. Hawking’s research was centered on Black Holes. Since the 1960’s, he has lead the field of scientist in Black Hole research. One discovery of his was that Black Holes emit radiation. This ...
- 875: Paul L. Dunbar
- ... and critic, William Dean Howells who also introduced Dunbar’s next book, “Lyrics of Lowly Life” which contained some of the finest verses of the first two volumes. Dunbar was a popular writer of short fiction. He relied upon tone, subtle details expressed through speech, atmosphere, assumed manners and morals, and mood rather than plot to tell his tale. His depiction of life on plantations gives a vivid account of the ...
- 876: George Lucas Biography And Wor
- ... it, I could not put it down. I always used to think that biographies where boring, but, because I read this book, my opinion has changed. I enjoyed reading this book as much as other fiction books I have read. I also feel that I can relate to Lucas because of the fact he is quiet and reserved. Usually, I have a fear of being the center of attention and hide ...
- 877: MARGARET ATWOOD
- ... a crime about which she claims to have no conscious memory. Structured in alternating sections told from Grace Marks' point of view as well as that of an omniscient narrator, this blend of fact and fiction is pieced together like a quilt (a deliberate metaphor established from the novel's divisions or chapters, each named for a particular pattern of quilting). The events leading up to the murders are revealed through ...
- 878: Margret Atwood
- ... also written many children’s books like Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut which was also published in 1996 and when reviewed, described Atwood's jump to children's literature as "a break from serious fiction to cut loose with this deliciously silly romp" ("Princess Prunella" 1). Other than writing, Atwood has also had many Occupations with many prestige Collage’s and University’s. For example, recently she was employed as ...
- 879: The Flamboyant Hester Prynne
- ... Hawthorne's] career illustrates the success of an especially responsive author in gathering together disparate female types and recombining them artistically so that they become crucial elements of the rhetorical and artistic construct of his fiction (Reynolds 179). Hawthorne used ironies of fallen women and female criminals to achieve the perfect combination of different types of heroines. His heroines are equipped to expel wrongs against their sex bringing about an awareness ...
- 880: Hobbit Essay
- ... communicate with humans and dwarves in the novel, which is not possible on our planet. Beorn, a human who is able to morph into other creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of such fiction. The dragon, Smaug, is the main adversary of the fourteen adventurers and is a type of creature that has long been used in fantasy writing. Although most of the characters' species are merely creations of ...
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