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- 641: Agatha Christie
- ... Fred Miller of Torquay, Devon, England. Researchers debate on the year in which she was born, but it was September 15 in either 1890 or 1891. Her father was an American who lived with his British wife in Torquay. At the time, her parents did not realize that their daughter would one day become a famous English author, writing an insatiable amount of novels and plays. Her focus was mainly on the mystery genre of literature. She was married two times, and bore one daughter by her first husband. In 1971, five years before her death, Christie was given the prestigious title of a Dame Commander ... first women to write murder mysteries. She took a great step in the literary world, for at the time she was writing her novels, women weren’t as accepted in literature as men writers. Christie received many awards over the years for her numerous and intriguing writings. In 1954 she was served as president of the Detection Club, an organization ...
- 642: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Many authors have made great contributions to the world of literature. Mark Twain introduced Americans to life on the Mississippi. Thomas Hardy wrote on his pessimistic views of the Victorian Age. Another author that influenced literature is Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is known as the father of the American short story and father of the detective story. To understand the literary contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, one must look at his early life, his literary life, and a ...
- 643: Song Of Solomon A Search For A
- ... its many parts, but only one beginning, Song of Solomon is absolutely, the "perfect soft-boiled egg" (40). Works Cited Andrews, William L., et al. The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1997. 103 Barnhart, C.L., et al. The American College Dictionary. New York: Random House, 1970. 919 Heinze, Denise. The Dilemma of "Double-Consciousness": Toni Morrison's Novels. Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1993. 14 Hurston, Zora ...
- 644: Gatsby S Sacrifice
- ... dream to remind the reader that those dreams cannot be reconciled with hard fact" (Christensen, 157). Nick's comparison of Jay Gatsby to Jesus "implies a trenchant criticism of the American culture which shaped Gatsby's dream and thus put him in 'the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty' so different from the gracious Father whom Jesus served; however ... James. "Gods and Fathers in F. Scott Fitzgerald's Novels." Modern Critical Views: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. McQuade, Donald, ed. The Harper American Literature. Harper & Row Publishers: New York, 1987, pp. 1308-1311.
- 645: Ernest Hemingway
- ... days away. He would host wild, fancy parties and did not write at all during the next three years. At war's end, Ernest went to England and met an American foreign correspondent named Mary Welsh. He divorced Martha and married Mary in Havana, in 1946. Ernest was a man of extremes; living either in luxury or happy to do without ... serious accident, and later became ill, he could never admit that he had any weaknesses; nothing would stop him, certainly not pain. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Toward the end, Ernest started to travel again, but almost the way that someone does who knows that he will soon die. He suddenly started becoming paranoid and to forget ... personnel. Like Hemingway, Henry was shot in his right knee, during a battle. Both men were Americans, but a difference worth noting was that Hemingway was a driver for the American Red Cross, while Henry was a medic for the Italian Army. In real life, Hemingway met his love, Agnes, a nurse, in the hospital after being shot; Henry met ...
- 646: Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
- ... in it and wrote in it. (Henry, “Eugene O'Neill”, p.157.) O'Neill is referred to as the most important twentieth century writer, not because he was the first american playwright but because of the influence of his work on the development of the american theater and on other writers. O'Neill said “The theater to me is life- the substance and Interpretation of life............. [And] life is struggle, often, if not usually, unsuccessful struggle ... Anna Christie” in 1922, “Strange Interlube” in 1928 and “Long Days Journey Into Night” in 1957. (Newlyn,Eugene O'Neill”,p.1787.) Eugene was also awarded the Nobel Peace in Literature in 1936. (Newlyn,Eugene O'Neill” ,p.1783.) O'Neill wrote many other plays that were seen and enjoyed through out the world. He was definetly a important person ...
- 647: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- ... eight her mother divorced her father. After the divorce her mother worked as a nurse to support the family. Her mother encouraged Edna and her sisters to study music and literature and urged them to be independent and ambitious. Edna’s first published poem "Forest Trees." Written when she was fourteen, appeared in St. Nicholas Magazine (October 1906). With in the ... St. Nicholas published five more of her poems one of which, "The Land of Romance" received a gold badge of the St. Nicholas League and later was reprinted in Current Literature (April 1907). In 1912 "Renascence" one of Millays poems was anthologized in The Lyric Year and met with critical acclaim. When Millay’s poems were published she gained literary recognition ... to arouse national patriotism and fervor. Make Bright the Arrows; 1940 Notebook (1940) and The Murder of Lidice (1942) contain a variety of these verses. Millay was elected to the American Academy of Arts and letters (1940) and received the gold medal of the Poetry Society of America (1943). After her husband’s death, Millay went on living in their ...
- 648: Automation
- ... clear when he said, We re going to expand this company, and you will see it grow by leaps and bounds. How amazing that his prophecy has came true! --- Bibliography American Decades 1910-1919 New York: Gale Research Co., 1996. A contemporary survey on the backround of Henry Ford, and the Ford Motor Company. Collier, Peter. An American Epic. New York: Summit Books Co.,1987. A chronological study of the political and financial success of the Ford family. Lacey, Robert. Ford, The Men And The Machine. New York ... the contraversy surrounding the success of the Ford Motor Company. Marcus, Paul: Ford: We Never Called Him Henry. New York: Tom Doherty Associates Co., 1951, 1987. A primary piece of literature related by Harry Bennett offering personal insights in the life of Henry Ford, including conspiracy and controversy. Primary Source The Annals of America. New York: Encyclopedia Britannica. Co., 1976. ...
- 649: The Life and Work of Nemerov
- The Life and Work of Nemerov "Nemerov's contribution to our literature--as a gifted writer of fiction and critical prose, but pre-eminently as a poet-- does not seem to me to have received as much celebrity as it deserves. Nemerov ... of Poets on Poetry and Poetry and Criticism. In 1965 he was made a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1966 an associate of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The two main elements in Nemerov's character, poetry and fiction, are reflected in both his life and his work. Nemerov believes that these two ... Books by Howard Nemerov." http://www.system.missouri.edu/upress/otherbooks/nemerrea.htm upress@www.system.missouri.edu. Missouri: University of Missouri Press. 1-20-97. Donoghue, Denis, ed. Seven American Poets from MacLeish to Nemerov. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1975. "Nemerov, Howard." Compton's Encyclopedia. Compton's New Media, Inc., 1996. CD-ROM. Nemerov, Howard, ed. Poets on ...
- 650: The Importance Of Learning Spa
- ... of the picture. The Hispanic community with its pride in its old traditions - native and European - its own cultural diversity, its strong family values, its artistic genius and its rich literature, will make its own unique and distinct contributions to the living cultural tapestry of this nation - today and tomorrow. Learning Spanish is essentially learning to relate to our next door ... the formation of new international alliances amd mega trade-zones that are progressively taking shape. After the European Common Market and the Pacific Rim Nations Alliance, the recently signed North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) between The US, Canada and México, opens the door to incredible opportunities - cultural and otherwise - with our immediate neighbors to the South, and beyond to the whole South American continent. Once more, but on a broader scale, the possibilities for enrichment and cross-pollination at the level of things ( trade, industry, art ), people ( associations, business, travel, cultural activities), ...
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