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The author of such literary classics as Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, James Joyce (1882 – 1941) was one of Ireland's most celebrated novelists…
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Best known for her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar and her two collections of poems “The Colossus” and “Ariel,” American…
As a professor of English at Princeton University, Maria DiBattista specializes in British literature and Modernism, but she also has…
Without question, Albert Camus ranks as one of the world’s great literary figures. He was also a philosopher and existentialist,…
At first glance, an author known for family dramas set in rural Iowa might seem an odd fit for discussing…
Notre Dame Professor of Literature Margaret Doody explores the importance of names and locations in some of Jane Austen's major…
When the remains of that long-necked lizard, the Brontosaurus, were initially discovered in 1879, it was believed to be of…
Saul Friedlander is a historian and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History at UCLA, noted for his scholarly work on the…