Literature

Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

Albert Camus Literature Philosophy Reviews

By Christa Avampato
April 17, 2022
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How does an intense friendship between two Nobel Prize Laureates, who were leaders of the French Resistance against the Nazis, go practically undiscovered for almost 70 years? Scholars across the globe have painstakingly sifted through the fine nooks and crannies of World War II history,...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Herman Melville

Herman Melville Literature

By Brandon Gonzales
April 11, 2022
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1. The novel, Moby-Dick, for which Herman Melville (1819-1891) became critically acclaimed, was not an immediate success. Initially entitled, The Whale, the novel collected dust on the shelves of bookstores until 1919, the centennial anniversary of Melville’s birth. This anniversary sparked new public interest in...

Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography

Edgar Allan Poe Literature Reviews

By James Broderick
April 11, 2022
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Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn Edgar Allan Poe by Kevin J. Hayes Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most beloved American writers—though it’s likely few readers would actually feel comfortable using the word “beloved” to describe their feelings about him. After...

Vanessa and Her Sister

Art Literature Reviews Virginia Woolf

By Donna Russo Morin
April 7, 2022
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Though Virginia Woolf was a talented, iconic writer, she was also mentally ill and, at times, bizarre. It would have been easy to tell her story in a straightforward biographical style, but author Priya Parmar chose to present Virginia through the eyes of her older...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Mark Twain

Literature Mark Twain

By Editor
April 3, 2022
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1. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He took his pen name in 1863. The reason for this particular choice may have been that the phrase “mark twain” was often used in navigation to measure water depth, and the theory is that he...

ReJoyce: Philip Kitcher on James Joyce’s “Amazingly Lyrical” and “Startlingly” Original Prose

James Joyce Literature Podcast

By Roger Kennedy
April 3, 2022
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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 known for his avant-garde and often experimental style of writing. Philip Kitcher has taught at several American Universities and is currently John Dewey Professor of Philosophy at Columbia. He...

Hemingway Deadlights: A Mystery

Ernest Hemingway Literature Reviews

By Mayra Calvani
March 30, 2022
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A legend in his own lifetime, Ernest Hemingway, better known to many as ‘Papa’ Hemingway, was without a doubt one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century. His simple, clear, distinctive style, devoid of flowery prose and lengthy descriptions filled with adverbs and...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Vladimir Nabokov

Literature Vladimir Nabokov

By Brandon Gonzales
March 26, 2022
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1.Vladimir Nabokov’s (1899-1977) family was incredibly wealthy. The sale of one of his mother’s pearl necklaces afforded two years of Nabokov’s Cambridge tuition. 2. He was not merely an occasional butterfly catcher but was an expert lepidopterist. His expert knowledge made him the curator of...

The “King of the Cats”: Paul Muldoon on the Life and Work of W. B. Yeats

Literature Video W.B. Yeats

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March 24, 2022
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Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, William Butler (W. B.) Yeats (1865–1939), is considered to this day as one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Paul Muldoon is the author of numerous books of poetry, including...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky Literature

By Brandon Gonzales
March 10, 2022
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1. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)—the author of marvelous works such as Crime and Punishment and The Idiot—had difficulty relating to his schoolmates. From his junior years at boarding school to his years in the military academy, Dostoevsky was surrounded by students who were either far too...

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Literature

Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize

10 Things You Might Not Know About Herman Melville

Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography

Vanessa and Her Sister

10 Things You Might Not Know About Mark Twain

ReJoyce: Philip Kitcher on James Joyce’s “Amazingly Lyrical” and “Startlingly” Original Prose

Hemingway Deadlights: A Mystery

10 Things You Might Not Know About Vladimir Nabokov

The “King of the Cats”: Paul Muldoon on the Life and Work of W. B. Yeats

10 Things You Might Not Know About Fyodor Dostoevsky

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