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Hemingway Deadlights: A Mystery

By Mayra Calvani
October 5, 2021
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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...

Imagining Virginia Woolf: An Experiment in Critical Biography

Literature Reviews Virginia Woolf

By Cheryl Thompson
October 5, 2021
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As a professor of English at Princeton University, Maria DiBattista specializes in British literature and Modernism, but she also has an indelible enthusiasm for writing about authors. In particular, she’s no stranger to the works of Virginia Woolf. She first tackled her work in Virginia Woolf:...

10 Things You Might Not Know About Mark Twain

Literature Mark Twain

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October 3, 2021
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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...

Mark Twain, the World, and Me

Literature Mark Twain Reviews

By David Sloane
September 29, 2021
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Following the Equator is the least studied of Mark Twain’s longer works, although his travel narratives were the genre that established his first serious reputation, beginning with The Innocents Abroad, a series of breezy skeptical newspaper reports published as a book in 1869. A couple...

The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 2: 1923-1925

Literature Reviews T.S. Eliot

By James Broderick
September 25, 2021
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Reading the private correspondence of a famous person can be reassuring (“I just knew she was like that in her real life!”), upsetting (“How awful he was!), even disorienting (“I never imagined anything like this.”) Reading T. S. Eliot’s letters—or at least those written between 1923-1925—could well...

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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September 23, 2021
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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 F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald Literature

By Brandon Gonzales
September 13, 2021
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1.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was named after his distant cousin, who famously wrote the United States’ national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” 2. Fitzgerald feared he would lose his life if deployed during World War I. In response, he frantically wrote his first novel, The...

10 Things You Might Not Know About W. B. Yeats

Literature W.B. Yeats

By Liza Lentini
September 3, 2021
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1. William Butler Yeats (W. B. Yeats) was born on June 13, 1865, in Dublin, Ireland. His mother, Susan, who schooled young William, spent endless hours telling him tales of Irish folklore, which, along with ancient mythology, would serve as a basis for many of...

Ernest Hemingway Unmasked: Verna Kale Uncovers Hidden Gems in Hemingway’s Letters

Ernest Hemingway Literature

By Charles Carlini
September 3, 2021
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One of America’s most celebrated writers of the 20th-century, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) pioneered a simple and understated writing style. He was awarded both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes for his literary contributions. Verna Kale is an Associate Editor of the Hemingway Letters Project and Assistant Research...

Shakespeare: A Study and Research Guide

Literature William Shakespeare

By Karen Peterson
September 1, 2021
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David M. Bergeron, professor of English at the University of Kansas, and Geraldo U. de Sousa, assistant professor of English at Xavier University in Cincinnati, have succeeded in the monumental task of revising the 1976 edition of Shakespeare: A Study and Research Guide in their...

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Literature

Hemingway Deadlights: A Mystery

Imagining Virginia Woolf: An Experiment in Critical Biography

10 Things You Might Not Know About Mark Twain

Mark Twain, the World, and Me

The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 2: 1923-1925

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

10 Things You Might Not Know About F. Scott Fitzgerald

10 Things You Might Not Know About W. B. Yeats

Ernest Hemingway Unmasked: Verna Kale Uncovers Hidden Gems in Hemingway’s Letters

Shakespeare: A Study and Research Guide

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