Literature

10 Things You Might Not Know About Virginia Woolf

1. Despite her literary brilliance, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) could not attend school. In her time, it was still uncommon in…

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Looking For Hemingway: Gay Talese Talks of Men and Books

Pulitzer and Nobel-winning writer, Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) was one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, whose simple,…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Dickens

1.English novelist Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was known for works such as A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. One…

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Franz Kafka

Anyone working in law knows that intent is hard to prove. This fact makes Sander Gilman’s 2005 work, Franz Kafka,…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Fyodor Dostoevsky

1. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)—the author of marvelous works such as Crime and Punishment and The Idiot—had difficulty relating to his…

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Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot

John Milton (1608-1674), regarded as one of the greatest English poets, thought by some to rival Shakespeare, was a late…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About William Shakespeare

1. Although we know that William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26th, 1564, his exact date of birth is unknown.…

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Vanessa and Her Sister

Though Virginia Woolf was a talented, iconic writer, she was also mentally ill and, at times, bizarre. It would have…

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John Keats: A New Life

John Keats by Nicholas Roe John Keats: A Literary Life, by R.S. White John Keats (Bloom’s Modern Critical Views), ed. By…

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Herman Melville

1. The novel, Moby-Dick, for which Herman Melville (1819-1891) became critically acclaimed, was not an immediate success. Initially entitled, The…

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