… 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 All…

… know the exact day that she was born. Her real name was Jeanette D’ Arc. Joan is what her name was when she went to France. She was born in the town of Domremy in France. Her father was Jacques D’ Arc and her mother was named Isabelle Rommee. Joan…

… that this poor man was mad, but there is something in his madness which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott," William Wordsworth said in reference to William Blake. Blake, unlike other writers, was born and lived in moderate…

… moved to New England at the age of eleven and became interested in reading and writing poetry during his high school years in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was enrolled at Dartmouth College in 1892, and later at Harvard, but never earned a formal degree.…

… concerned about differences between men and women you will be. Knowing and understanding those differences can determine how successful your marriage and career will be. If you assume that men and women look at things in the same way your in for…

… The story then jumps back to Gandhi early in his life, when he is a practicing attorney. He is traveling in South Africa on a train and is thrown off because he refuses to give up his first class seat. The conductor wants him to move because he is…

… greatest composers was paralleled by and in some ways a consequence of his own personal tragedy and despair (Internet--pg. 1). Beethoven’s family was of the Flemish origin. His mother, Maria Magdalena, died after a long illness when Beethoven…

… to Abraham and Ida (Etelson) Ryskind on October 20, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York. Ryskind graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1912 and from there, went on to Columbia University School of Journalism. At Columbia, Ryskind was the editor of…

… civilized and peaceful town would ever suggest the horrifying acts of violence can take place anywhere at anytime and the most ordinary people can commit them. Jackson's fiction is noted for exploring incongruities in everyday life, and “The Lottery”,…

… Larkin, is not only remembered for being a novelist or critic, but most importantly, a poet. Along with many other poets in the 1950’s, Larkin was part of “The Movement” (Poetry Exhibits). This term stood for the work these men produced, which…