Sylvia Plath – Biography
Biography Sylvia Plath, pseudonym Victoria Lucas, (born October 27, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died February 11, 1963, London, England), American poet whose best-known works, such as the poems “Daddy” and
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James Joyce – Biography
Biography James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland—died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), Irish novelist noted for his experimental
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Ernest Hemmingway – Biography
Biography Ernest Hemingway, in full Ernest Miller Hemingway, (born July 21, 1899, Cicero [now in Oak Park], Illinois, U.S.—died July 2, 1961, Ketchum, Idaho), American
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Rupert Brooke – Biography
Biography Few writers have provoked as much excessive praise and scornful condemnation as English poet Rupert Brooke. Handsome, charming, and talented, Brooke was
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Wilfred Owen – Biography
Biography Wilfred Owen, (born March 18, 1893, Oswestry, Shropshire, England—killed November 4, 1918, France), English poet noted for his anger at the cruelty and waste
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John Keats – Biography
Biography John Keats, (born October 31, 1795, London, England—died February 23, 1821, Rome, Papal States [Italy]), English Romantic lyric poet who devoted his short life to the perfection of
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The Tempest – British & American Literature
The Tempest Plot Summary of Shakespeare’s Play The Tempest is one of Shakespeare’s most enchanting and enchanted plays: a fantasy or ‘romance’ featuring a
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King Lear – British & American Literature
King Lear Summary of Shakespeare’s Play King Lear opens with a conversation between the earls of Kent and Gloucester, in which the audience learns
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The Dead – British & American Literature
The Dead Summary & Analysis The Dead by James Joyce At the annual dance and dinner party held by Kate and Julia Morkan
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The old man at the Bridge – British & American Literature
The old man at the Bridge Summary & Analysis Old Man at the Bridge About the Author Ernest Hemingway was born on July
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