Alan Sillitoe – Biography
Biography Alan Sillitoe, (born March 4, 1928, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England—died April 25, 2010, London), writer, one of the so-called Angry Young Men, whose brash and angry accounts of
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William Shakespeare – Biography
Biography William Shakespeare, Shakespeare also spelled Shakspere, byname Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April
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Uncle Ernest – Introduction to Literature
Uncle Ernest Introduction Sillitoe effectively criticises the legal system in “Uncle Ernest.” Uncle Ernest is a working-class lonely man who lives an isolated,
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The Rocking-Horse Winner – Introduction to Literature
The Rocking-Horse Winner Introduction “The Rocking-Horse Winner” (1926) is one of D. H. Lawrence’s most popular short stories, an Oedipal drama seasoned with
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The Open Window – Introduction to Literature
The Open Window “My aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel,” said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; “in the meantime you
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An Irish Airman Foresees His Death – Introduction to Literature
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death I know that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above;Those that I fight I do
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The Lotos Eaters – Introduction to Literature
The Lotos Eaters “Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land,“This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.”In the afternoon they came unto
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The Rainbow My Heart Leaps Up – Introduction to Literature
The Rainbow My Heart Leaps Up My heart leaps up when I beholdA rainbow in the sky:So was it when my life began;So
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Portrait of Zimri – Introduction to Literature
Portrait of Zimri Some of their chiefs were princes of the land:In the first rank of these did Zimri stand:A man so various,
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To His Coy Mistress – Introduction to Literature
To His Coy Mistress Had we but world enough, and time,This coyness, Lady, were no crime.We would sit down and think which wayTo
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