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A Biography of Philip Roth, an American Novelist (2367 words, 3 pages)

Philip RothFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigation, searchThis article is about the author. For the cellist, see Philipp Roth.Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933)1 is an American novelist. He gained fame with the 1959 novella Goodbye, Columbus, an irreverent and humorous portrait of Jewish-American life that earned him ... Read More

A Biography of Nick Joaquin, a Philippine Novelist, Poet, Playwright and Essayist (1134 words, 2 pages)

Philippine novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist writing in English, the National Artist for Literature. Joaquin is widely considered the best postwar author in his country. He has written largely about the Spanish colonial period and the diverse heritage of the Filipino people. Often he deals with the coexistence of 'primitive' ... Read More

A Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American Novelist and Short Story Writer (399 words, 1 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorn was born in Salem Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His birthplace is now a museum. His father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Senior was a sea captain who died in 1808. His death was caused by yellow fever when Nathaniel Junior was four years old. His mother made him live without ... Read More

A Biography of Miguel De Cervantes, a Spanish Novelist, Poet and Playwright (1536 words, 2 pages)

Miguel CervantesMiguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare, two authors at the pinnacle of the cultural rebirth of Europe during the 1500s, ironically died on the same date (this fact is a bit confused by the distinction between the Julian and Gregorian calendar. Indeed they both died on the date of April ... Read More

A Biography of Michael Frayn, an English Playwright, Novelist and Translator (910 words, 1 pages)

Playwright, novelist and translator Michael Frayn was born in London on 8 September 1933. Frayn has told many that the suburb where he used to live was the ideal place to grow up. The empty streets and acres of field left so much room for his imagination to run wild. ... Read More

A Biography of Jack Kerouac, an American Novelist and Poet (831 words, 1 pages)

The Life of Jack KerouacJean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Jack, as he was later called, spoke no English until he was around six years old. At home, his family spoke a "colored" French language called Qubcois French. Leo and Gabrielle Kerouac, Jacks ... Read More

A Biography of Herbert George Wells, an English Novelist, Teacher, Historian and Journalist (1769 words, 2 pages)

Herbert George Wells BornSeptember 21, 1866Bromley, Kent, EnglandDiedAugust 13, 1946 (age 79)London, EnglandOccupationNovelist, Teacher, Historian,JournalistNationalityEnglishGenresScience FictionHerbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, ... Read More

The Life and Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, a Russian Novelist and a Genius (899 words, 2 pages)

Fyodor Dostoevsky, the second of seven children was born on October 30, 1821, in Moscow, Russia. Shortly after his mother died of tuberculosis in 1837, he and his brother Mikhail were sent to the Military Engineering Academy in St.Petersburg. On a sidenote, while not known for certain, it is believed ... Read More

A Biography of George Orwell an English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist and Critic (322 words, 1 pages)

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair who was born on June 25th, 1903 to British parents in Motihari, British India. His father was Richard Walmesley Blair who worked for the Opium Department of the Civil Service and his mother was Ida Mabel Blair who was born ... Read More

Surfers, Realists and Clenchers: Different Reactions to Germs on Rails in Buses (510 words, 1 pages)

Fight or flight?Passengers react differently to the knowledge that germs spread disease on buses. Most passengers are aware of the germs present, but some are oblivious of the deaths from, contracting a pathogen. The degree of avoidance varies between patrons, and when they are willing to take hold of the ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of J. K. Rowling, a British Author and Novelist (800 words, 1 pages)

book reportJ.K. Rowling grew up in the forest of Dean in Englind. She is now a graduate of Exeter Univercity and lives in Edenburgh. Many reporters have been amazed by her expertwriting skills. She is greatly known to put feelings into what she writes and that is very hard to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Most Realistic Cartoon Series in the Simpsons by Matt Groening (1248 words, 2 pages)

Critics describe the series as "the most realistically surreal cartoon series ever." Former First Lady Barbara Bush commented in an interview that was published by People magazine (September, 1990) that the show was "the dumbest thing I've ever seen." In 1992, a group of parents in Greenwood, South Carolina, protested ... Read More

An Analysis of the Realist and Naturalist by Steinbeck (378 words, 1 pages)

- The Realist and Naturalist was born in salinas califorina in 1902. He went to stanford university, but only lasted three years. In his youth he worked as a ranch hand and a fruit picker. wrote many books his most famous works include Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row, Of Mice and ... Read More

The Realistic Solutions of Olivares to the Spanish Problems (4215 words, 6 pages)

ivares represent realistic solutions to the problems of Spain?The view is rapidly gaining currency that not only did Olivares policies for Spain and its empire not differ markedly from those of earlier Spanish statesmen, but that by and large the results of his manifold endeavours were both few and modest.This ... Read More

A Description of Wolf, Christa a German Novelist and Essayist Known For Her Novels About Germany During World War II (381 words, 1 pages)

Wolf, Christa (1929- ), German novelist and essayist, known for her novels about Germany during World War II (1939-1945). Born Christa Ihlenfeld in Landsberg an der Warthe (now Gorzw Wielkopolski, Poland), she studied at the Universities of Leipzig and Jena from 1949 to 1953. In 1951 she married writer Gerhard ... Read More

Analyzing the Elements of Romantic and Realistic Fiction in Huckleberry Finn (881 words, 1 pages)

Huckleberry Finn is a book that contains elements of romantic and realistic fiction even though it contains both these elements, it is a book on realistic fiction, and that is how it was written to be. Mark Twain used historical facts and data to make this story realistic, it used ... Read More

The Life of John Steinbeck the Realist and Naturalist (386 words, 1 pages)

John Steinbeck - The Realist and NaturalistJohn Steinbeck was born in salinas califorina in 1902. He went to stanford university, but only lasted three years. In his youth he worked as a ranch hand and a fruit picker.John Steinbeck wrote many books his most famous works include Tortilla Flat, Cannery ... Read More

The Idealist Versus the Realist in the Plays, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People and Wild Ducks (2052 words, 3 pages)

In the plays Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, and Wild ducks by there are many similar themes, which become evident to the reader. A theme, which is consistant though out these plays, is the opposing values of the Ideal and the Real. The views of the idealist versus the ... Read More

The Impact of the Realist Movement in Europe (2306 words, 3 pages)

Europe began the nineteenth century dominated by the romanticists. The realists changed the face of Europe once more by the middle of the nineteenth century. The importance of science and the industrialization of Europe characterized their movement. Where the romanticists believed in feelings, intuition, and imagination, the realists believed in ... Read More

The Horrors of War According to Novelist Liam O’Flaherty (553 words, 1 pages)

War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In , Liam OFlaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting effectthe ... Read More

A Discussion of the Readers Role as a Novelist in the Novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles (972 words, 3 pages)

On page 316 of the novel The French Lieutenant's Woman author JohnFowles briefly interrupts the fiction to discuss with the reader his roleas a novelist. He has come up with two very different endings to the noveland wishes to share both with his readers. However, he cannot give twostoryline endings ... Read More

An Honest and Realistic View of Southern Life in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (862 words, 2 pages)

I dont know anything that mars literature so much as too much truth- Mark TwainAn honest and realistic view of southern life was what Mark Twain had in mind when writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Satiric as this view may have been, it was by no means prejudiced (against ... Read More

An Overview of the Work by William Faulkner, an American Novelist (1154 words, 2 pages)

William Faulkner, is one of the most commonly known names in twentieth-century American literature. His works, connected closely with the South also underline a very realistic image of reality. His use of shifting points between charaters, and unsequential narratives are used frequently in his short story Dry September. The story ... Read More

The Life and Work of Virginia Woolf, an English Novelist (2107 words, 3 pages)

Throughout time, philosophers and psychologists alike have aspired to map out andor understand the workings of the human mind. Despite the many valid efforts, the collective body of information confuses more than it clarifies. In order to get a strait forward answer on the issue, one need only talk to ... Read More

An Analysis of Brown Born in Lexington Kentucky as the First Black Novelist (957 words, 2 pages)

was the first black novelist. He was also a Negro reformer and historian. According to who you talk to, his birth varies from 1814,1815, and 1816. Brown was born in Lexington Kentucky. His mother was a slave and his father is said to be one George Higgins, a white slaveholder. ... Read More

An Analysis of Theodore as a Famous Novelist Known For His Outstanding American Writing of Naturalism (1243 words, 2 pages)

was born August 27, 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The younger brother of Paul Dresser, a well-known songwriter, Theodore was a famous novelist known for his outstanding American writing of naturalism. He was also a leading figure in a national literary movement that replaced the observance of Victorian notions of ... Read More

A Biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar, an American Poet and Novelist (1188 words, 2 pages)

Paul Laurence Dunbar was born June 27, 1872 in Dayton, OH. His mother Matilda, was a former slave and his father Joshua had escaped slavery and served in the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and the 5th Massachusetts Colored Calvary Regiment during the Civil war (online). Joshua and Matilda separated in ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of George Orwell, an English Novelist and Author (928 words, 3 pages)

The term 'genius' was applied to him from the cradle, first by the manwho would vie with Orson's father to nurture the talent all agreed resided inthe fragile boy.(Leaming, 3)George was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. Hewas the second son of Richard Head Welles, an inventor, and ... Read More

A Biography of Shirley Jackson, an American Novelist (3586 words, 5 pages)

Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1919 to Leslie and Geraldine Jackson. Her surroundings were comfortable and friendly. Two years after Shirley was born, her family with her newborn brother moved from San Francisco to Burlingame, California, about thirty miles away. "According to her mother, Shirley began to compose ... Read More

A Biography of Jerome David Salinger, an American Short Story Writer and Novelist (1531 words, 2 pages)

Jerome David Salinger, known as J.D., is an American short story writer and novelist. He was born on January 1, 1919 and is still alive at the age of 81. was born and raised in Manhattan. He went to prep school at Valley Forge Military Academy from 1934-1936. He spent ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013