- Literary Periods Timeline - online literature
Literary Periods History Timeline Here you will find our graphical timeline representing literary periods movements, as well as major events or authors from literature history To learn more about specific eras you can browse back to our Literary Periods page You may purchase this timeline in poster form here
- William Shakespeare - online literature
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), `The Bard of Avon', English poet and playwright wrote the famous 154 Sonnets and numerous highly successful oft quoted dramatic works including the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet; "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it
- The Beat Generation - Literature Periods Movements
The publication of Allen Ginsberg’s Howl in 1956 marks a turning point in the history of Beat literature, not to mention American literature in general The long-form poem is intended to be read aloud, almost chanted, a sort of return to an oral tradition that had been neglected in literature for a long time The content of the poem raised eyebrows, and sparked an obscenity trial which
- Difference between oral literature and written literature . . . - Answers
Oral literature has influenced written literature by serving as a foundation for storytelling techniques, narrative structures, and themes that writers draw inspiration from
- The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes . . .
Author List Below you will find a list of the authors featured on this site Each author page includes a biography and a searchable collection of works, many author pages also include other content such as user comments or quizzes Please choose the author you wish to explore from the list below
- White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky - online literature
White Nights (1848) A sentimental story from the diary of a dreamer FIRST NIGHT It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader The sky was so starry, so bright that, looking at it, one could not help asking oneself whether ill-humoured and capricious people could live under such a sky That is a youthful question too, dear reader, very youthful, but
- William Butler Yeats - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online . . .
In December of 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and continued to work on his essays, poetry and the poetry anthology Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935 (1936)
- Bartletts Familiar Quotations - online literature
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations A Collection of over 8000 Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
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