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Jul 4, 2009
American Short-Story Writer O. Henry Biography
Brief biography of American writer O. Henry, best known for short stories The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf.
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Jul 4, 2009
James Fenimore Cooper Biography
Brief biography of American novelist James Fenimore Cooper, best-known for Leatherstocking Tales and American frontier stories.
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Jul 3, 2009
French Writer George Sand
Brief biography of French author George Sand, famous for her Bohemian lifestyle. Like George Eliot, Sand was a woman.
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Jun 21, 2009
Marguerite Duras Biography
Brief biography of Marguerite Duras, regarded as France's most famous woman author of the late 20th century.
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Jun 20, 2009
Anthony Burgess Brief Biography
Brief biography and works of author Anthony Burgess, known for his portrayal of a violent youth in his famous novel.
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Jun 8, 2009
Kingsley Amis Biography
A brief biography of English novelist Kinsgley Amis who belonged to a group of British writers known as the "Angry Young Men."
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Jun 8, 2009
Maurice Maeterlinck Biography
A brief biography of Maurice Maeterlinck, best-known for plays Pellèas and Mélisande and The Blue Bird, and his involvement with French literary movement symbolism.
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Mar 1, 2009
Max Brand - King of Westerns
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Matthew Pizzolato
Perhaps one of the most prolific writers of all time, Max Brand achieved success in the early 20th century, writing hundreds of novels, short stories and poems.
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Mar 1, 2009
Louis L'amour - Legendary Western Storyteller
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Matthew Pizzolato
Louis L'amour became one of the most prolific western writers in history. L'amour's works include the Hopalong Cassidy novels and "Education of a Wandering Man."
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Feb 27, 2009
Mary Darby Robinson
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Carrie Prefontaine
Mary Darby Robinson (1752-1800) was one of the most prolific and well-known writers of the Romantic era (1789-1819). She wrote poetry, plays, novels, essays, translations
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Dec 14, 2008
A Short Biography: Charles Dickens
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Sabrina Louise Webb
Charles Dickens is most known for writing novels like Oliver Twist, but wrote numerous short stories, poetry and articles over the course of his life.
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Dec 14, 2008
A Short Biography: George Orwell
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Sabrina Louise Webb
Orwell is most well known for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949). He wrote numerous novels, poems and literary criticism.
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Oct 15, 2008
Sade, Carter & the Idea of a Moral Pornographer
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Sabrina Louise Webb
In her book The Sadeian Woman Carter argues that the work of Sade is not mere pornography, but is a searing critique on the sexes and relationships between men and women.
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Jul 27, 2008
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Vickie Britton
Fyodor Dostoevsky's works continue to influence contemporary authors. His early novels set the stage for existential philosophy and modern psychology.
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