Medailonky autorů
Farrell, James T. (1904 - 1979).
W o r k
- born in Chicago: portrayed the Chicago of his youth
< the material and moral poverty of slums, the mechanised religious faith, and the political parties
- sympathised with Marxism x but: refused...
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Faulkner, William. (1897 - 1962).
L i f e
- born William Falkner in Mississippi, later changed the spelling to Faulkner
- grew up with the stories about his ancestors, his family, and the past
W o r k
- concerned with ‘the problems...
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Fitzgerald, Francis Scott. (1896 - 1940).
L i f e
- his father was from a poor, though socially prominent family x his mother was born into ‘new money’
- fell in love with Zelda, started to work at his novel This Side of Paradise to win...
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Franklin, Benjamin. (1706 - 1790).
L i f e a n d W o r k
- a printer, publisher, journalist, essayist, philosopher, merchant, scientist, educator, inventor (Franklin stove, lighting rod, etc.), politician, and diplomat
- born...
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Freneau, Philip. (1752 - 1832).
L i f e
- received university education (ministry), studied the classics and English poets
- supported the Revolution: contributed patriotic verse for H. H. Brackenridge’s magazine, called the ‘Poet of...
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Frost, Robert. (1875 - 1963).
L i f e
- his life = a Gothic chronicle of disasters
- the death of his father, the death of his 1st child in infancy, the suicide of his only son, the death of his daughter in childbirth, the mental illness...
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Fuller, Margaret. (1810 - 1850).
L i f e
- a teacher, transl., editor, journalist, literary and social critic, feminist theorist and advocate, and poet
- received a rigorous education led by her father: studied the Bible, the classics, W....
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Glasgow, Ellen. (1874 - 1945).
L i f e
- born in an aristocratic Southern family in Virginia > her own experience of the rural agricultural life
- anticipated the growth of the Southern Renaissance
W o r k
- subject:
(a) the South and...
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Gold, Michael. (1893 - 1967).
L i f e
- originally Irving Granich, son of Jewish immigrants in NY, adopted the penname of Michael Gold
- a social and political activist, novelist, playwright, and essayist
- sympathiser with Marxism, member...
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H.D. (1886 - 1961).
W o r k
- pioneered the modernist poetry: contributed to Imagism, Vorticism, & other such movements
- concerned with the experience of a woman and the psyche adrift in a violent and insecure reality
- felt...
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Hakluyt, Richard. (ca 1552 - 1616).
L i f e
- an English geographer, scholar, lecturer of geography and cosmography at Christ Church College (Oxford), and promoter of the exploration of the New World
- an unofficial publicist for early British...
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Harris, Joel Chandler. (1848 - 1908).
L i f e
- born in Georgiana
- apprenticed in a printing shop
- worked for regional newspapers, then for the Atlanta Constitution
- largely self-taught <=> M. Twain
W o r k
< dialect tales heard in...
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Harte, Bret. (1836 - 1902).
L i f e
- two years the chief editor of the Overland Monthly in San Francisco (the magazine was a platform for new writers, including M. Twain)
- contributor for the Atlantic Monthly in Boston
W o r k
- wrote...
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. (1804 - 1864).
L i f e
- born in Salem (Massachusetts) in a Puritan family
- ambivalent about his Puritan heritage: admired the strong will x but: disapproved of the dogmatic behaviour
- secretive about his...
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Hearn, Lafcadio. (1850 - 1904).
L i f e
- born in Greece, son of a British father and a Greek Mother
- studied to become a clergyman x but: gave up and left for America
- interest in literature, became a librarian, and a journalist
- not...
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