Encouraged various near –contemporary poets‚ undergraduates at the time. The influence of her early work can be felt in the apprentice work of Alan Brwonjohn and of Anthony Thwaite who in reviewing her Collected Poems called her ‘ one of the two best living English poets under forty- five.’the other was Larkin. (Schmidt 346-47) Jennings met several women poets during this time including Anne Ridler‚ Adrienne Rich‚ and Kathleen Raine. Anne Ridler had shown a great interest in her
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Romantic tales can take many forms; some are sugary sweet with illogical storylines and even more illogical conclusions. The film The Painted Veil (2006) by director John Curran‚ an adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novel‚ forgoes sugar for pungent truths. This story is steeped in the painful emotions of betrayal‚ resentment and the realities of marrying for the wrong reasons. Viewers are taken on a visually stunning and emotionally charged journey to the meat of the heart where love is not always
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (French pronunciation: [ɡi də mopasã]) (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer and considered one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protégé of Flaubert‚ Maupassant’s stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient‚ effortless dénouement. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent civilians who‚ caught in the conflict
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The author and the title | Somerset Maugham‚ Louise | Type of text | Short story | Outline of the story | This is a story about woman that told by author‚ who is also main character in the story. It’s about relationship between them and about relationship between the woman and her husbands‚ daughter. | Setting of the story | Enigmatic‚ gloomy‚ sarcastic | Complication | The story has dynamic complication. In the beginning of story Louise is alone‚ but during the story she outlived
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Two Kinds of English Most of us are familiar with the song lyrics “You say poTAYto and I say poTAHto‚ You say toMAYto and I say toMAHto.” These lyrics exemplify one of the differences between American and British English‚ the two most widely spoken varieties of global English. Despite the seemingly endless number of similarities between the two‚ significant differences between American English and British English in three specific linguistic areas make each one quite distinct from the other.
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independence debate: the head‚ and the heart. If the pro-UK campaign is to win‚ it must appeal to both. Up until now Better Together has focused mainly on the head‚ but this changed last week when Alistair Darling made an emotional speech at the JP Mackintosh lecture. Although he touched on the economics‚ he also raised some emotional questions. Why can’t we be proud of the achievements we’ve had together? Why can’t we be proud of our shared institutions such as the Bank of England‚ the BBC‚ NHS‚ and
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Art Deco is a movement involving a mix of modern decorative art styles‚ largely of the 1920s and 1930s‚ whose main characteristics were derived from various avant-garde painting styles of the early twentieth century. Art deco uses futurism and constructivism with concept‚ distortion‚ and simplified geometric shapes and intense colors observing the rise of technology‚ and speed. Art Deco‚ sometimes called “The International Style”‚ enjoyed its fame between the years of 1920 and 1939. It was said
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accessed December 12‚ 2011 Blundell Jones‚ Peter‚ Gunnar Asplund‚ London: Phaidon‚ 1995. Blake‚ Peter‚ Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture and Space‚ London: Penguin Books‚ 1964 http://www.blackwoodgallery.ca accessed November 11‚ 2011 Brett‚ David‚ C.R Mackintosh: The Poetics of Workmanship‚ Cambridge: Harvard University Press‚ 1992 Brooks‚ Bruce‚ Frank Lloyd Wright‚ 1867-1959: Building for Democracy‚ Hong Kong: Taschen‚ 2006 http://www.coldsplinters.com accessed 22 November‚ 2011 ‘Craig Dykers Interview’
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the Second World War‚ expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. The company has made a number of corporate acquisitions‚ including Crosse & Blackwell in 1950‚ Findus in 1963‚ Libby’s in 1971‚ Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988 and Gerber in 2007. Nestlé has a primary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a constituent of the Swiss Market Index. It has a secondary listing on Euronext. In 2011‚ Nestlé was listed No. 1 in the Fortune Global 500 as the world’s
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his journey as a World War II pilot. Throughout the novel‚ Dahl exhibits the ability to draw readers in and make them want to read more. His techniques and excellent storytelling skills helped develop this novel into an amazing read. As W. Somerset Maugham once said‚ “There are three rules to writing a good book. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.” This being said‚ one could see that some rules prove to be more crucial than others. Based on this novel‚ three mandatory rules include‚ in-depth
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