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    Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton‚ Georgia on December 9‚ 1845 to single mother Mary Ann Harris. His father deserted the family shortly after Harris’s birth. They were never married‚ and his illegitimate birth haunted Harris for his life. A local doctor named Dr. Andrew Reid befriended Mary Ann Harris and her young son. He allowed them to live in a small cottage behind his mansion. Mary Ann Harris encouraged her son to read extensively‚ especially Oliver Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield.

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    Robert Wilson Lynd From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Robert Wilson Lynd (Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn‚ 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer‚ an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 2 Activism 3 Family 4 Works 5 Robert Lynd’s Anthology of Modern Poetry (1939) 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Sources 9 External links Life and career[edit] He was born in Belfast and educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution‚ studying at

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    Progressive Era‚ Industrial City The employers of the industrial city took advantage of the growth of population‚ and exploited the migration of immigrants moving to the cities looking for work‚ along with the fact that there were no regulations to keep the businesses in check at the same time the growth of the city was so fast and the lack of education on sanitation‚ life for the immigrant was dirty and difficult. For example; in New York City 1870-1920‚ population grew from 942‚292 to 5‚620‚040

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    Determining what exactly separates a short story from longer fictional formats is problematic. A classic definition of a short story is that one should be able to read it in one sitting‚ a point most notably made in Edgar Allan Poe’s essay "Thomas Le Moineau (Le Moile)" (1846). Interpreting this standard nowadays is problematic‚ since the expected length of "one sitting" may now be briefer than it was in Poe’s era. Other definitions place the maximum word count of the short story at anywhere from

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    Indo Anglian Literature

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    Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates

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    The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize

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    Edgenuity Remediation Content Selection Twelfth Grade Literature Semester A: 1. Literary Text: Anglo-Saxon and Old English Period A. Anglo-Saxon‚ Old English‚ and Beowulf Lecture: Timeline Lecture: Historical Period Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part I Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part II Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part III Informational: Heroes and Society Topic Test B. Ancient Greece: Homer - The Iliad; Anglo-Saxon Poetry Epic: from Book 22: The Death of Hector part 1 Lecture: Introduction Poem: The Seafarer Poem: The

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    Turn Of The Screw Thesis

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    Dear jury! Dear presents! The topic of my bachelor thesis covers one of the vital issues of literary criticism as a subject and the very literary historical process as a whole — it deals with the issue of a literary dialogue. The phenomenon is considered by juxtaposing [dʒekstə’pəʊz]- зіставляти of the two literary texts – The Turn of the Screw‚ a novella by Henry James (publ. 1898) and John Harding’s novel Florence and Giles (publ. 2010)‚ a neo-Victorian reworking of Henry James’s classic. Throughout

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    Periods of English Literature. For convenience of discussion‚ historians divide the continuity of English literature into segments of time that are called "periods." The exact number‚ dates‚ and names of these periods vary‚but the list below conforms to widespread practice. The list is followed by a brief comment on each period‚ in chronological order. 450-1066 Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 1066-1500 Middle English Period 1500-1660 The Renaissance (or Early Modern) 1558-1603 Elizabethan

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    Character Study: Puck

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    8T – Assignment due Friday 21st February 2014 ASSESSMENT TASK – Character Study – PUCK Using the following website: http://www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html Answer the following questions: Puck is called many names in different languages‚ in Welsh he is Pwca which is pronounced the same way as the Irish puck(s) Phouka‚ Pooka and Puca. In Old English he is also Puca which is similar to the Old Norse and Swedish Puki and Puke. Also in Danish‚ Puck goes by Puge. In Low German Puck is called

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