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6 ore fa · Literary fiction is a term used to describe fiction that explores any facet of the human condition, and may involve social commentary. It is often regarded as having more artistic merit than genre fiction , especially the most commercially oriented types, but this has been contested in recent years, with the serious study of genre fiction within universities.
5 giorni fa · Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000). The main periods in question are often grouped by scholars as Modernist literature, Postmodern literature, flowering from roughly 1900 to 1940 and 1960 to 1990 [1] respectively, roughly using World War II as a transition point.
3 giorni fa · The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces. Not all writings constitute literature.
5 giorni fa · Novel, an invented prose narrative of considerable length and a certain complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience, usually through a connected sequence involving a group of persons in a specific setting. Learn more about the elements, development, and types of novels in this article.
- Anthony Burgess
5 giorni fa · Michael Millgate. William Faulkner, American writer who won the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature and is best known for his works set in fictional Yoknapatawpha County. His notable novels include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Absalom, Absalom!, and Light in August.
- Michael Millgate
- American novelist and short-story writer William Faulkner is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He is remembered f...
- William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He grew up in nearby Oxford, Mississippi, where his father owned a liv...
- William Faulkner is associated with the Modernist and Southern gothic literary movements. The majority of his novels are set in the postbellum Amer...
- William Faulkner wrote numerous novels, screenplays, poems, and short stories. Today he is best remembered for his novels The Sound and the Fury (1...
- William Faulkner’s and Ernest Hemingway’s relationship of more than 30 years was characterized by competition. They admitted respect for one anothe...
4 giorni fa · Edith Wharton (born January 24, 1862, New York, New York, U.S.—died August 11, 1937, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, near Paris, France) was an American author best known for her stories and novels about the upper-class society into which she was born. Edith Jones came of a distinguished and long-established New York family.
4 giorni fa · Welcome to the American Literature guide. This guide acts as a starting point for your research. Consult it to learn where to find books, articles, journals, literary criticism, databases, and other information resources. American Lit by State. by Hog Island Press. Overview of American Literature.
