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2 giorni fa · Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.
3 giorni fa · Writer and critic John Neal in the early- to mid-nineteenth century helped advance America toward a unique literature and culture, by criticizing predecessors such as Washington Irving for imitating their British counterparts and by influencing writers such as Edgar Allan Poe.
3 giorni fa · Daylight Saving Time was first enacted in the United States– 1918. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35– 1920. Academy Awards were first televised– 1953. Senate confirmed the nominations of William Brennan and Charles Whittaker to the U.S. Supreme Court– 1957. Elvis Presley paid a $1,000 deposit to buy Graceland ...
3 giorni fa · Irving’s depiction of Gotham’s residents as “self-important and foolish people,” according to Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace in Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, actually parallels...
5 giorni fa · Irving Wallace’s “Fan Club,” published in 1974, is a story about a gang of young men who stalk and force a famous actress into having sex with them. While this novel is an incredible narrative that tells us the harmful effects of peer pressure and bullying, the protagonist’s treatment is somewhat disturbing.
2 giorni fa · The Writers' Trust of Canada announced that Faith Paré (poetry) and Nayani Jensen (short fiction) are winners of this year's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, which was established in memory of poet and short story writer Bronwen Wallace and "has a proven track record of helping talented developing authors secure their first book deal."
2 giorni fa · naturalist, nature writer Cry Wild: Mary Lawson: 1946 novelist Crow Lake: Irving Layton: 1912 2006 poet A Wild Peculiar Joy: Jack Layton: 1950 2011 non-fiction Homelessness: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis: Stephen Leacock: 1869 1944 humorist Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town: Georgette LeBlanc: 1977 poet, translator Alma, Prudent: Gérald ...
