Authors and Poets Flashcards
W.W Jacobs: life
19th centry and early 20th century
raised in london
influenced by the tales of sailors whom he met at the docks close to where he lived.
Leo Tolstoy: BACKGROUND
from the sixteenth century to th emid seventeenth century russian peasents were serfs bound by law to work land they could rent but not own. at the time of the story the peasants were allowed to own property th ememeory of earlier times howver kept them hungry for land
edgar allan poe: background
in the 1300s a plague called the black death swept across Europe killing as many as 25 million people. most of those who caught the disease died within three to five days after their symptoms arose. sunseuqnet outbreaks of plague continued in Europe until recent times. poe invented the red death for the story but its roots are found in an age old fear
Leo Tolstoy: Other works
how much land does a amn need, war and pieace, anna karenina, the death of ivan illych, the kreutzer sonata
Leo Tolstoy: Life
19th-early 20th century
leo tolstoy had an unusual life almost as notorious as his literary works. he was born into an affluent family and inhertied a laarge sum of that welath including the family estate at 19. he soon set out trying toi improve the lives of the peasants who lived on his land. after the publication of his two major masterpieces WandP (1865-69) and AnnaK |(1875-77) he fell into deep despair which entailed him questioning the value of his life and previous works. he found salvation in mystical spirituality. he gave up small luxuries and took up working in the fields, his beliefs about overcoming evil helped inspire activists ex martin luther king jr
W.W Jacobs: background
from the late 1700s until 1947 india was a british colony. in letters and visits back home, british soldiers passed on information and misinformational about indian culture, and soon, india became a representation of the mysterious and supernatural orient to the west.
edgar allan poe: ife
the son of travelling actors, edgar allan poe lost his mother at an early age. he was raised by a wealthy family in Virginia named allan form which he got his middle name. after winning a writing competition with his wor k ms in a bottle, poe became a literary success, winning fame but not fortune. he died in poverty at the age of 40.
edgar allan poe: the single effect
oe believed that a work of fiction has the most impact if it can be read in one sitting and if all the elements work together to create the single effect. he is best known for tales in which the single effect is horror. he also did detective stories and sci fi
mark twain: lide and standup comic
19th to 20th century
mark twain is the pen name for fo samuel langhome clemens one of Americas greatest writers. he is most famous for two classic novels: the adventures of huckleberry finn (1884) and the adventures of tom sawyer (1876)
at the height of his fame mark tawin was highly sought after highly paid public speaker he delivered a toast to the oldest inhabitant at the annual dinner of the new england society on deember 22 1876
jame sthurber: ife
19th to 20th century
a native of columbus ohio james thrurber went to work for the us state department after college but soon afterwards he found his true calling and became a humorist, writing essats and drawing cartiib fir the new yorker a famous magazine. thurber won fame for his whimsical depiction of human and animal silliness. by the 1940s howvee his failing eyesight forced him to reduce the number of illiyustrations he produced. by 1952 he went almost totally blind but continued to contribute stories ana articles to magazines
his collections: thurber carnival (1945) considered cv;classic of humor writing
john keats
romantic era (followed indutrialisation and the french revolution: includes simply language, elements of nature and emotion)
19th centyury
2nd gen romantic poet alongside shelly and byron
was committee dto perfecting his poetry before his death by tuberculosis
his illness prohibited him from marrying his lover this grief is reflected in his poems that thus have autobiographical feautures
langtson hughes
20th century
in the 1920s to 1930s African American writers artists and musicians based in harlem a neighbourhood in NYC gave vivid intense expression to the African American experience. the oeruid us known as the harklem renaissance and langston highest is acknowledged as one of its dominant forces
sandra cisneros
20th century
born to a mex father and a mex American mother sandra spend her childhood shuttling between Chicago and Mexico city, she sought refuge in reading and writing whilst struggling to fin dher identity
although her family was not well off cisneros managed to attend the prestigious writers workshop of Iowa her first novel the autobiographical the house
alfred lord tennyson
victorian era poet
19th century
in an age where poets were often celebrities, lord tennyson garnered quite the reputation. named englands poet laureate (that is, poet for the royals) he often wrote patriotic verse and poems drawn from history and legend
shakespear
Elizabethan era playwright and poet
17th century
