Essays Tagged: "essayist"

general explanations of Albert Camus's philosophy

n November 7, 1913 in Mandoui, Algeria, Albert Camus earned aworldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Nobel Prize for literature in1957. Though his writings, and in some measure aga ...

(1 pages) 92 2 5.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Disjunction Vs. Rebellion in Raymond Carvers short stories

Raymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very different from some other writers in that he clipped his ...

(15 pages) 124 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Robert Boyle

y a chemist and a physicist as we know him to be, but also an avid theologian, a philanthropist, an essayist, and a beginner in medicine. Born in Lismore, Ireland to Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork, ...

(4 pages) 45 0 3.8 Aug/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Ray Bradbury, A Lifetime of Wonder and Imagination.

rest is history("Bradbury").Ray Bradbury is an accomplished American novelist, short-story writer, essayist,playwright, screenwriter, and poet. His writing style is like none other. Some say he is as ...

(11 pages) 64 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Something Wicked This Way Comes"

he son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. He lives today as an author, essayist, lecturer, playwright, and screenwriter (A Brief).Bradbury spent his early childhood in Wau ...

(7 pages) 25 0 0.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

About American author Ernest Hemingway.

faith. Ernest Miller Hemingway are one of the most famous American novelist, short-story writer and essayist who born in Oak Park, Illinois on 21 July, 1899. He had four marriages and several affairs ...

(4 pages) 92 1 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

BRAVE NEW WORLDAuthorThe English novelist and essayist Aldous Leonard Huxley was born in July 26, 1894 and died Nov. 22, 1963. He was a member of ...

(6 pages) 60 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire).

thor and philosopher Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire. In his lifetime, he was a historian, essayist, playwright, storyteller, poet, philosopher, and wealthy businessman.Voltaire was born on N ...

(4 pages) 38 0 4.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Love of Art.

ut art. Berger (b.1926), known primarily as an author of art criticism and fiction, is also a poet, essayist, translator, playwright and screenwriter. Art, to John Berger, is the most complex and rich ...

(8 pages) 111 0 3.8 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

"Discovery of heaven" Written by the famous Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch in 1992.

nds grootste schrijver,en tevens Nederlands grootste exportproduct, op deze wijze tebeschuldigen?Uw essayist : Daar heb ik, helaas, alle redenen toe.Officier van Justitie: Begin bij het begin!Uw essay ... eeft wel enige stof tot nadenken.Officier van Justitie: Die beledigingen neemt U terug! Allemaal!Uw essayist : Mijn excuses aan de heer Mulisch.Mulisch : Geaccepteerd.Officier van Justitie: Hoezo is h ...

(9 pages) 18 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Wystan Hugh Auden

1907 in York, EnglandDied: September 28, 1973 in Vienna, AustriaEnglish-born American poet, critic, essayist, dramatist, editor, translator, and librettistW. H. Auden is one of the finest poets of the ...

(4 pages) 84 1 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Comparing Walter Benjamin and Susan Sontag

ke photography and cinema. They are not agreed in all discussion points. Like the german writer and essayist, Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) mentioned in his essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanic ...

(4 pages) 60 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Analysis of "Evaluations" and "When Done for Thee" by Alfredo Litiatco

n Litiatco was born on July 9, 1908 in Manila to Kapampangan and Tagalog parents. He was a poet, an essayist, a short story writer, a critic and an editor. He discovered such writers as Ligaya Victori ...

(2 pages) 17 1 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry

How does Mary Shelley convey horror to the reader in 'Frankenstein'?

rtly after her daughter's birth. Her father was William Godwin, a political theorist, novelist, and essayist. He avidly encouraged his daughter's efforts as a young writer by introducing her to eminen ...

(7 pages) 45 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"

Washington Irving was an American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of ...

(4 pages) 110 2 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Washington Irving

American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of ... night! If this could only end!" Irving's major works were published in 1860-61 in 21 volumes.As an essayist Irving was not interested in the meaning of nature like Emerson or self-inspection like Mon ...

(6 pages) 83 1 3.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Discuss how George Orwell uses language techniques to represent power in "Animal Farm."

m of a farmyard barn.George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, a British political novelist and essayist. He was also a socialist but he criticized the right (fascists and capitalists) as freely a ...

(7 pages) 92 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Philosophy of Albert Camus

Albert Camus earned a worldwide reputation as a novelist and essayist and won the Noble Prize for literature in 1957. Through his writings, and in some measure a ...

(1 pages) 28 0 0.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Oscar Wilde "The Birthday of Infanta"

A very famous playwright, novelist, essayist, poet and epigrammatist wrote the story entitled "The Birthday of the Infanta". This story ...

(7 pages) 24 1 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Concerns Jonathon Swift's use of satire in "A Modest Proposal." Describes how in this story caustic wit becomes the means to critique society to a more receptive and entertained audience.

The use of satire or sustained irony is a rhetorical strategy which an essayist may use to disconcert a blasé reader into questioning areas which seem to reveal a c ... ut a tone which is both blunt and direct through the simple vocabulary which he uses. Although both essayists use sustained irony with considerable adeptness, Swift's essay may be considered a finer e ...

(6 pages) 81 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature