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1 day ago · Maya Angelou (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ə l oʊ / ⓘ AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
1 day ago · The fourth aim, namely, salvation (moksha) has been omitted from being dealt with as the fourth book since it does not lend itself to didactic treatment, but is implicit in the last five chapters of Book I. The components of aṟam, poruḷ and inbam encompasses both the agam and puram genres of the Tamil literary tradition as explained in the ...
1 day ago · C. W. A. Scott's Book: The Life and Mildenhall-Melbourne Flight of C.W.A. Scott: 1934 Beirne Lay Jr. I Wanted Wings: 1937 Frank Glasgow Tinker: Some Still Live: 1938 Louise Thaden: High, Wide and Frightened: 1938 Igor Sikorsky: The Story of the Winged-S: 1939 Richard Hillary: The Last Enemy: 1940 Beryl Markham: West with the Night: 1942 Ted W ...
1 day ago · Definitions Definitions of literature have varied over time. In Western Europe, prior to the 18th century, literature denoted all books and writing. Literature can be seen as returning to older, more inclusive notions, so that cultural studies, for instance, include, in addition to canonical works, popular and minority genres. The word is also used in reference to non-written works: to "oral ...
1 day ago · The Baroque ( UK: / bəˈrɒk / bə-ROK, US: /- ˈroʊk / -ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) or Baroquism [1] is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. [2] It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past ...
1 day ago · John ("Happy Endings"), shoots himself in plot C. Iron John ( Avengers Grimm ), collapses a parking garage on himself. John the Savage ( Brave New World ), hangs himself. [22] Johnny ( The Room ), shoots himself. Frank Johnson ( The Return of the Living Dead ), incinerates himself before he turns into a zombie.
1 hour ago · The National Book Award for Fiction is one of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens. Since 1987, the awards have been administered and presented by the National Book Foundation, but they are awards "by writers to writers." [1] The panelists are five "writers who are known to be ...
