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February 28, 2017

Quotations by Nathaniel Hawthorne

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) WAS AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY WRITER AND ROMANCE NOVELIST. “Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.” ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet...

February 25, 2017

Lingua Franca

Definition Lingua Franca is an auxiliary language, generally of a hybrid and partially developed nature, which is employed over an extensive area by people speaking different and mutually unintelligible tongues in order to communicate with one another. Holmes (1997:86) writes that ‘the term lingua...

February 24, 2017

Different Forms of Plagiarism

Definition Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone else’s creative work without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism could be committed either intentionally or unintentionally. Regardless of how it occurs, plagiarism is a serious offence and is devoid of ethics. Etymology The term plagiarism...

February 21, 2017

Quotations by Edgar Allan Poe

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809 –1849), AN AMERICAN SHORT STORY WRITER, EDITOR, AND LITERARY CRITIC. “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” ~ Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial “Beauty of...

February 19, 2017

Quotations by Sylvia Plath

SYLVIA PLATH (1932-1963), 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN POET AND NOVELIST. “Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.” ~ Sylvia Plath,...

February 18, 2017

Quotations by Earnest Hemingway

EARNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961), NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AMERICAN AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST. “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.” ~ Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women “There is no lonelier man in death, except...

February 14, 2017

Quotations by Emily Dickinson

EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1986), AN AMERICAN POET. “Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me – The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.” ~ Emily Dickinson, Because I could not stop for Death (479) “I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When...

February 10, 2017

Quotations by W. H. Auden

W.H. AUDEN (1907-1973), AN ENGLISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT WHOSE STYLE AND TECHNICAL SKILL EXERTED MAJOR INFLUENCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY POETICS. “Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the...

February 9, 2017

Quotations by Dylan Thomas

DYLAN THOMAS (1914 –1953), 20TH CENTURY WELSH POET AND WRITER, NOTED FOR HIS MUSICAL VERSE AND BOHEMIAN LIFESTYLE. “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” ~ Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night “Venus...

February 8, 2017

Quotations by Toni Morrison

TONI MORRISON (FEBRUARY 18, 1931) IS A LEADING AMERICAN NOVELIST, EDITOR, AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. SHE WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1993. “We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.” ~ Toni Morrison, The...

February 7, 2017

Circe

Circe (also called Kirke), in Greek mythology is a minor goddess of magic, or sometimes, a sorceress or witch. Circe is the Latinized spelling of the original Greek Kirkê, which derives from the verb kirkoô meaning “to hoop around with rings” and “to encircle,” in Circe’s case which may refer to...

February 5, 2017

Quotations by Saul Below

SAUL BELLOW (1915-2005), CANADIAN-BORN AMERICAN AUTHOR OF FICTION AND ESSAYS, AND THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE. “We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.” ~ Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain...

February 3, 2017

Quotations by W.B. Yeats

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (1865-1939), 2OTH CENTURY IRISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT “Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet.” ~ W.B. Yeats, The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us...

February 1, 2017

Alexander Pope Quick Facts

Alexander Pope A prominent English poet and satirist of the 18th century. Profile Birth Name: Alexander Pope Date of Birth: May 21, 1688 Place of Birth: London, United Kingdom Zodiac Sign: Gemini Death: May 30, 1744 Place of Death: Twickenham, United Kingdom Cause of Death: Tuberculosis Ethnicity:...