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Webster's life is obscure, but he was born in 1578 or 1579 as the son of a cartmaker in Smithfield, London. His interest in theatre may have been sparked when his father was hired to make wagons for city pageants. John Webster - Early collaborations. Webster probably studied at the Merchant Taylor's School, before going on to the law schools at the Middle Temple. However, by 1602 he was working with teams of playwrights on history plays, most of which were never printed. These included a tragedy Caesar' ...

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The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France, and subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce (hence Havre de Grace, Maryland). Le Havre simply means the harbour or the port. Its construction was ordered to replace the ancient harbours of Honfleur and Harfleur whose utility had decreased due to silting. The history of the city is inextricably linked to its harbour. In the 18th century, as trade from the West Indies was added to that of France and Europe, Le Havre began to grow. During the 19th cent ...

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Le Havre, Le Havre - Administration, Le Havre - Geography, Le Havre - History, Le Havre - Points of interest, Le Havre - Churches, Le Havre - Museums, Le Havre - Others, Le Havre - Transportation, Le Havre - Miscellaneous, Le Havre - Twin towns, Le Havre - Births

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List of polymaths - A to J. Jeremy Bentham, jurist, inventor, philosopher, mathematician, economist, and political commentator William Blake, poet, painter, engraver, visionary mystic Alexander Borodin, composer and chemist Rudjer Boscovich, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, and poet Sir Richard Francis Burton, explorer, linguist, anthropologist, diplomat and swordsman Sir George Cayley, naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, invento ...

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List of polymaths, List of polymaths - Ancient and mediæval, List of polymaths - Renaissance, List of polymaths - Enlightenment and early post-Enlightenment, List of polymaths - A to J, List of polymaths - K to S, List of polymaths - T to Z, List of polymaths - Contemporary, List of polymaths - A to D, List of polymaths - E to K, List of polymaths - L to R, List of polymaths - S to Z, List of polymaths - Legendary/Culture Heroes

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List of vegans - Actors. Alicia Silverstone [1] Betty White [2] Casey Affleck (actor) [3] Joaquin Phoenix (actor) [4] Leonard Gregory (Played Dt. Sgt. West in EastEnders) [5] Lindsay Wagner (actress, The Bionic Woman) [6] Spice Williams (actress) [7] Woody Harrelson (Bartender on "Cheers!", star o ...

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List of vegans, List of vegans - People, List of vegans - Actors, List of vegans - Singers, List of vegans - Authors, List of vegans - Politicians, List of vegans - Athletes, List of vegans - Other, List of vegans - Bands

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According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were invented by a slave named Aesop who lived in Ancient Greece during the 6th century BC. While some suggested that Aesop did not actually exist, and that the fables attributed to him are folktales of unknown origins, Aesop was indeed mentioned in several other Ancient Greek works – Aristophanes, in his comedy The Wasps, represented the protagonist Philocleon as having learnt the "absurdities" of Aesop from conversation at banquets; Plato wrote in Phaedo that Socrates w ...

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Asnyk came from a noble family. He studied at the Institute for Farming and Forestry in Marymont (1856), at the Medical-Surgical Academy in Warsaw (1857-59) as well as at the universities in Wrocław (1859-60), Paris (1861) and Heidelberg (1861-62). He took part in the conspiratorial movement and in the January Uprising (!863/1864); during the years 1864-67 he lived abroad. In 1866 he obtained a doctorate in philosophy in Heidelberg. After returning to his country he lived in Lwów, and from 1870 in Kraków. From January 1882 he was the edit ...

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Adam Asnyk, Adam Asnyk - Biography, Adam Asnyk - Works

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Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics at Rostov State University, while at the same time taking correspondence courses from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History. During World War II, he served as the commander of an artillery position finding company in the Soviet Army, was involved in major action at the front, and was twice decorated. In February 1945 he was arrested for criticising Stalin in private correspondence with a friend and sentenced to an eight-year term ...

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The creation of the Commonwealth by the Union of Lublin in 1569 was one of the signal achievements of Sigismund II Augustus, last king of the Jagiellon dynasty. His death in 1572 was followed by a three-year interregnum during which adjustments were made to the constitutional system that effectively increased the power of the nobility (the szlachta) and established a truly elective monarchy. The Commonwealth reached its Golden Age in the first half of the 17th century. Its powerful parliament (the Sejm) was dominated by nobles ...

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Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - History, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - State organization and politics, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Commonwealth military, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Golden Liberty, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - The political players, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Shortcomings of the Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Late reforms, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Economy, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Culture, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Szlachta and Sarmatism, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Demographics and religion, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Provinces and geography, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Voivodships of the Commonwealth

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There are many different forms of misogyny. In its most overt expression, a misogynist will openly hate all women simply because they are female. Some sexual predators may fall into this category. Other forms of misogyny may be more subtle. Some misogynists may simply be prejudiced against all women, or may hate women who don't fall into one or more acceptable categories. Entire cultures may be said to be misogynist if they treat women in ways that can be seen as harmful. Examples include forcing women to tend to all domestic responsi ...

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Misogyny, Misogyny - Forms of misogyny, Misogyny - Misogyny in philosophy and religion, Misogyny - Misogyny in language, Misogyny - Misogyny in culture, Misogyny - Further readings

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Claudel was always a controversial figure during his lifetime, and remains so today. His devout Catholicism and his right-wing political views, both unfashionable stances among many of his intellectual peers, made him, and continue to make him, unpopular in many circles. His address of a poem ("Paroles au Marechal", "Words to the Marshal") to Marshal Petain after the defeat of France in 1940, commending Petain for picking up and salvaging France's broken, wounded body, has been unflatteringly remembered, though it is less a paean to Petain t ...

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Paul Claudel, Paul Claudel - Life, Paul Claudel - Work, Paul Claudel - Reputation, Paul Claudel - Bibliography

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A difficult allegorical poem is his earliest extant work; an elegy on the death of Prince Henry, son of James I of England, is the latest. The two plays on which his fame rests, The Revenger's Tragedy and The Atheist's Tragedy were published respectively in 1607 and 1611, but all students have agreed to accept the internal evidence which assures us that the later in date of publication must be the earlier in date of composition. The Revenger's Tragedy was published anonymously and the attribution to Tourneur was made in a 1650s booklist. There is strong external and internal evidence that this attribution is a mistake ...

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Cyril Tourneur, Cyril Tourneur - Life, Cyril Tourneur - Writings, Cyril Tourneur - Bibliography

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Lethe: or, Esop in the Shades (1740) The Lying Valet (1741) Miss in Her Teens; or, The Medley of Lovers (1747) Lilliput (1756) The Male Coquette; or, Seventeen Fifty Seven (1757) The Guardian (1759) Harlequin's Invasion (1759) The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic (1760) The Farmer's Return from London (1762) The Clandestine Marriage (1766) Neck or Nothing (1766) Cymon (1767) Linco's Travels (1767) A Peep Behind the Curtain, or The New Rehearsal (1767) The Jubile ...

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David Garrick, David Garrick - Major Works, David Garrick - External link

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He travelled in France and Italy, and coming home took part in the Bishops Wars against the Scots. He returned to Ireland on the outbreak of the rebellion in 1641 and fought with his brothers against the Irish rebels at the battle of Liscarroll in September 1642. However, Boyle and the English in Ireland were left vulnerable by the outbreak of the English Civil War. Although initially under the command of the Royalist marquis of Ormonde (later James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde), Lord Broghill consented to serve under the parliamentary commis ...

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Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - A Colonial Upbringing, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - Rebellion and Civil War, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - Restoration, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - Boyle's Writings, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - Authorities, Roger Boyle 1st Earl of Orrery - Reference

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In the past called Briovère (meaning "Bridge on the Vire River" in Gaulish), the city is built on, and around ramparts. The name "Saint-Lô" originates from Saint Laud, bishop of Coutances in the 6th century. Due to the city being a strategic crossroad, Saint-Lô was almost totally destroyed (95% according to common estimates) during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, earning the nickname of the Capital of the Ruins; it was even actually questioned whether to rebuild it or to leave the ruins ...

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Saint-Lô, Saint-Lô - Administration, Saint-Lô - History, Saint-Lô - Geography, Saint-Lô - Sights, Saint-Lô - Miscellaneous, Saint-Lô - Births, Saint-Lô - Twin towns, Saint-Lô - External link

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Born into a Welsh family living in Cheshire in 1893, Lewis was studying English and French at Liverpool University when the First World War broke out. After serving as an officer with the South Wales Borderers he returned to university to graduate in English. In 1922 he was appointed as a lecturer in Welsh at the University College of Wales, Swansea. During his time at Swansea he produced some of his most exciting works of literary criticism: A School of Welsh Augustans (1924), Williams Pantycelyn (1927), and Braslun o hanes llenyddiaeth Gymraeg (=An outli ...

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Saunders Lewis, Saunders Lewis - Life, Saunders Lewis - Literary activity, Saunders Lewis - Works in English and translations, Saunders Lewis - Sources

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Poetry dominates Tagore's literary reputation, but he also wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues, and drama. In addition to these, he wrote numerous songs and composed music for all of them himself. Of Tagore's prose, perhaps most highly regarded are his short stories. He is credited with developing Bangla short story writing. His short stories are written in a prose that is rhythmic, ...

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Rabindranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore - Early life 1861–1901, Rabindranath Tagore - Late life 1901–1941, Rabindranath Tagore - Works, Rabindranath Tagore - Politics, Rabindranath Tagore - Impact, Rabindranath Tagore - Partial bibliography, Rabindranath Tagore - Notes

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Pirandello's art arises out of a climate of profound historical and cultural disappointment. The wound cause by the betrayal of Il Risorgimento was never definitively healed in the soul of the writer. He added to a sense of diffuse disillusionment in Italy at the end of the 19th century a southern disdain for the politics of the newly united Italy with regard to the problems of the south. Pirandello adapted the title of a discourse by F. Brunetière La Banqueroute de science to describe this attitude which he felt toward the Ri ...

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Luigi Pirandello, Luigi Pirandello - Biography, Luigi Pirandello - The Novels, Luigi Pirandello - Works

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As with other writers of the period, such as Shakespeare, little is known about Marlowe. Most of the evidence is legal records and other official documents that tell us little about him. This hasn't stopped writers of both fiction and non-fiction speculating about his activities and character. Marlowe has often been regarded as a spy, a brawler, a heretic, and a homosexual. The evidence for some of these claims is slight. The bare facts of Marlowe's life have been embellished by many writers into colourful, and often fanciful, narratives of the Elizabethan underworld. See also:

Christopher Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe - Background, Christopher Marlowe - Literary career, Christopher Marlowe - The Marlowe legend, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the spy, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the brawler, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe the atheist, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's sexuality, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's death, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe's reputation among contemporary writers, Christopher Marlowe - Marlowe controversies in the twentieth century, Christopher Marlowe - Works, Christopher Marlowe - Plays, Christopher Marlowe - Poetry, Christopher Marlowe - Additional reading

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After Philip Henslowe's death in 1616 Massinger and Fletcher began to write for the King's Men. Between 1623 and 1626 Massinger produced unaided for the Lady Elizabeth's Men, then playing at the Cockpit, three pieces, The Parliament of Love, The Bondman and The Renegado. With the exception of these plays and The Great Duke of Florence, produced in 1627 by the Queen's servants, Massinger continued to write regularly for the King's Men until his death. The tone of the dedications of his later plays affords evidence ...

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His major work was a series of ten novels under the umbrella title Alms for Oblivion. The novels cover the period 1945 to 1973 and centre on a group of upper and upper middle class characters. They can be considered a novel sequence, if a somewhat loosely structured one. The early novels are robust satires of the English upper set of the mid 1950s, but the later tend to a more detached and philosophical tone. The titles in Alms for Oblivion are: The Rich Pay Late (1964) Friends in L ...

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Simon Raven, Simon Raven - Novels, Simon Raven - Drama, Simon Raven - Reference, Simon Raven - External link

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Solzhenitsyn studied mathematics at Rostov State University, while at the same time taking correspondence courses from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History. During World War II, he served as the commander of an artillery position finding company in the Soviet Army, was involved in major action at the front, and was twice decorated. In February 1945 while serving in East Prussia he was arrested for criticising Joseph Stalin in private correspondence with a friend and sentenced to an eight-year term ...

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Gombrowicz was born as the youngest of four children of Jan and Antonina (née Kotkowska), in a rather wealthy noble family. In 1911 his family moved to Warsaw. After completing his education at the Saint Stanislaus Kostka's Gymnasium he studied law at Warsaw University from 1926 to 1932 and philosophy and economics in Paris. During his studies he was involved in Warsaw cultural life, arguing with young writers and intellectuals in the then-famous Ziemiańska and Zodiak cafés. In 1933, Gombrowicz published a collection of short stories titl ...

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Witold Gombrowicz, Witold Gombrowicz - Biography, Witold Gombrowicz - Style, Witold Gombrowicz - Most famous works, Witold Gombrowicz - Translations

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