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August 24/25 – Libraries of the University of Strasbourg and the City of Strasbourg at Temple Neuf are destroyed by fire during the Siege of Strasbourg in the Franco-Prussian War, resulting in the loss of 3,446 medieval manuscripts, including the original 12th-century Hortus deliciarum compiled by Herrad of Landsberg, the Apologist codex ...
Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes. In 1998 Modern Library, an American publishing company, polled its editorial board to find the best 100 novels of the 20th century: Modern Library 100 Best Novels. These attempts have been criticized for their ...
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004), writer and university professor; Eduardo Varas – novelist and journalist; Efraín Jara Idrovo – poet and writer; Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973), novelist, journalist, poet; Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño – poet; Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795), writer and lawyer; Euler Granda (1935–2018), poet, novelist
Rogelia León (1828–1870) Antonio Machado (1875–1936) Manuel Machado (1874–1947) Jorge Manrique (1440–1479) Juan L. Ortiz; Emilio Prados (1899–1962) Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645) Pedro Salinas (1892–1951) Francisco Sánchez Barbero (1764–1819) Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536) Lope de Vega (1562–1635) Esteban Manuel de ...
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The Ring and the Book, Volumes 1 and 2 this year; a total of 12 books and over 21,000 lines published this year and in 1869 [3] George Eliot ( pen name of Mary Ann Evans), The Spanish Gypsy [ 3 ] William Morris , The Earthly Paradise , Parts 1 and 2 (Part 3 1869 [although dated 1870], Part 4 1870 ; complete work in 10 volumes 1872 ) [ 3 ]
The 1920s were a period of literary creativity, and works of several notable authors appeared during the period. D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was a scandal at the time because of its explicit descriptions of sex. James Joyce's novel, Ulysses, published in 1922 in Paris, was one of the most important achievements of literary ...