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Narrative exposition, now often simply exposition, is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative.This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc. [1] In literature, exposition appears in the form of expository writing embedded within the narrative.
The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. [4] As of 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 121 individuals. [5] 18 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the second highest number of any of the Nobel Prizes behind the Nobel Peace Prize.
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
Hans Christian Andersen, "The Fir-Tree"; Truman Capote, "A Christmas Memory" (published in Mademoiselle); John Cheever, "Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor"; Agatha Christie, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
"Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Chekhov renounced the theatre after the reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Konstantin Stanislavski 's Moscow Art Theatre , which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays ...
October 30 – Samuel Ayscough, English librarian and indexer (born 1745) [8] November 5 – Betje Wolff, Dutch novelist (born 1738) November 23 – Richard Graves, English poet and novelist (born 1715) December 9 – Wilhelm Abraham Teller, German theologian (born 1734) December – John Boydell, English Shakespeare illustrator and engraver ...
December is the twelfth and final month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. December, from the Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry. December's name derives from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC, which began in March ...
Dickens was not the first author to celebrate the Christmas season in literature. [11] Among earlier authors who influenced Dickens was Washington Irving, whose 1819–20 work The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. included four essays on old English Christmas traditions that he experienced while staying at Aston Hall near Birmingham. [12]