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The Reivers: A Reminiscence, published in 1962, is the last novel by the American author William Faulkner. It was published a month before his death. It was published a month before his death. The bestselling novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963.
Reivers at Gilnockie Tower in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, from a 19th-century print Notorious raider Walter Scott of Harden's horn, noted in a poem called "The Reiver's Wedding" by Sir Walter Scott. It reads in part: "He took a bugle frae his side,/With names carved o'er and o'er,/Full many a chief of meikle pride,/That Border bugle bore."
The Reivers is a 1962 book by William Faulkner. The Reivers can also refer to: The Reivers (band), an American band; The Reivers (folkband), a Scottish band; The Reivers, a 1969 film based on the Faulkner novel; Border Reivers, raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border between the 13th and 16th centuries
The Reivers (also known as The Yellow Winton Flyer in the U.K.) [3] is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell, based on the 1962 William Faulkner novel The Reivers, a Reminiscence. [4]
William Cowper (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 [2] / 26 November 1731 – 14 April 1800 [2] / 25 April 1800 ()) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
His madrigals include "Weep, weep mine eyes", "Weep, O mine eyes" and "Draw on, sweet night". He also wrote the poem, "Love not me for comely grace". His style is characterized by delicate writing for the voice, acute sensitivity to the text and the use of "false relations" between the major and minor modes.
Hudibras (/ ˈ h j uː d ɪ b r æ s /) [1] is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum , around 1658–60, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660.
MacConnell began writing songs very early in his life. In 1965, [2] he wrote Only Our Rivers Run Free - a song that describes the natural world being damaged by the Irish border and that has been described by Stuart Bailie as "political but not hectoring". [3]