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  2. Samuel Johnson - Wikipedia

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    In his later life Johnson became a celebrity, [5] and following his death he was increasingly seen to have had a lasting effect on literary criticism, even being claimed to be the one truly great critic of English literature. [6] A prevailing mode of literary theory in the 20th century drew from his views, [7] and he had a lasting impact on ...

  3. 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People - AOL

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    Walk down Reader's Digest memory lane with these quotes from famous people throughout the decades. The post 100 of the Best Quotes from Famous People appeared first on Reader's Digest.

  4. List of works based on dreams - Wikipedia

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    In a tweet from July 2024, Drew Daniel of electronic music duo Matmos described a fictional music genre he encountered in a dream entitled "hit em". Recounted to him by a nondescript woman in the dream, the genre is a type of electronic music "with super crunched out sounds" in a 5/4 time signature with a tempo of 212 beats per minute.

  5. Sonnet 43 - Wikipedia

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    Line 4 has received a number of broadly similar interpretations. Edward Dowden has "darkly bright" as "illumined, though closed"; he glosses the rest of the line "clearly directed in the darkness." Sidney Lee has the line "guided in the dark by the brightness of your shadow," while George Wyndham prefers "In the dark they heed that on which ...

  6. Portal:Literature/Quotes - Wikipedia

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    Books say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books.

  7. Poems by Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia

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    "A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe "A Dream" is a lyric poem that first appeared without a title in Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. The narrator's "dream of joy departed" causes him to compare and contrast dream and "broken-hearted" reality. Its title was attached when it was published in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems in 1829.

  8. Dick and Jane - Wikipedia

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    3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), a sitcom revolving around a man named Dick Solomon, often has episode titles based on book/movie titles or popular sayings, sometimes with the names of the show's characters added in. Dick and Jane are the source for a number of these - e.g., "See Dick Run," "See Dick Continue to Run," "Fun with Dick and ...

  9. The Pearl (novella) - Wikipedia

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    The Pearl is often used to teach students about literature and is also used to discuss important lessons about life. Many believe the book is the easiest of Steinbeck's books to teach because the lessons are simple, yet significant, [ 12 ] so, generally, students in middle school or early high school study this novel. [ 13 ]