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Apocalyptic literature – details the authors' visions of the end times as revealed by an angel or other heavenly messenger. [18] Bildungsroman – "coming of age" story. The German word "Bildung" can mean both "education" and "self-development." Crime fiction. Campus murder mystery; Historical fiction. Biographical novel; Historical romance [19]
Frankétienne (born 1936, Haiti, p/f/d), born Franck Étienne Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894, Austrian E, p) Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790, English N American colonies/US, nf)
A large number of authors choose to use some form of initials in their name when it appears in their literary work. This includes some of the most famous authors of the 20th century – D. H. Lawrence, J. D. Salinger, T. S. Eliot, J. R. R. Tolkien, etc. – and also a host of lesser-known writers.
The Movement was a group of English writers including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, Donald Alfred Davie, D. J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings and Robert Conquest. Their tone is anti-romantic and rational. [76] The connection between the poets was described as "little more than a negative determination to avoid bad principles."
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
St. Loo is a resort town on the south English coast, commonly referred to as the English Riviera and is a setting for several Agatha Christie stories. St. Mary Mead, England Agatha Christie: Miss Marple series An earlier mention of St. Mary Mead exists in the Poirot novel The Mystery of the Blue Train.
From Fenix to Finn, parents looking for boy names that start with "F" having many options, ranging from classic names to unique names, as well as international.
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.