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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)
Many authors will use quotations from literature as the title for their works. This may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable. The following is a partial list of book titles taken from literature. It does not include phrases altered for parody.
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 ...
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with D ... (1839–1871, Portugal, p/d/f), born Joaquim ... 933, China, nf/f) Du Huan (杜環, fl ...
Shmuel-Bukh (Old Yiddish chivalry romance based on the Biblical book of Samuel) Mlokhim-Bukh (Old Yiddish epic poem based on the Biblical Books of Kings) Book of Dede Korkut (Oghuz Turks) Le Morte d'Arthur (Middle English) Morgante (Italian) by Luigi Pulci (1485), with elements typical of the mock-heroic genre; The Wallace by Blind Harry (Scots ...
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.
Judge Dee – 8th century Chinese fictionalized magistrate with later editions by Robert van Gulik; Popeye Doyle – created by Robin Moore, based on the real Detective Eddie Egan; Harrier "Harry" Du Bois - created by Robert Kurvitz for the video game Disco Elysium. Chosen name may vary depending on the player's choices.
The Romantic movement in English literature of the early 19th century has its roots in 18th-century poetry, the Gothic novel and the novel of sensibility. [6] [7] This includes the pre-Romantic graveyard poets from the 1740s, whose works are characterized by gloomy meditations on mortality, "skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms". [8]