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A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I.First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.
The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in the 15th century 'St Albans Chronicle' by Thomas Walsingham. The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play Henry V, Act IV Scene iii(3) 18–67.
Sur les femmes (Essay on Women) is an essay by Denis Diderot published in Correspondance littéraire in 1772. [1] It contains a response to Antoine Léonard Thomas 's Essay on the Character, Morals, and Mind of Women in Different Centuries , which was also published in 1772, and includes Diderot's own views on the subject.
From activists like Milk and Rivera to famous figures like Elton John and Miley Cyrus, here are 60 inspiring Pride Month quotes from LGBTQ+ celebrities, writers, thought leaders, and allies. Pride ...
"Love means never having to say you're sorry" is a catchphrase based on a line from the Erich Segal novel Love Story and was popularized by its 1970 film adaptation starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. The line is spoken twice in the film: once in the middle of the film, by Jennifer Cavalleri (MacGraw's character), when Oliver Barrett (O'Neal ...
Below is a bibliography of published works written by Dutch-born Catholic priest Henri Nouwen.The works are listed under each category by year of publication. This includes 42 books, four of which were published posthumously, along with 51 articles and 4 chapters which are lists in process.
Here he learned French, which became his second language – although he always spoke it with a German accent. He also acquired a lifelong love for Rhenish folklore. [6] In 1814 Heine went to a business school in Düsseldorf where he learned to read English, the commercial language of the time. [7]
Lyric Essay is a literary hybrid that combines elements of poetry, essay, and memoir. [1] The lyric essay is a relatively new form of creative nonfiction. John D’Agata and Deborah Tall published a definition of the lyric essay in the Seneca Review in 1997: "The lyric essay takes from the prose poem in its density and shapeliness, its distillation of ideas and musicality of language."