... 28, 1916. His ashes were buried in the James family cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Henry James work was remarkable and outstanding in his lifetime he put out 112 tales, 20 novels, 2 columns of auto biography and part of a third, travel essays and books, 3,000 pages of literary criticism, and 16 plays. Some scholars criticize James works because of its slow development ... short stories and criticism. His first novel was "Roderick Hudson"(1875), a book mainly concentrated on the life of Roderick Hudson and travels to Europe and discovers manners and morals. Other novels that came ...

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... grew up with an alcoholic father and an adoring, intensely ambitious mother. Dissipate all Francis would grow up to be the writer who would sum up the Jazz Era with novels and short stories from 1920 to 1940. Francis" style of writing would be something that took the public by storm with his first novel "This Side of Paradise." F. Scott Fitzgerlad ... life. The search for love in "Winter Dreams" demonstrates Fitzgerald's search for love in his own life. When looking upon Fitzgerald's novels you can see an insight into his own personal life. The shadowy characters that Francis Scott star...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, an early-American writer plagued by the sins of his ancestors, channeled the guilt and shame he felt to write novels and short stories that would earn himself a spot among the most-read and most famous American writers of all time. Hawthorne's great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem Witch Trials, inspired ... Letter in 1850. The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne's master opus, "a genuine native romance" (Whipple, 3) full of subtle terror and particularly appealing remains one of the most well-received American novels. The Scarlet Letter, along with The House of Seven Gables and ...

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... he was a little older he found some stories Donald King, his father, had written with hopes of publication in a trunk along with some hopefull rejection slips and some Horror fiction novels. Soon he would have rejection slips of his own. King actually began his writing career in1959 when he and his brother decided to publish their own newspaper they called Dave ... rejection slips. In 1971 Stephen got a job teaching at Hamden Public High School in Maine wher he made $6,400 a year. He still managed to produce many short stories and even novels, though none were accepted for publication u...

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... mystery writer who wanted to share her fascination with abnormal behaviour and the psychology of guilt. She explored genres such as fantasy, horror, and comedy through novels and volumes of short stories. Several of her novels were inspiration for well-known films. Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train was one film based on Tom Ripley, Highsmith's series character. As a child, Highsmith grew up ... . Ripley. Anthony Minghella directed the latest film based on this mysterious story in 1999, which starred Matt Damon as the peculiar and conniving Tom Ripley. Ripley appears in many other n...

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... Dr. Mandalet in Kate's controversial book The Awakening. Having discovered that she liked Maupassant and his style of writing, Kate threw herself into writing her own essays, short stories and novels. She drew on her strong sense of feminine independence and free will, and her experiences with the people and places of New Orleans and Louisiana, for her writing. She was ... heavily influenced subconsciously by all the deaths in her life, and often had femme fatales, suicides and socially shocking themes as the basis for her novels. Kate Chopin was thirty nine when she published her first...

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... of short stories entitled, In Our Time. In 1926 he signed a contract with Scribners and published Torrents of Spring and The Sun Also Rises Which was one of his best novels (A Storyteller's Legacy). In 1927 Hemingway published a short story collection, Men Without Women. In that year he divorced Hadley Richardson and married Pauline Pfieffer. In 1928 they moved to Key ... published and his father Clarence Hemmingway committed suicide (Resource Center). In addition to personal experience with war and death, Hemingway's widespread travel, hunting and other sports provided material for his ...

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... , male and female (Saxton 5). In Louisa's later writings she covered many new themes. In the adult, or later, writings it was pulp fiction that features racy heroines and serious adult novels with proto-feminist themes. Murder, insanity, thwarted passion, drug addiction, femme fatales are some themes used in these writings. Even though no one associated the themes with Louisa she did ... use them (MacDonald 19). Works and Moods were two adult books that Louisa attempted. The two novels themes covered sacrifices and disappointments. "Another main theme in Alcott's writing in the value of ...

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... of various themes has helped him to gain poetic notoriety. His subjects, including nature and social topics, usually relate to India. Besides poetry, Mr. Kipling's attempt at short stories and novels has been successful as well. Rudyard Kipling's works are greatly known for their sociological references, use of language, and influences from India. Many of Kipling's verses teem with political references ... for Literature. Despite severe diatribe for his controversial ,imperialistic, and somewhat racist poetry, Kipling managed to surprise readers with his variously different works. Even ...

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... , male and female (Saxton 5). In Louisa's later writings she covered many new themes. In the adult, or later, writings it was pulp fiction that features racy heroines and serious adult novels with proto-feminist themes. Murder, insanity, thwarted passion, drug addiction, femme fatales are some themes used in these writings. Even though no one associated the themes with Louisa she did ... use them (MacDonald 19). Works and Moods were two adult books that Louisa attempted. The two novels themes covered sacrifices and disappointments. "Another main theme in Alcott's writing in the value of ...

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There are many connections between Ernest Hemingway's life and his literary works, starting with his short stories all the way up to his most famous novels. The Nick Adams stories are short stories that tell the story of Ernest Hemingway's life. These stories consist of many things, from camping with his father, to witnessing his first ... commonly said is, "Hemingway used to be that he had wandered too far from his roots, his traditions, and had gotten lost" (Espershade, J. Thomas 258). Ernest Hemingway wrote really good novels and short stories. Two of the most striking facts that have bee...

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... . The success of Fitzgerald's novel impressed Zelda Sayre and within one week, they were married. (Bruccoli 253-67) Fitzgerald was not among the highest-paid writers of his time; his novels earned comparatively little, and most of his income came from 160 magazine stories. During the 1920s his income from all sources averaged under $25,000 a year, which was good money ... , Fitzgerald's numerous short stories were collected into his first anthology, Flappers and Philosophers. He would continue to write short stories, mainly for the Saturday Evening Post, and working on his novels. Zelda g...

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... personal physician, Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer. Dr. Kolbenheyer gave Kate the idea to begin writing. Her first published work is "If It Might Be", which was published in 1889. Kate wrote novels, poetry, and short stories. She wrote a total of twenty-nine pieces of literature. She wrote twenty pieces of fiction, three short stories, and six ... novels. Some of her works are, "If It Might Be" published in 1889, "A Point at Issue" published in 1889, Story of an Hour published in 1894, A Night in Acadie published in ... ...

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... , and Walt Whitman as his influences, which helped him make him known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his work with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in ... , and language itself. Langston Hughes died from complications from prostate cancer on May 22, 1967 in New York. He left an enormous body of work that included poems, short stories, novels, songs, plays, operettas, biographies, and histories. He wrote poe...

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... can see that there was significant difference in the style of writing and sophistication. I still feel that it's not that late and I should start reading but I"m not attracted to reading novels or short stories. I rather read business documents, magazines, or anything that has to deal with business. If I can go back in time, I would definitely learn to appreciate reading and perhaps ... an earlier age so that they can achieve higher than I would ever have. My future goal will be to learn to read not only magazines and newspapers but to appreciate novels and short stories, since they als...

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... writing a. Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Carl Sandburg were his primary influences b. Began writing creatively while still a boy 1. Contributed to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's IV. Short Stories and Novels a. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry and plays 1. He wrote the acclaimed poem" The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in 1921 b. Known for engagement with the world of jazz 1. This influenced the writing ... ...

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... at 7 PM. Baxter is currently an adjunct professor of English at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor after working at Wayne State University, Detroit, for several years. Baxter has published four novels and an equal number of short story books along with three poetry collections and a collection of essays on fiction, and is the editor of a collection of essays concerning memory. Baxter ... -- the rarest of compliments -- wise." As an ordinary writer struggling to come up with new ideas, he had almost given up writing after a series of rejections for his first three novels when he decided to...

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... left without a degree. He journeyed to New York to pursue his writing career. However he was unsuccessful in getting his work published so he returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories John Steinbeck first became well known after the novel "Tortilla Flat" (1935). This was a turning point in Steinbeck's writing career. In WW2 he served as a correspondent for ... New York Tribune. Steinbeck's later writings were combined with entertainment, journalism and experiences from WW2. Steinbeck died in New York in 1968 of arteriosclerosis. He was 66 years old. Ten Nove...

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... lived right through the peak of Romanticism, a literary period that derived from the European enlightenment and focused on themes such as nature, the supernatural, human psychology, and heroism ("Romanticism"). Hawthorne's novels and stories demonstrate many of these themes; however he is often considered to be more of a "Dark Romantic" due to the morbid style present through his work. Hawthorne ... ...

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... a son but the marriage ended in a divorce. After the divorce, she decided to move to Botswana, where she began a new life. In Botswana, she began writing short stories and eventually novels. In her stories, she describes many of her personal experiences. Her writings describe things she encountered in her - being interracial, growing up in a segregated society and not fully understanding or ... ...

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J.D. Salinger has a very unique personality and lifestyle. His novels are as unusual as one will ever see. His novel The Catcher in the Rye was and is a national success. A novel of a seventeen year old boy who doesn't know his ... ...

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... understood how to use the media to market his self-created image of a once poor boy to now famous writer"(biography of Jack London). He left over fifty books of novels, stories, journalism, and essays. London was born in San Francisco to an unmarried mother, Flora Wellman. His father may have been William Chaney, a journalist, and lawyer. Because Flora was ill ... ...

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... this, Fitzgerald assumed his career writing short stories for magazines. Throughout his life, Francis would fall back on this career when he was hard-pressed or unsuccessful in writing his novels. Fitzgerald made well above income, though none of this wealth actually stuck with him. Francis lacked the ability to manage his finances. When Zelda became pregnant, they took their first ... ...

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... understood how to use the media to market his self-created image of a once poor boy to now famous writer"(biography of Jack London). He left over fifty books of novels, stories, journalism, and essays. London was born in San Francisco to an unmarried mother, Flora Wellman. His father may have been William Chaney, a journalist, and lawyer. Because Flora was ill ... ...

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... until his death more than fifty years later. He wrote and published an enormous amount of poetry and critical prose, several books of short stories, a number of plays, and four novels, all while pursuing a full-time practice as a medical doctor. William Carlos Williams was born on September 17, 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey. Like Chekhov, he studied medicine and became a country ... ...

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