Henry Hart
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A fascinating biography of one of the most popular, colorful, and notorious American poets of our century.
The legendary Southern poet James Dickey never shied away from cultivating a heroic mystique. Like Norman Mailer and Ernest Hemingway, he earned a reputation as a sportsman, boozer, war hero, and womanizer as well as a great poet, novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. But, James Dickey made lying both a literary strategy and a protective camouflage;...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Seamus Heaney: From Pastoral to Politics and Beyond is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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1822
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[iii]-vii, [1], 167, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
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The dramatic epic our volume contains tells of the catastrophic destruction of the second Jewish temple, taking as its theme the siege of rebellious Jerusalem, which fell to the Roman forces in the year 70. An ordained minister who became dean of St. Paul's, Milman (1791-1868) is best known for his scholarly achievements. He translated Sanskrit poetry, and he wrote several important works of religious history, including a "History of the Jews" and...
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2017.
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"The Life of Robert Frost presents a unique and rich approach to the poet that includes original genealogical research concerning Frost's ancestors, and a demonstration of how mental illness plagued the Frost family and heavily influenced Frost's poetry. A widely revealing biography of Frost that discusses his often perplexing journey from humble roots to poetic fame, revealing new details of Frost's life. Takes a unique approach by giving attention...
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Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.





