Romantic poet, John Keats was only 25 when he died of tuberculosis, but his work has achieved canonical status. Poet and critic Matthew Arnold said of Keats, ""In the faculty of …
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Poet laureate of England from 1843 until his death in 1850, William Wordsworth is often credited as being one of the founders of English Romanticism. The 1798 joint publication of …
Sylvia Plath's short life and intense poetry continue to draw considerable critical and popular attention. Among her more recognizable works are the poetry collection ""Ariel"" and …
Editor, Harold Bloom cites the literary origins of Gabriel Garcia Marquez as ""Faulkner, crossed by Kafka."" A Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner, Marquez is best known for …
George Orwell wrote many essays and political pamphlets, yet most know him for his fable ""Animal Farm"" and novel ""1984"". The essays in this enhanced ""Bloom's Modern Critical …
Nineteenth-century novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne is a key figure in the development of American literature. ""The Scarlet Letter"" and ""The House of the …
Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Although her work was long ignored, it is now widely studied and praised. Her most famous novel, ""Their Eyes Were …
Prolific author, Stephen King published his first short story, ""I Was a Teenage Grave Robber,"" in ""Comics Review"" in 1965. Though often disparaged by literary critics, his work …
Having true international appeal, James Baldwin was as well known in Istanbul and Paris as he was in Harlem. His reputation was made on incendiary and eloquent essays written and …
