Articles related to "Samuel Taylor"

Brief biography and works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pioneer of the English Romantic movement in poetry.

The irreverent piece, "The Hymn of a Fat Woman," puts on display the cluelessnes of a speaker who tries to excuse her own corpulence by demeaning slim women saints.

While mentioning summer, William Blake's "The Schoolboy" is not really a poem that focuses on summer, but a lament of a youngster who simply hates to attend school.

A colorful, hardy annual, Calendula is used as saffron in cooking. This sunny flower has healing antiseptic properties. It is used for decorating Hindu temples.

Man's biography while loosely written tells the fascinating story of Mongol King Kublai Khan who did much to shape the modern world but especially China and Asia

The Roxy Theatre stage must be like a second home to Tom Albrecht - asked in 2007 by Owen Sound Little Theatre director Michael Rea to play the title role in Hamlet.

Albatrosses are large seabirds best known to those who spend a lot of time at sea south of the equator or in the North Pacific.

Brief biography and works of William Wordsworth, England's Poet Laureate, known for his epic poem The Prelude.

From the 18th century to the present day, Gothic fiction has fascinated and terrified. This introduction explains the origins of the genre and its popular conventions.

Mary Darby Robinson (1752-1800) was one of the most prolific and well-known writers of the Romantic era (1789-1819). She wrote poetry, plays, novels, and essays.

Gothic architecture in Europe and Great Britain grew out the Crusades. The rounded arches in churches soon evolved to the strong arch and Gothic style was born.

Brief biography of Charles Lamb, English writer best known for essays.

A school for poor children established in London in 1552 was more closely associated with the American colonies than any other English educational institution.

Continuing the guide to the "musts" of the poetry, prose, and plays of eighteenth and nineteenth century British writers and their works...

Two universities, each subdivided into many colleges - spire inspirations for many writers and works of fantasy...fatal, freakish, and fairytale stories from Oxbridge.

Romantic literature focuses on nature, emotion, love and fear. Romantic writers include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Wordsworth, Mary Shelly and Emily Bronte.

In answering the question, "where does creative imagination come from?", many would answer: "from within".

The Devil Kissed Her by Kathy Watson is the story of Mary Lamb authoress and mad woman.

Why writing for screen isn't like writing poetry, but how basic principles poets live by can further develop and facilitate writing dramatic and powerful action

Albatrosses were immortalized by Coleridge in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. People on land usually don't see these beautiful seabirds.

Brief biography of William Hazlitt, one of the greatest English writers of essays, famous for Characters of Shakespeare's Plays and Life of Napoleon.

William Wordsworth spent most of his life in the English Lake District. Visit the houses in which he lived, and the places which inspired him on this literary tour.

There is a long song in every Iron Maiden album; the tracks are kind of rock opera with epic lyrics and music.

A strange gathering of intellectual luminaries during one "haunted summer" produced one of literature's most enduring creations.

In this controversial and popular interpretation, naive Christabel's blossoming sexuality is opened up by Geraldine, a beautiful woman she meets beneath a tree.

Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Greenfield, MA are part of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1897-1898 report to Congress.

In order to create believable characters, settings, and events, best-selling fiction writers employ several tried-and-true techniques.

Show explores who we are and what makes us unique. Display outlines the lives and achievements of nine people whose experience has influenced the study of human identity.

Ramses II of Egypt was taller than any other Pharaoh, reigned longer, lived longer, and sired more children. He was truly deserving of his title "The Great."

Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Bernardston, MA are part of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1897-1898 report to Congress.