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Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Автор: Kathleen Krull и Kathryn Hewitt
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Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.
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Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
Автор: Kathleen Krull и Kathryn Hewitt
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Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.
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I picked this book up in the children's section of the library, ostensibly to read to my children; however, I found myself completely intrigued as well. The excellent biographical sketches of some famous and influential writers left me wanting to read their full-length biographies.
This is a marvelous introduction to the lives of various writers. Once again, I am intrigued at how Krull manages to dole out just enough information to create more curiousity about her subjects. Leaves you hanging, in a way, wishing for more. I 'm also pleased to see so much diversity, not just in the subjects, but in the elements of time, going back an entire millenium to find worthy subjects.