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James Brander Matthews (1852-1929) was an American academic, writer, and literary critic. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University in New York. He played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study by academics. His interests ranged from Shakespeare, Molière, and Ibsen to French boulevard comedies, folk theater, and the new realism of his own time.
Matthews was
...The rebirth of Ancient Greek in Europe was promoted by Humanist education and ideas to such an extent that we can consider the Greek language as a formative element of Humanist culture. Next to Latin, the default common language, a Humanist has to know and use Greek, because he is not, cannot, and will not be a barbarian: Barbaros ou pelomai, as Julius Caesar Scaliger claimed in his verses in 1600. Wreaths (stephanoi) have been the symbols of the
...28) Man to Man
31) Lady into Fox
George Valentine Williams (1883-1946) was a journalist and writer of popular fiction.
He was the eldest son of the chief editor at Reuters; both his brother and an uncle were also journalists. He replaced Austin Harrison as the Reuters correspondent in Berlin in 1905, aged 21. In 1908, he left Reuters to join the Daily Mail, filing stories from Paris and covering the Portuguese Revolution of 1910. He was in the Balkans at the outbreak of
...34) Med Ship Man
"This eBook was produced from the 1949 book A Martian Odyssey and Others by Stanley G. Weinbaum." --From preliminary page.
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935) was an American science fiction writer. His first story, A Martian Odyssey, was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man,
..."This eBook was produced from the 1949 book A Martian Odyssey and Others by Stanley G. Weinbaum." --From preliminary page.
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum (1902-1935) was an American science fiction writer. His first story, A Martian Odyssey, was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man,
...39) Heel
Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was an American author known for his science fiction, fantasy novels, and short stories. He used more than a dozen pseudonyms. Farmer won several science fiction awards.
Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, the World of Tiers (1965-93) and Riverworld (1971-83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for, and reworking of, the lore
...40) Purple Forever
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