The literature of a country is affected and influenced by how the people of that country live. This paper will prove that The French Revolution greatly influenced 19th Century French Romanticism. First, the cultural values of the revolution will be identified. Then, the different aspects of Romanticism will be presented. The cultural values of The ...
The Age of Absolutism is one of the most well known periods in Europe’s history. One of the most interesting, and well known examples of an absolutist ruler is France’s King Louis XIV. He is still known as the longest reigning monarch in Europe’s history and helped lead France through an age of prosperity and ...
Danielle-Fernande Dominique Schulein-Steel was born on August 14, 1947, in New York City. Her father, John Schulein Steel owned Vegex, a vitamin company. Her mother, Norma Da Camara Stone Reis was a socialite. A little known fact about author Danielle Steel is that her parents divorced when she was just seven years old. She lived ...
As a child, I was obsessed with languages. This obsession has carried over to my adulthood, where I still take every spare opportunity to familiarize myself with a new language. However, I’m completely aware there is a hierarchy of languages in the world. For many, this may make it difficult to select a language to ...
Edward Gorey was an exceptional illustrator who was peerless, defied classification and has been described simultaneously as both an artist who wrote and a writer who drew. He has a cult of devotees in the millions and is known for his macabre and Victorian, Gothic crosshatch illustrations. Edward St. John Gorey was born on February ...