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Hace 22 horas · Hannah Arendt (/ ˈ ɛər ə n t, ˈ ɑːr-/, US also / ə ˈ r ɛ n t /, German: [ˌhana ˈaːʁənt] ⓘ; born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American historian and philosopher.She was one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century.. Her works cover a broad range of topics, but she is best known for those dealing with the nature of ...
Hace 22 horas · Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker.In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.. His novel The Naked and the Dead was published in 1948 and brought him early renown.
Hace 22 horas · Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England), self-help and leadership author Alexander Cunningham (1814–1893, England/India, Ar) Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812–1851, Scotland/India, H)
Hace 22 horas · James VI and I (1566–1625), King of Scots and of England and Ireland. Christine James (born 1954), Welsh poet and academic. Clive James (1939–2019), Australian author, poet and memoirist. Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian writer, poet and translator. Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet in Latin.
Hace 22 horas · Some authors seek to recreate a sense of the fantastic in a contemporary discourse. Some writers use fairy tale forms for modern issues; [98] this can include using the psychological dramas implicit in the story, as when Robin McKinley retold Donkeyskin as the novel Deerskin , with emphasis on the abusive treatment the father of the tale dealt to his daughter. [99]
Hace 22 horas · Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems, and including both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and ...
Hace 22 horas · Philosophy (φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and psychology, formed part of philosophy.
