Literature of the World
This author, who wrote both War and Peace and Anna Karenina, died of pneumonia. The 115th anniversary of his death was yesterday.
Who is Leo Tolstoy
Although its name suggests love, this 1790s-1830s literary movement can be found in British, American, and world literature and is named after a courtly type of Medieval literature.
What is romanticism?
IT (America, 1986)
Who is Stephen King?
England is the home of this playwrite who is the most sold author in history having sold over 2 billion copies of his work.
Who is William Shakespeare?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
What is Pride & Prejudice?
This island was home of the poet Sappho. Both her name and the name of the island inspired two WLW labels.
What is Lesbos?
This pre-english language period is home to works such as Beowulf.
What is the Anglo-Saxon period?
"The Tyger" (England, 1794)
Who is William Blake?
This "Fausty" author is often theorized to have been the true playwrite of the work of the Bard.
Who is Christopher "Kit" Marlowe?
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
What is Anna Karenina?
This Nobel prize winning, Nigerian author of Death and the Kings Horseman was recently banned from the United States for speaking out against the president.
Who is Wole Soyinka?
This literary movement is said to have began in 1764 with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto.
What is Gothic?
Things Fall Apart (Nigeria, 1958)
Who is Chinua Achebe?
This French novel turned musical holds the title for longest running Broadway show which ran for 13,981 performances over 35 years.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
"The story so far: in the beginning the universe was created. This had made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
What is The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
This French philosophic author wrote the longest book in history which contained 4,215 pages. He was also mentioned in the movie Barbie.
Who is Marcel Proust?
"Deism," reason, and science are defining traits of this movement. Authors from this period include Aphra Behn, John Locke, and John Dryden.
What is the enlightenment?
"Waiting for the Barbarians" (Greece, 1911)
Who is C. P. Cavafy?
This playwrite is known as the sole surviving author of Greek old Comedy.
Who is Aristophanes?
"I planned my death carefully; unlike my life, which meandered along from one thing to another, despite my feeble attempts to control it."
What is Lady Oracle?
Bill Gates paid over $30 million for “The Codex Leicester”—a very old collection of scientific writings by this Italian artist who was more well-known for a painting of a woman he did, but was actually quite a skilled anatomical sketch artist?
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This is a proposed literary movement that would encompass contemporary works of literature. Works that include themes of speculation, metafiction, and temporal distortion might be found here.
What is post-postmodern?
Nightwood (America, 1936)
Who is Djuna Barnes?
"A Raisin in the Sun," the first play written by this African American woman to be produced on Broadway, opened in March 1959. The author was a 29-year-old woman who won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
"Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure."
What is The Stranger?