Aspects of Literature
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Who wrote the Pentateuch?
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The Pentateuch is the name given to the first five books of the Old Testament – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and D...
The Brothers Grimm, tellers of tales
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4 th January 1785 saw the birth of one of one of world’s greatest story-tellers, Jacob Grimm. Together wi...
Charles Dickens, arguably Britain's greatest novelist
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7 th February is a special day for the worldwide community of people who are proud to call themselves “Dickensians” (my...
Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote"
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It is more usual to celebrate the birth dates of famous people than their baptism dates, but sometimes this is not poss...
Anzia Yezierska, a writer who stayed true to her roots
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Anzia Yezierska is probably a name unknown to most people, but there was a time when her novels and stories were extrem...
Robert Browning, 19th-century British poet
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On 12 th December 1889 the poet Robert Browning died in Venice at the age of 77. It has to be admitted that Browni...
Sylvia Plath: American poet
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Her early life Sylvia Plath was born on 27 th October 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Otto Plath, was a...
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