Writers and Works

See also writer and works links below.

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A

  1. Amichai, Yehuda (1924--) Israeli poet.
  2. Amis, Kingsley (1922--2000?) English novelist, poet, and critic.
  3. Aphorisms

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B

  1. Baum, L. Frank (1856--1919) American writer: author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
  2. Bonver, Edward's Poetry Lovers' Page Many poems by old---and sometimes hoary---masters: Blake, Byron, Kipling, Poe, etc.
  3. Byron, Robert (1905--1941) English traveler, writer, architecture critic, and historian.

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C

  1. Caspar, Max (1880--1956) Biographer of Johannes Kepler.
  2. Catullus (84?--54? BC) Roman lyric poet and a bit of tomcat.
  3. Caudwell, Sarah (--2000) Minor English mystery writer.
  4. Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343?--1400) Medieval English poet.
  5. Classics: Internet Classics Archive This is a collection of on-line classics, mainly of Greco-Roman vintage. The works are all in English translation and the translations are all public domain. There is a lack of annotation. Sometimes even the translator's name is lacking. For example, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is given without any indication that it is Edward Fitzgerald's 5th edition of a work that is more of Omar/Edward collaboration than an accurate translation.
  6. Classics: TowerWeb Productions Some public domain translations. No annotation.
  7. Clayton, Donald D. Nuclear astrophysicist.
  8. Cohen, H. Floris Historian of science.
  9. Confucius Chinese sage.
  10. Crispin, Edmund British thriller writer.

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D

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E

  1. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892--1950): poet. See PoemHunter: Edna St. Vincent Millay poems: current fav 154: I, being born a woman and distressed.
  2. Euripides (484--406 BC) Ancient Greek playwright.

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F

  1. Quotes: Foreign Foreign quotes and phrases.
  2. Furley, David Historian of ancient philosophy.
  3. Fyre Northrop Frye: literary critic.

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H

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I

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J

  1. Jeffery, John (1958--) Minor Canadian writer.
  2. Johnson, Samuel (1709--1784) Major English writer.

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K

  1. Keegan, John Military historian.
  2. Koestler, Arthur (1905--1983) English novelist, essayist, and popular historian.

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L

  1. The Latin Library All very well if you read Latin. It has Pervigilium Veneris: i.e., The Vigil of Venus
  2. Latin Quotes The best site for this after a cursory search.
  3. Lao Tzu The Tao Te Ching author

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M

  1. Marai, Sandor (1900--1989): Hungarian writer.

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N

  1. Needham Joseph Needham (1900--1995): historian of science and technology in China.
  2. Neugebauer, Otto Historian of the ancient sciences.
  3. North, John astronomy historian

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O

  1. Olson, Lynette Historian of the Dark Ages of Europe.
  2. Omar Khayyam Persian poet, astronomer. mathematician
  3. Ovid

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P

  1. Paul, Elliot One of the those expatriot Americans in Paris in the 1920s.
  2. Pervigilium Veneris Latin poem of late antiquity here with English Translation the Vigil of Venus.
  3. Plath, Sylvia mid-20th century poet.
  4. Poetry: Anthology
  5. Poetry: Modern Americans Asbury, Pound, Wilbur, the whole crew, but where's John Ciardi.
  6. Powell, Anthony (1905--2000) English novelist.
  7. Sub specie aeternitatis: Powers, J. F. (1917--1999) A minor master, subspecies catholicus.
  8. Priestley, J. B. (1894--1984) One of those great old British men of letters.
  9. Project Gutenberg The Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books.

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Q

  1. Quotes Miscellaneous.
  2. Quotes Foreign quotes and phrases.
  3. Quotes from Quayle Dan Quayle, U.S. Vice President (1989--1993), was well known as a phrase turner.

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R

  1. References These are many references that I have used. Many are just physics and astronomy text books. But philosophy, history, biography, and other works are listed too.
  2. Rosen, E.: Historian of science.
  3. Runciman, Stephan: Historian of medieval times, in particular the Crusades.

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S

  1. Saunders J. J. Saunders: historian of medieval Islam and the Mongols.
  2. Sayers, Dorothy L. (1893--1957) English mystery novelist
  3. Shakespeare, William (1564--1616) English playwright. The link is the MIT Complete Works of William Shakespeare.
  4. Somerville, D. C. English historian.

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T

  1. Thesiger, Wilfred British explorer.
  2. Toulmin, Stephen historian of science

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W

  1. H. G. Wells (1866--1946) English novelist, science fiction writer, and essayist
  2. White Lynn White, Jr.: a historian of science and technology.
  3. Woods, Elizabeth Rhett Canadian. Author of The Yellow Volkswagen.
  4. Writer links

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Y

  1. W. B. Yeats (1865--1939) A link to his collected poems.

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Z

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