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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Robert Burns – To A Mouse
Tonight is the celebration of the birth of Robert Burns known as Burns Night. Robert Burns, of course, having been born on January 25, 1759. We have covered the life and legacy of Robert Burns previously. It’s well worth the … Continue reading
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Tagged Burns Night, Compassion, Harvard Classics, Kilmarnock, Plough, Poetry, Robert Burns, Sympathy, To A Mouse
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pierre Corneille – Polyeucte
Following along with this tutorial, it’s time for a further reading of Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille. Aloha Promises Forever has already discussed this play and the life and legacy of Corneille elsewhere. But, remaining faithful to the tutorial and for the … Continue reading
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Tagged French Drama, Harvard Classics, Opera, Pierre Corneille, Playwright, Polyeucte
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Hans Christian Andersen – The Nightingale
Born on April 2, 1805, Hans Christian Andersen was a prolific writer of plays travelogues, novels, poems and unquestionably most famous of all for his fairy tales. Though he passed away on August 4, 1875, his tales and popularity have … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Keats – Eve of St Agnes
Born on October 31, 1795, the English Romantic poet, John Keats, was among the main poets of the Romantic Era. Initially, during his lifetime his poetry was not well received among critics. But, by the end of the 19th century, … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, John Keats, Martyr, Patron Saint, Poetry, Romantic Era, Rome, Spenser, St Agnes, The Eve of St Agnes, Virgins
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Poe – The Poetic Principle
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. Please refer to these posts for further background. For now, suffice it to say that Poe was born on January 19, 1809. He passed away on … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Essay, Harvard Classics, Literary Criticism, Poetry, The Poetic Principle
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Time Spent With The Harvard Classics: Aristophanes – The Frogs
Born in approximately 446 B.C, the Athenian comic playwright Aristophanes survived the ages with 11 of his 40 plays stilly fairly extant despite having passed away in 386 B.C. These are the only real remaining examples of ‘Old Comedy’ and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristophanes, Athens, Harvard Classics, Playwright, Prince of Ancient Comedy, The Frogs
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Benjamin Franklin – Autobiography
Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin as well as his Autobiography. Today, is his birthday, and so the tutorial we have been following along with as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin, Harvard Classics, History, Legacy, Role Model
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Aesop’s Fables
According to legend, born in approximately 620 BC, the Greek fabulist and story teller, Aesop, has been accredited with a plethora of stories each serving to teach invaluable lessons through the use of animals and inanimate objects that speak, problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesop, Aesop's Fables, Aesopica, Education, Fabulist, Harvard Classics, Moral Guide, Slave, Story Teller
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam – FitzGerald
Born on May 18, 1048 in Nishapur, Iran, the Persian mathematician, astronomer and sometime poet, Omar Khayyam, passed away on December 4, 1131. But not before his work with cubic equations and the composition of a calendar more accurate than … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward FitzGerald, Harvard Classics, Iran, Omar Khayyam, Persia, Poetry, Pre-Raphaelitte, Quatrain, Rubaiyat, Skepticism, Suffism, Whitley Stokes
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Rousseau – Discourse on Inequality
On June 28, 1712, Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born. Reaching beyond his death on July 2, 1778, his political philosophy influenced the European Enlightenment particularly in France. He has had a lasting impact through today … Continue reading
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