How many stories comprise Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919)?
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919) comprised of twenty-three stories.
Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio (1919) comprised of twenty-three stories.
Thomas Shadwell was refer to as “Mac Flecknoe”, a playwright whose work John Dryden despised. Dryden satirized Shadwell as the son of (“Mac”) Richard Flecknoe, another bad contemporary poet.
Colette, the French author of the novel Cheri (1920) was named Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette.
The 1981 novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson is set in Fingerbone, Montana.
John Newbery (1713-67) of England was one of the first publishers to publish books for children. The Newbery Medal, established in his name in 1921, is awarded each year for the best American children’s book.
The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams opened in New York in 1947 and ran for 855 performances.
The first woman to receive the award twice, Edith Wharton was awarded the Pulitzer in Literature in 1920 for The Age of Innocence and in Drama in 1935 for The Old Maid.