When was the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction established?
The Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction was first awarded in 1962 to Theodore H. White for The Making of the President 1960.
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When did Dr. Seuss die?
Theodor Seuss Geisel known as Dr. Seuss died on September 24, 1991, at age eighty-seven. Dr. Seuss had written about fifty books that sold more than 200 million copies. His last book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go (1990), was still on the bestseller list when he died.
In H. G. Wells’s novel, what is the name of the Invisible Man?
In H. G. Wells’s novel, the name of the Invisible Man was Griffin. The Invisible Man was published in 1897. Griffin remains invisible until he is dying.
Was there an actual Professor Henry Higgins, main character in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (1913)?
The character Professor Henry Higgins in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion was based on a British scholar of phonetics and Old English named Henry Sweet. His works included History of English Sounds (1874).
Who or what was “Udolpho” in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)?
“Udolpho” in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho was the castle of the evil Montoni in the Italian Apennines, and site of many scary events.
Where does the term iibermensch first appear?
The German word for “overman” or “superperson” first appears in Goethe’s Faust (1808,1833), referring to an extraordinarily gifted person. Nietzsche used the term iibermensch for his transcendent man in Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883-91). The Nazis adopted the term as part of their doctrine of Aryan supremacy.
What is the subtitle of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850)?
The subtitle of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter (1850) was A Romance.