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		Charles S. Peirce Studies ^Votes:0 W ho is the most original and the most versatile intellect that the Americas have so far produced? The answer "Charles S. Peirce" is uncontested, because any second would be so far behind as not to be worth nominating. [He was] mathematician, astronomer, chemist, geodesist, surveyor, cartographer, metrologist, spectroscopist, engineer, inventor; psychologist, philologist, lexicographer, historian of science, mathematical economist, lifelong student of medicine; book reviewer, dramatist, actor, short story writer; phenomenologist, semiotician, logician, rhetorician and metaphysician. Max H. Fisch in Sebeok, The Play of Musement Life & Times The life and times of Charles Sanders Peirce. Writings Hypertext editions of Peirce's writings. The Community of Inquirers Information about mailing lis Read More Go to Site


		Dorothy Parker ^Votes:0 Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live. RÉsumÉ An American critic, satirical poet, and short-story writer, Dorothy Rothschild Parker , b. West End, N.J., Aug. 22, 1893, d. June 7, 1967, is remembered as much for her flashing verbal exchanges and malicious wit as for the disenchanted stories and sketches in which she revealed her underlying pessimism. Starting her career as Vanity Fair 's drama critic (1917-20) and continuing as the New Yorker 's theater and book reviewer (1927-33), Parker enhanced her legend in the 1920s and early 1930s through membership in the Algonquin Hotel's celebrated Round Table. Parker published her first light verse in Enough Rope Read More Go to Site

		English ^Votes:0 Barbara Pym HomePage The index of Barbara Pym writings is online, thanks to Hazel Bell Archives of the old Fans Meeting Point Barbara Mary Crampton Pym was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, the 2nd of June 1913, from Frederic Crampton Pym, solicitor, and Irena Spenser Thomas. She studied at the Huyton College, in Liverpool, and readed English at the St. Hilda's College in Oxford (B.A. "with honors"). During II World War she worked for Censorship (as Mildred does in Excellent Women ) then served in the Women's Royal Naval Service, in Britain and in Naples. From 1946 to 1974 she worked at the International African Institute where she was assistant editor of the anthropological journal Africa . Her first novel, Some Tame Gazelle , was published in 1950, followed by five more books. In 1 Read More Go to Site

		Maria Louise Pool - Biography ^Votes:0 Containing A Brief Sketch Of The Life Of Maria Louise Pool, By Dr. Amand M. Hale Published in 1899. Roweny in Boston - An excerpt from that novel "Tenting at Stony Beach" - The complete novel. It is always pleasant to dwell upon a literary career, unpretentious, not stimulated by greed, nor coddled by fulsome flatteries, - a career so simple, so sincere, so honest, so generous, as that of Maria Louise Pool. Her life began in the little Massachusetts town of Rockland, within ten miles of the coast, when the century was but little more than two-score years old, and ended there last May, just when her fame was close upon its culmination and her power had developed by the slow growth of years. Fifty-six years ago New England was, really, what the aggressive West sometimes calls it to-day, prov Read More Go to Site

		Paul Quarrington - Biography ^Votes:0 Paul Quarrington The Basics Personal Paul Lewis Quarrington was born July 22, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the second son of Bruce Joseph (a psychologist and a pioneer programmer of computers) and Mary Ormiston (maiden name, Lewis - also a psychologist). Quarrington has two children Carson Lara, and Flannery. He lives in the city of Toronto, although he grew up during his teen years in the Toronto suburb of Don Mills. He attended the University of Toronto, from 1970 to 1972. Career Musician (from earliest days) playing guitar, clarinet, squeeze box, bass, harp, and piano. Composer writing alone and with others producing a number one single in Canada (1980 - Baby and the Blues ) with Martin Worthy ; toured and recorded with Canadian and famously notorious Joe Hall and The Conti Read More Go to Site

		Raymond Queneau Bibliography Oulipo Perec ^Votes:0 Raymond Queneau: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Aid En hommage &agrave Claude Rameil Most recent update: 8 january 2007 Next expected update: early august 2007 This bibliography has four principal sections: works by Queneau, works on Queneau (including brief summaries and evaluations of the contents as well as cross-references), subject files (with a list of the topics at the start of the first file and references back to the basic entries in the first two sections), and a periodical index. In april of 2005 I added a fifth section, "Manuscripts," which is still very much in the process of development: I include it at this point only because "half a loaf is better than none." You should be able to use this work directly on line, to print off any or all of it, and even to download it Read More Go to Site

		SALON Departments: Lit Chat: Grace Paley ^Votes:0 A t 73, Grace Paley remains one of America's most revered short story writers. Born in the Bronx, New York, in 1922, Paley established a reputation as a bard of Jewish New York with highly acclaimed collections like "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959), "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974), and "Later the Same Day" (1985). Her most recent work, "The Collected Stories," was published in 1994 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The following is an excerpt from a recent conversation between Paley and Threepenny Review editor Wendy Lesser as part of San Francisco's City Arts & Lectures series. Is it possible to develop a strong writing voice without having a deep sense of your own cultural roots? Watching students of mine, it seems to me that you don't have to love your cultural roots, bu Read More Go to Site

		Sylvia Plath ^Votes:0 Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) Sylvia Plath's life , and especially her death, have never been fully understood. An acclaimed poet and novelist, she is the golden girl who had everything--beauty and brains; a great and recognized talent; a family that included a daughter and a son. Yet on a third attempt, she committed suicide in 1963 at age 31. Her best known work is "The Bell Jar", a loosely autobiographical novel about the slow emotional collapse of a young woman working for a prestigious New York magazine on a summer internship. Read More Go to Site

		The Karl Popper Web ^Votes:0 HOME ABOUT KARL POPPER & audio CRITICAL CAFE (discuss) CRITICAL RATIONALIST (peer-reviewed e-journal) BOOKSHOP & REVIEWS POPPER CONFERENCE Hoover Institution Archives Sponsors Search Further Resources "Awarded to an elite group of web sites for their quality of presentation, content and accuracy." The Karl Popper Web (Referenced by the B.B.C., the British Science Museum and The Encyclopaedia Britannica) (Last revised: 16th October, 2006.) Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic is pleased to announce a conference: RE-THINKING POPPER September 10th - 14th 2007 Prague, Czech Republic The conference aims to review Karl Popper's philosophy and evaluate its relevance to current philosophical debates. For more information, click this link: Founder and Editor: Read More Go to Site

		The L-Space Web: Terry Pratchett ^Votes:0 The L-Space Web Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett is a British author of humorous fantasy books, science fiction, and young adult books (which are none the less devoured by his adult fans). He is most famous for his Discworld series of books which currently contains 26 Novels (with more forthcoming), 4 Maps and a Companion (encyclopedia of the Discworld), not to mention quiz books, stage adaptations, audio-books, pottery figures and much much more... Terry started his own website at http://www.turtlesalltheway.com/, but this site has now disappeared. He has a page on the social networking site bebo at http://terrydiscworld.bebo.com . There is a website by Terry's American publishers at http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ . Appearances: See the man in person at a con! Either a Discworld C Read More Go to Site

		The World of Rosamunde Pilcher. ^Votes:0 The World of Rosamunde Pilcher. 19th October 1996 Rosamund Pilcher is famous for her wonderful descriptive books of some of most beautiful areas in England and Scotland. This talented author makes the reader feel like they are actually surrounded by the beauty of the land with her detailed descriptions. Her character development is so well done you actually experience life in these beautiful environments. This remarkable combination of description of the land and her well-developed characters has made three of her books, The Shell Seekers, September, and Coming Home, worldwide bestsellers. She has developed a great many devoted fans. Her newest book "The World of Rosamund Pilcher" invites people to share the breathtaking views and tranquil places that have inspired her writing. It is not a Read More Go to Site

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