We love literature, the one of all times, the one that makes us dream of the novel, poetry or theater. That of the great geniuses who, from the most remote times, makes us dream and invent new worlds. Here are all the articles related to literature that we have been publishing in Actually Notes since 2007.
The debate surrounding whether listening to audiobooks can be considered as reading has sparked considerable discussion among book enthusiasts. In this article, we will explore different perspectives on this topic and provide insight into the question at hand. Expanding the Definition of Reading Traditionally, reading has been associated with the act of visually scanning written …
The life of Charles Bukowski, following his long bibliography, is easily recognizable. In his poems, in his stories, in his novels, all the situations that he experienced are reflected. From his jobs as a factotum, never better said, his beginnings as a writer, his fights and his constant visits to the racetrack or even his …
The Fleshly school of poetry, (School of carnal poetry), brought together a group of English poets in the late 19th century associated with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The term Fleshly Poets was invented by Scottish author Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901) and appeared in an article written under a pseudonym in the Contemporary Review in October 1871). …
And what are documentary sources? Well, a documentary source shows the origin of the information, without further distinction. DOCUMENTARY SOURCES are the documents, testimonies, events or objects that convey significant information about the origin of the information. As simple as that. Depending on its origin and origin, a documentary source can be: Primary source: is …
What was Shakespeare’s real face like? It could be the most real and trustworthy face that we have left of the playwright William Shakespeare. A new curiosity about Shakespeare, after, recently, the portrait of the one who was his patron was found. Apparently, a British family that goes by the surname Kob kept a portrait …
All those things: playwright, actor, poet (or some of them, as we will see later) was William Shakespeare, who is still considered one of the greatest playwrights in the world and who is credited with authorship – in whole or in part – of a total of thirty-eight theatrical works and an abundant poetic production. …
Pablo Neruda’s father wanted his son to go to university to build a future for himself. Thus, he enrolled in the Institute Pedagogical. Quickly, it came to his ears that instead of frequenting the University d, he spends a lot of time in the bohemian life. Reason for which, he stops sending the money that …
Detective Sherlock Holmes is real or made up? It may be that, jokingly or seriously, many people for a long time sent letters addressed to Mr. Sherlock Holmes at 221a Baker Street, the fictional home of a fictional character turned real. The great fondness for the novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle led to …
Boris Vian wrote “I will spit on your grave” (J’irai cracher sur vos tombes) in 1947, and became a bestseller. Today it is still a hard and disturbing novel, perhaps not as much as it was at the time, although it was enough for the French Poster for Action Sociale et Morale (a French federation …
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