Many historians have characterized the period between the two world wars as the United States’ traumatic “coming of age,” despite the fact that U.S.
Dialect – a variety of a language spoken by a group of people and having features of vocabulary, grammar, and/or pronunciation that distinguish it from other varieties of the same language.
Frontier humor and realism Two major literary currents in 19th-century America merged in Mark Twain: popular frontier humor and local color, or “regionalism.
Imagism flourished in Britain and in the United States for a brief period that is generally considered to be somewhere between 1909 and 1917.
Jack London, whose life symbolized the power of will, was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century.
The story of a miracle The Prophet ‘Isa was the last of the Messengers before the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
On Non-selfgoverning Territories (UN, 1999) (Текст читается с американским акцентом) Mr President, First of all I would like once again to thank the organizers of the seminar, namely the permanent re
English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family. It is the second most spoken language in the world.
The second half of the 19th century has been called the positivist age.
Henry James (1843-1916) once wrote that art, especially literary art, “makes life, makes interest, makes importance.
The story of Ayyub The story of the Prophet Ayyub in the Qur’an shows another aspect of the blessing of Allah to His believing slaves who remain patient and thankful, and to His beloved Prophets.
According to legend, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 he said, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this Great War!
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and baptized as Herman Theodore Dreiser.
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) is best known today as the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which helped galvanize the abolitionist cause and contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
A Brief Assessment A prolific writer, Howells is regarded as “the father of American Realism.