Final Chapters: How Famous Authors Died

262 Pages·2015·3.69 MB·English

by  Bernhard

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Contents
Last Words First: An Introduction
The Classical Age
AESCHYLUS (525–456 BC)
SOPHOCLES (497–406/5 BC)
EURIPIDES (485/480–406 BC)
SOCRATES (469–399 BC)
PLATO (428–347 BC)
ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC)
VIRGIL (70–19 BC)
HORACE (65–8 BC)
OVID (43 BC–17 AD)
MARCUS AURELIUS (121–180 AD)
The Middle Ages
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354–430)
THOMAS AQUINAS (1225–1274)
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321)
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1343–1400)
The Renaissance
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (1547–1616)
WALTER RALEIGH (1552–1618)
FRANCIS BACON (1561–1626)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564–1593)
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616)
JOHN DONNE (1572–1631)
BEN JONSON (1572–1637)
JOHN MILTON (1608–1674)
MOLIÈRE (1622–1673)
BLAISE PASCAL (1623–1662)
The Enlightenment
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667–1745)
ALEXANDER POPE (1688–1744)
VOLTAIRE (1694–1778)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706–1790)
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709–1784)
THOMAS PAINE (1737–1809)
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749–1832)
The Romantic Era
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772–1834)
JANE AUSTEN (1775–1817)
LORD BYRON (1788–1824)
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792–1822)
JOHN KEATS (1795–1821)
MARY SHELLEY (1797–1851)
The Victorian Era
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801–1890)
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804–1864)
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861)
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807–1882)
EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809–1849)
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809–1892)
MARGARET FULLER (1810–1850)
CHARLES DICKENS (1812–1870)
ROBERT BROWNING (1812–1889)
CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816–1855)
HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862)
WALT WHITMAN (1819–1892)
HERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891)
GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880)
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (1821–1881)
LEO TOLSTOY (1828–1910)
EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886)
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832–1888)
MARK TWAIN (1835–1910)
THOMAS HARDY (1840–1928)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894)
OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900)
The Modern Era
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856–1950)
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859–1930)
ANTON CHEKHOV (1860–1904)
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)
ROBERT FROST (1874–1963)
JACK LONDON (1876–1916)
SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876–1941)
CARL SANDBURG (1878–1967)
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941)
JAMES JOYCE (1882–1941)
FRANZ KAFKA (1883–1924)
EZRA POUND (1885–1972)
T. S. ELIOT (1888–1965)
EUGENE O’NEILL (1888–1953)
ROBERT BENCHLEY (1889–1945)
AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890–1976)
DOROTHY L. SAYERS (1893–1957)
DOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967)
JAMES THURBER (1894–1961)
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (1895–1960)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896–1940)
WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897–1962)
FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA (1898–1936)
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)
HART CRANE (1899–1932)
NOËL COWARD (1899–1973)
EVELYN WAUGH (1903–1966)
GRAHAM GREENE (1904–1991)
SAMUEL BECKETT (1906–1989)
W. H. AUDEN (1907–1973)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911–1983)
DYLAN THOMAS (1914–1953)
THOMAS MERTON (1915–1968)
ARTHUR MILLER (1915–2005)
ROALD DAHL (1916–1990)
HAROLD PINTER (1930–2008)
JOHN UPDIKE (1932–2009)
SYLVIA PLATH (1932–1963)
JOE ORTON (1933–1967)
SUSAN SONTAG (1933–2004)
NORA EPHRON (1941–2012)
ROGER EBERT (1942–2013)
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