John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories, Steinbeck first became widely known with Tortilla Flat (1935), a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos. Steinbeck's novels can all be classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labour, but there is also a streak of worship of the soil in his books, which does not always agree with his matter-of-fact sociological approach. After the rough and earthy humour of Tortilla Flat, he moved on to more serious fiction, often aggressive in its social criticism, to In Dubious Battle (1936), which deals with the strikes of the migratory fruit pickers on California plantations. This was followed...

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John Fowles

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JOHN LENNON

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John Robert Colombo

Raspunsuri anticipatorii Pentru care motiv cele mai multe poeme ale mele nu au rima 1.Au rimat pina cind cineva a izgonit cuvintele care rimau. 2.Absolut toate combinatiile de rime sint de nefolosit. 3.Daca doriti rime,puteti gasi un milion de poeme rimate,in engleza(studentii si-ar afla o indeletnicire placuta insiruindu-le pe toate intr-un lant.) 4.Grecii se abtineau sa rimeze si romanii la fel. 5.Rimele se potrivesc pentru song,nu pentru poeme si-n zilele noastre e mai greu sa nu rimezi. 6.Lumea nu rimeaza,atunci de ce ar rima poemele mele? Pentru care motiv cele mai multe poeme ale mele nu au sens. 1.Cele mai multe poeme oricum nu mai au sens. 2.Arta obisnuia sa fie furibunda,facind ordine,acum e furibunda pentru a face dezordine. 3.Indatorirea poeziei nu e de a da un anumit sens,ci de a reface un anumit sens. 4.Sensul mai exista inca,dar in zilele noastre il deslusesti printre rinduri. 5.Totusi zarim lumea si ca intr-un delir,idealurile noastre. 6.Ele au un sens neobisnuit,ceea...

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John Stuart Mill

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