Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. He was virtually unknown and published only in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, but is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th century authors in his genre. Take a look below for 30…
30 Interesting And Awesome Facts About Aeschylus
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. He’s often described as the father of tragedy. Academics’ knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and awesome facts about Aeschylus. 1. According to Aristotle, Aeschylus…
30 Interesting And Fun Facts About F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American fiction writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he’s now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fun facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1. Fitzgerald…
30 Interesting And Fascinating Facts About Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer was a German philosopher. He’s best known for his 1818 work The World As Will and Representation, wherein he characterizes the phenomenal world as the product of a blind and insatiable metaphysical will. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and fascinating facts about Arthur Schopenhauer. 1. Proceeding from the transcendental idealism…
30 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Moliere
Moliere, whose real name is Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comedie-ballets, and more. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Moliere. 1. His plays…
30 Interesting And Awesome Facts About Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism. He achieved wide renown in his day and, while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy, has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well. Take a look below for 30 more interesting and awesome facts about Georg…
26 Interesting And Awesome Facts About Thucydides
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of “scientific history” by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause…
26 Fun And Interesting Facts About Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He wrote three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Take a look below for 26 more fun and interesting facts about Virgil. 1. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana,…
30 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th century Russia, and engage with a variety of realistic philosophical and religious themes. Take a look below for 30 more awesome and interesting facts about…
30 Fun And Interesting Facts About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. Take a look below for 30 more fun and interesting facts about Arthur Conan…