"Anthony Burgess is an enormously prolific writer with more than 50 books to his credit".(Clune) John Anthony Burgess Wilson was born 25 February 1917 in Harpurhey, Manchester, England and died 22 November 1993 (age 76). "St John's Wood, London, England Burgess began writing stories at the age of 42. but it was not until he was told that he had a brain tumor and had only a year to live that he began to write seriously and quick. Completing five novels and revising a sixth so that his wife would have an income after his death". (Clune) Thirty years later he published his 30th novel, Any Old Iron, and a collection of short stories, The Devil's Mode". (Clune) "Other than novels and short stories, he has produced autobiography, criticism, books on language, verse, translations, children's stories, screenplays, and an enormous amount of journalism". (Clune) "He tries to keep to a routine of writing a thousand words a day, every day, thinks of writing as a "trade like anything else, not some precious rite". (Clune) The key to much of his writing, lies in his background. Burgess contends that growing up as a partially Irish Roman Catholic in Manchester gave him a permanent sense of being different, possibly even displaced. "but I was a Catholic and in the North West we were a special case" and "I'm far more Irish than English. Sometimes I even convince people that I am Irish". (Clune) "His dream as a youth was to become a composer, and when he entered the University of Manchester, he wanted to study music. However, without the science background required by the music department, he had to take English language and literature instead. His personal tutor, whom he admired, was Dr. L. C. Knights, author of Drama and Society in the Age o... ... middle of paper ... ...e best contemporary writers. Burgess was asked so frequently about his productivity that he eventually developed an apologia based on his energy, hard work, and sheer love of writing".(Ingersoll) "Burgess has also reminded his audience that unlike many writers, especially in the United States, he has supported himself entirely by his own writing and not as lavishly as some have. In the foreword to Jeutonne Brewer's bibliography of his work, Burgess expresses wonder that he has produced so many books and anger that it required so much writing to support himself". (Ingersoll) "In other words, Burgess impressed his own personality on history, revelled in a high flown rhetorical style, casually revealed the past and just as casually captured the anguish and the humour of the human condition. He was one of the greatest English language writers this century". (Macdonald)
settled in Monaco, where Burgess remained a prolific writer through 1980. Burgess’ writing career was at its peak while Llewela was in the hospital. Durring this emotional time he was able to write such books as A Clockwork O...
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Price, Curtis Alexander. Henry Purcell and the London Stage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Print.
There are countless great authors in the world nowadays. Conversely, many believe that authors of the past were considerably more enjoyable. One of these fecund authors is F. Scott Fitzgerald. The end of his ephemeral life may not have been the best; nonetheless, it was his younger years that breathed life into his writing.
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Later in their careers, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams gained fame from their unique creativity and modern expression, but the young composers began their careers drawing on influences from family and music exposures. The pre-World War I compositions of Holst and Vaughan Williams evolve as the composers collect life experiences and these influences can be heard in this early music. Yet, the music of both young Holst and young Vaughan Williams also present very original aspects that presage the genius of their later works. Although both musicians were heavily influenced by their upbringings, popular composers, and even each other, it was those very same influences that ultimately led to their distinctive individualities.
I am extremely indebted to both Colin Stanley's The Work of Colin Wilson and Howard F. Dossor's Colin Wilson: The Man
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Samuel Johnson, prominent English author, lived a life which was appears to have been unpretentious on the surface, however his life was filled with numerous complications, extreme suffering and massive psychological troubles. Also, despite all the struggles and suffering in his life, he had a “passionate concern for humanity and even said, ‘I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful’” ( Green ). Samuel Johnson was born September 7, 1709 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England in the home above his fifty-two year old father’s struggling bookshop. His father had gained prosperity but it did not endure the enterprises he was involved in, forcing the family into financial distress. As a result, Samuel Johnson would feel the financial distress for the first fifty years of his life. Sarah Ford, his mother, was forty years old when he was born. She was from a respectable family but married a poor man of intellectual tastes (Green). His parents did not share a happy marriage and rarely conversed. After his father’s death he developed an appreciation of his mother’s character and determination; she would operate the bookshop for almost thirty years. On the other hand, she was firm, narrow minded and self-centered which made her unable to fill the emotional needs of her children (Green). It is speculated that Johnson’s younger brother may have committed suicide at the age of twenty-five and Johnson’s life would be plagued with psychological issues which were directly related to his mother (Green).
After primary school he decided to go on and attend Brasenose College at Oxford University where he would major in philosophy (C3). He enjoyed coll...
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...s so he could read classical works. Some of his greatest accomplishments were Songs of Innocence, Book of Thel, Gates of Paradise, and Songs of experience.
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