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Susanna Centlivre

2009-07-17T11:16:26Z

Nina: Created page with 'Susanna Centlivre can be named in the same coherence as Aphra Behn. Centlivre was a dramatist and she wrote about nineteen plays for the stage during her career. She was born in …'

Susanna Centlivre can be named in the same coherence as Aphra Behn. Centlivre was a dramatist and she wrote about nineteen plays for the stage during her career.
She was born in November 1667 in Lincolnshire, England. During her career at theatres she was as famous as Aphra Behn. Unfortunately today only a few people know her name.
Most of her plays were comedies but she also wrote two tragical plays: "The Perjured Husband" in 1700 and "The Cruel Gift" in 1716.

Her plots were always funny and a lot of people loved watching them on stage.

Susanna Centlivre died on December 1 in the year 1723. Her plays were still performed long after her death.

Gulliver's Travels

2009-07-17T08:03:39Z

Nina: Created page with '"Gulliver´s Travels" is the name of a book written by the famous author Jonathan Swift. Most of the people recognize it as a book for children, but it is actually a critical wor…'

"Gulliver´s Travels" is the name of a book written by the famous author Jonathan Swift. Most of the people recognize it as a book for children, but it is actually a critical work. "Gulliver´s Travels" was written between 1721 and 1726. Until today this is the work that we combine with the name Jonathan Swift, altough he wrote different other stuff.

"Gulliver´s Travels" contains four parts and it is written as a travel diary. This form of writing suggests us that it is a real diary, but it is not real and altough some parts in the book seem to find a match in reality, the whole story is imaginary.

In the first part Gulliver comes to the Land named Liliput, the land of dwarfs.
In the second part he travels to Brobdingnag, the land of the giants.
In the third part he visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan and in the fourth and last part he comes to the land of inhabitants called the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos (there is no deeper connection between the Yahoos and a famous web domain)

Swifts work is a very critical satire concerning the society in which he lived.

Today we can find a multiplicity of childrens stuff that is based on "Gulliver´s Travels" and also a lot of film adaptations.

Jonathan Swift

2009-07-17T07:11:54Z

Nina: Created page with 'Jonathan Swift. Jonathan Swift is a famous author, who wrote "Gulliver's Travels" and other works. He was born in November 1667 in Dublin. His childhood was rather normal. He …'

Jonathan Swift.

Jonathan Swift is a famous author, who wrote "Gulliver's Travels" and other works.
He was born in November 1667 in Dublin. His childhood was rather normal. He lived in England an stayed there for most of his life. He loved to write and became more and more successful with it. His interest in politics was very high (he was supporter of the Whigs and later of the Torries) and after writing "The Drapier´s Letters" against the poltical situation in Ireland and England he became more famous. The British Government announced 300 pounds for the one who finds the writer of the letters (Swift stayed anonymous).

Jonathan Swift died in Oktober 1745 as a sick man. He was mentally ill and died after not speaking a word for a long time.