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George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896) was a folklorist and translator of legends and fairy-tales into English. Dasent was acquainted with Jacob Grimm who advised him to study mythology. Eventually George Dasent became a professor of English literature. 'The Blue Belt' is a fairy-tale that was collected...

Clarence Seward Darrow (Apr 18, 1857 – Mar 13, 1938) was an American attorney-in-law, mostly known for his defending role in the notorious Leopold and Loeb case and others. He was acknowledged as one of the most notable lawyers and defenders of civil liberties of America. He also was the author...

A young fisherman has rescued a turtle. His name was Urashima Taro and the turtle was the beautiful daughter of the master of the seas Ryudzin, who temporarily has turned to an animal. Otohime invited Taro to the underwater palace where he spent some days. They went to view the palace. Otokhime accompanied...

Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, who worked in a number of different professional capacities including miner, teacher, messenger and journalist before turning to full time writing in 1871.  He became famed for his short fiction featuring gold diggers. Harte had mastered the...

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys is a children's book written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he rewrites myths from Greek mythology. It was followed by a sequel, Tanglewood Tales. "The Gorgon's Head" is an 1850s retelling of part of the tale of Perseus of Greek mythology....

Sir John George Bourinot (1836-1902) was a Canadian historian and official. He started his career as a journalist and eventually he got a job as a clerk at the Canadian Senate and later he was appointed the chief clerk of the Canadian House of Commons. He was among the founding-fathers of the Royal...

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Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by...

The count Leo Nikolayevich was a Russian novelist, essayist, playwright and philosopher who primarily wrote novels and short stories. The edificatory short story “The Bird” entered in the collection for children, was written between 1869-1872. The story narrates about a boy named Serozha who receives...

Sigmund Freud war berühmter Psychologe und einer der Väter der Psychoanalyse. Er entwickelte das neue Wahrnehmungsmodell der menschlichen Psyche. Diesem Modell entsprechend besteht alles aus drei Teilen: Es, Ich und Über-Ich. "Jenseits des Lustprinzips" gilt als eines der...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English Poet and philosopher, a bright representative of the so-called ‘Lake Poets’. During his college years he was absorbed by revolutionary ideas and eventually got expelled for that. Not so many years passed and he became a representative of romanticism,...

Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American children's author and educator. She was born in Philadelphia, and was of Welsh descent. With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Her best known books are The Story of Pasty (1883), The Birds' Christmas Carol...