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May 25 Literary Facts
Pedro Calderón de la Barca dies
Explore: Life Is a Dream, The Mayor of Zalamea, Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Ralph Waldo Emerson is born
Explore: Self-Reliance, Nature, The American Scholar
Theodore Roethke is born
Explore: Dolor, Elegy for Jane, My Papa's Waltz, The Waking, Theodore Roethke, Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz": Analysis of Purpose, Meaning, Imagery, Symbolism, and Literary Devices
Rosario Castellanos is born
Explore: Cooking Lesson, Rosario Castellanos
Robert Ludlum is born
Explore: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Icarus Agenda, Robert Ludlum, The Bourne Supremacy
W. P. Kinsella is born
Explore: Shoeless Joe, The Fencepost Chronicles, W. P. Kinsella, Exploring the central conflict, theme, and plot of "Shoeless Joe."
Raymond Carver is born
Explore: Cathedral, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver
Jamaica Kincaid is born
Explore: Annie John, What I Have Been Doing Lately, Girl, Jamaica Kincaid, What is a central idea in Girl by Jamaica Kincaid?
Frank D. Gilroy’s drama The Subject Was Roses is first performed
Explore: The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy