Literary Facts - May 30
1593: Christopher Marlowe dies. (Explore: Doctor Faustus, Edward II, The Jew of Malta, Tamburlaine the Great, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Christopher Marlowe, In regards to Doctor Faustus, how does Christopher Marlowe view human nature?)
1744: Alexander Pope dies. (Explore: The Rape of the Lock, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, An Essay on Criticism, Consider Alexander Pope as a Satirist.)
1778: Voltaire dies. (Explore: Candide, Voltaire, Zaïre, Zadig, What did Voltaire think of government?)
1822: A planned slave revolt, to be led by Denmark Vesey, is betrayed in Charleston, South Carolina. (Explore: What is the Denmark Vesey revolt in African American History?, What motives do you feel the informant slaves had for revealing the Vesey...)
1903: Countee Cullen is born. (Explore: Countée Cullen, What is the theme of Countee Cullen's poem "Incident"?)
