Literary Facts - July 4
1627: Thomas Middleton dies. (Explore: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, The Changeling, Women Beware Women, Thomas Middleton, In relation to the play The Changeling by Thomas Middleton, what is the...)
1761: Samuel Richardson dies. (Explore: Clarissa, Pamela, Sir Charles Grandison, Samuel Richardson)
1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed in Philadephia. (Explore: In "The Declaration of Independence" what is the purpose of the first paragraph?, Why was the Declaration of Independence written?, Why is the Declaration of Independence important?)
1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne is born. (Explore: The Scarlet Letter, Young Goodman Brown, The Minister's Black Veil, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Why is Nathaniel Hawthorne considered a Romantic?)
1905: Lionel Trilling is born. (Explore: The Middle of the Journey, Lionel Trilling, Of This Time, Of That Place, The Liberal Imagination, What is Lionel Trilling trying to say when he states, "It is now life and...)
1927: Neil Simon is born. (Explore: The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon, What are some of the themes of The Odd Couple by Neil Simon?)
1940: Jon Anderson is born. (Explore: Jon Anderson)
1950: Eileen Goudge is born
1961: Margaret Edson is born. (Explore: Wit, Margaret Edson, Explain the themes which cut to the core of Edson's play 'Wit'?)
1974: Georgette Heyer dies. (Explore: Georgette Heyer)