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Post, Melville Davisson
Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer to appear after Edgar Allan Poe. Post may even be unique in the sense that he through his books were able to influence the law as he devised plots that exposed weaknesses in current legislation, which led to discussions that in turn resulted in amendments.
Post came from a...
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Romantiken - "att vara Gud, att bli människa, att bilda sig"
By: Michael Economou
Denna kulturepok, romantiken, till vilken såväl Stagnelius som Lord Byron hör trots de skilda livsvillkoren och de knappast jämförbara författarrollerna, ses vanligtvis som pågående mellan 1790 och 1850 inom konst, litteratur, filosofi, musik och vetenskap. Att fånga tidens särart låter sig inte göras så enkelt ... "