Poetry in Motion
3 November 1998. Bob Kane, the co-creator of comic crime fighter, Batman, died (aged 83). Kane said his influences for the character, who had no superpowers, included Zorro, Leonardo da Vinci’s diagram of the ornithopter and the 1930 film, The Bat Whispers. pic.twitter.com/puxUPtbgHi
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 3, 2022
Today marks 104 years since the death of Wilfred Owen, an acclaimed First World War poet who died one week before the Armistice was signed.
This is an extract from his poem 'Maundy Thursday.' pic.twitter.com/6t6Oc58rjC
— The Poetry Society (@PoetrySociety) November 4, 2022
Michael Crichton died 12 years ago. His novel #JurassicPark - about geneticists bringing dinosaurs back from extinction - was, and remains, irresistible. Take a look at the spot-varnishing on our cover, highlighting the scaly skin of the velociraptor! https://t.co/kneE1NysF7 pic.twitter.com/MsusxtORyd
— The Folio Society (@foliosociety) November 4, 2020
6 November 1856. The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton was submitted for publication by Mary Evans, using the pseudonym, George Eliot. The stories were published anonymously in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1857 and released in two volumes by Blackwood and Sons in January 1858. pic.twitter.com/LXF5BdmNkq
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 6, 2022
"Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."
John Milton died #OTD in 1674.
Books by John Milton at PG:https://t.co/HfgTpGl2fU pic.twitter.com/FKSIbjkDUc
— Project Gutenberg (@gutenberg_org) November 8, 2022
8 November 1847. Bram Stoker was born in Dublin. He’s best known for his gothic novel, Dracula, which tells the story of Count Dracula’s attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse. This is opposed by Abraham Van Helsing. pic.twitter.com/rAshlAplPn
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 8, 2022
9 November 1937. Roger McGough was born in Litherland, Lancashire. He was a leading member of the Liverpool Poets, a group influenced by Beat poetry. He was also a member of The Scaffold, along with Mike McCartney and John Gorman. He presents the Poetry Please on BBC Radio 4. pic.twitter.com/siQ3LCQkcr
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
9 November 1953. Legendary Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas, died (aged 39), in New York City, USA. His works include: “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “Death shall have no dominion”. In 2009, he was ranked 10th in a BBC poll to find the UK’s Favourite Poet. pic.twitter.com/VDss7Py16p
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 9, 2022
10 November 1960. UK Bookshops sold out the first 200,000 printed copies of the controversial D.H.Lawrence novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. pic.twitter.com/TWmFEaLSTO
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
10 November 2007. Influential and award-winning novelist and non-fiction writer, Norman Mailer, died (aged 85). His novels include The Naked and the Dead, An American Dream, and The Executioner’s Song. His non-fiction includes The Fight and Oswald’s Tale: An American Mystery. pic.twitter.com/v2gKLxmXH7
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 10, 2022
11 November 1821. The Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, was born in Moscow. His most acclaimed works include: Crime and Punishment, Notes from Underground, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. He’s rated as one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. pic.twitter.com/RBRTMU5Odi
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
11 November 1922. Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. His best-selling novel was, Slaughterhouse-Five, which follows the life and experiences of American soldier Billy Pilgrim who survives WW1 and the bombing of Dresden in WW2 while a Prisoner of War. pic.twitter.com/S6nQKEqxKx
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 11, 2022
Elizabeth Gaskell died #otd 1865 🕯📚 #elizabethgaskell pic.twitter.com/UiVGYLoUMf
— Julie Rose (@R40JTR) November 12, 2021
13 November 1850. Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and other classic novels, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s ranked as the 26th most-translated author in the world, ahead of even Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe. pic.twitter.com/Z4XmzWdsMU
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 13, 2022
15 November 1959. The murders of 4 members of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas occured, inspiring Truman Capote’s classic real crime book, In Cold Blood. The book charts the capture, trial and execution of the two killers: Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. pic.twitter.com/LXtvl5MugQ
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 15, 2022
16 November 1849. A Russian court sentenced writer, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, to death for taking part in anti-government activities. On 22 December 1849, he was being prepared for execution by a firing squad when news came through he had been reprieved, and sent into exile instead. pic.twitter.com/QL7GYQgBn0
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 16, 2022
16 November 1928. The obscenity trial of Radclyffe Hall for her crusading lesbian novel, The Well of Loneliness, ended. Chartres Biron, the chief magistrate at Bow Street, ruled that the novel was an ‘obscene libel’ and that all copies in print should be destroyed. pic.twitter.com/PBIM9KoJd2
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 16, 2022
17 November 2013. Nobel prize winning novelist, Doris Lessing, died (aged 94). Her novels include: The Grass Is Singing, 5 novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–1969), The Good Terrorist, and 5 novels known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983). pic.twitter.com/TMr7IgwEtc
— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) November 17, 2022