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Baseball's Eight Work Stoppages
In 2002 the players' union and the owners narrowly avoided baseball's ninth work stoppage, coming to an agreement just hours before a proposed players' strike was set to begin. Below is a…The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Poe is one of the fathers of horror literature, with many of his tales being made into movies throughout the years, continuing to give readers and viewers the chills, even after all this time. How…The Works of J.R.R. Tolkien Quiz
Though J.R.R. Tolkien is known for writing "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", he also authored many other books over the course of his life, including having writings compiled posthumously.…Principal Means of Transportation to Work
198519932001 Number(thousands)PercentNumber(thousands)PercentNumber(thousands)PercentAll workers99,592100.0%103,741100.0%120,191100.0%Automobile86,14886.591,30188.0105,58687.8 Drives self72,…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic Gift
Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic GiftIIIIIIIVVFragmentsSpenser, Edmund
(Encyclopedia) Spenser, Edmund, 1552?–1599, English poet, b. London. He was the friend of men eminent in literature and at court, including Gabriel Harvey, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, and…Hazlitt, William
(Encyclopedia) Hazlitt, William, 1778–1830, English essayist. The son of a reform-mindeed Unitarian minister, he abandoned the idea of entering the clergy and took up painting, philosophy, and later…Dryden, John
(Encyclopedia) Dryden, John, 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic, b. Northamptonshire, grad. Cambridge, 1654. He went to London about 1657 and first came to public notice with his Heroic…Arnold, Matthew
(Encyclopedia) Arnold, Matthew, 1822–88, English poet and critic, son of the educator Dr. Thomas Arnold. Arnold was educated at Rugby; graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 1844; and was a fellow…Trending
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