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Edward Morgan Forster (E.M. Forster) wrote "Aspects of the Novel," a collection of lectures delivered at Cambridge in 1927. It discusses literary elements such as plot, character, and pattern.
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The "Arabian Nights" (One Thousand and One Nights) has no single author. It is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age by various writers.
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"You Never Can Tell" is a play by George Bernard Shaw, first published in 1898. The provided text incorrectly listed Marlowe as the answer, but Shaw is the correct author of this comedy.
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Christopher Marlowe was a contemporary of William Shakespeare. They were both born in 1564 and were rival playwrights during the Elizabethan era, influencing each other's work.
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Homer is the legendary ancient Greek poet credited with the authorship of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," two of the greatest epic poems that serve as the foundation of Western literature.
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Homer is the author of "The Iliad," an ancient Greek epic poem. Set during the Trojan War, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.
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The central theme of Homer's "The Iliad" is the wrath (rage) of Achilles. The poem opens by declaring its subject: the anger of Achilles and the destruction it brings to the Achaean army.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote the semi-autobiographical novel "Cancer Ward" (1966). It explores the lives of patients in a Soviet cancer ward, reflecting on the state of the post-Stalinist Soviet Union.
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"Epicoene, or The Silent Woman" is a comedy by the Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1609, it is known for its humorous plot involving a man who cannot stand noise.
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John Kenneth Galbraith wrote "The Affluent Society" in 1958. It is a famous book on economics that criticizes the American focus on increasing private production at the expense of public services.