Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999.
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Franz Schubert
Standard Name: Schubert, Franz
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Dora Russell | Here Dora became passionate about Goethe
and Schiller
, Mendelssohn
and Schubert
, and about theatre in general. |
| Education | Viola Tree | VT
's early education took place privately, at home, because her parents rejected the idea of sending their daughters to schools. As a result, she had twenty-five different governesses, each lasting only a short while... |
| Occupation | Sarah Flower Adams | In addition to writing hymns, SFA
attempted a stage career: she aimed to develop both musical and dramatic skills. Eliza Bridell Fox
notes that the aspiring performer possessed a rich contralto voice. |
| Textual Features | Victoria Cross | The Woman Who Didn't begins in Egypt, shifts to a ship making its way to England, and then to London. The narrator, Evelyn, a hard-worked Indian officer, going home on his first leave... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Willa Cather | The sad story of the lively and impossibly romantic Lucy belies her name. She leaves her Nebraska home in Haverford on the Platte River to study music, and forgets her first boyfriend for love of... |
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