::Itemergedinsixteenth-centurySpain.“Picaro”isSpanishfor “rogue”, , episodicinstructure (thatis, composedofasequenceofeventsheldtogetherlargelybecausetheyhappenedtotheoneperson), andoftensatiricinaim.
(1667-1745):HewasanIrishsatirist, essayist, politicalpamphleteer (firstfortheWhigs, thenfortheTories), ’sCathedral, ’sTravels, AModestProposal, AJournaltoStella, Drapier’sLetters, TheBattleoftheBooks,AnArgumentAgainstAbolishingChristianity, , andislesswell-knownforhispoetry.
:Theyaretwofictionalislandnationsthatappearinthefirstpartofthe1726novelGulliver’, .
(1878-1967):’sSchoolinWarwickbeforetrainingasamerchantseaman.In1895, hedesertedhisshipinNewYorkCityandworkedthereinacarpetfactorybeforereturningtoLondontowritepoemsdescribinghisexperienceatsea.MasefieldwasappointedBritishpoetlaureatein1930.
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(1883):ItisanadventurenovelbyScottishauthorRobertLouisStevenson, narratingataleof “piratesandburiedgold”.Traditionallyconsideredacoming-of-agestory, TreasureIslandisanadventuretaleknownforitsatmosphere, charactersandaction, andalsoasawrycommentaryontheambiguityofmorality, unusualforchildren’sliteraturethenandnow.
(1901):, thepoliticalconflictbetweenRussiaandBritaininCentralAsia.ItissetaftertheSecondAfghanWarwhichendedin1881, , culture, andvariedreligionsofIndia.“ThebookpresentsavividpictureofIndia, itsteemingpopulations, religions, andsuperstitions, andthelifeofthebazaarsandtheroad.”
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’sTale (2001):ThisisanAmericancomedy-adventurefilmwritten, directed, , apeasantmasqueradingasaknight, , winningaccoladesandacquiringfriendshipswithsuchhistoricalfiguresasEdward, , garnering $117,487,473withabudgetofjustover $41million.
(2010):ThisisanAmericancomputer-animated/, thefilmgrossedover $1.02billionworldwide.AsofOctober2011, itistheninthhighest-grossingfilmofalltime.
