Ayn Rand
1905-1982
objectivist philosophical heroic
Known for: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem
Charles Dickens
1812-1870
verbose social-commentary melodramatic
Known for: A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
gothic psychological macabre
Known for: The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher
Ernest Hemingway
1899-1961
minimalist understated iceberg theory
Known for: The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Franz Kafka
1883-1924
surreal bureaucratic existential
Known for: The Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle
George Orwell
1903-1950
political dystopian clear-prose
Known for: 1984, Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia
H.P. Lovecraft
1890-1937
cosmic-horror archaic atmospheric
Known for: The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth
Jack Kerouac
1922-1969
spontaneous stream-of-consciousness jazz-influenced
Known for: On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur
Jane Austen
1775-1817
social-satire propriety wit
Known for: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma
Mark Twain
1835-1910
vernacular humor satirical
Known for: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper
Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
witty ornate paradoxical
Known for: The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband
Virginia Woolf
1882-1941
stream-of-consciousness psychological impressionistic
Known for: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando
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Literary Masters
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Total Reviews
6
Literary Movements