Short History of How Stand-Up Came to Be
The famous British writer Charles Dickens wrote back in 1867 that Americans definitely cannot be called cheerful people, and their temperament amazes him every time with gloom and dullness of character. It would probably be all the more surprising for him to find out that it was in America that
Walter Gropius: The Godfather of Modernism
Walter Gropius was a key figure in the architecture of the 20th century, the theorist of modernism, the founder and main ideologist of the revolutionary German school. Restrained and cold-blooded, he stood out from the circles of his eccentric colleagues and extravagant Bauhaus students. The originality of the great architect
Sylvia Plath: The Development of Confessional Poetry
For many younger poets, especially women, Sylvia Plath's works have become a model of what poetry can consist of, namely her writing, freely expressing everyday experiences, and speaking openly about things that were not allowed to be talked about until recently. Sylvia wrote about family problems, mental health issues, and
