The Past is like a funeral gone by
The Future comes like an unwelcomed guest.

Edmund Gosse

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Topic

Past and future The past The future

Author

Edmund Gosse

Source

May-Day

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Gosse, Edmund. "May-Day." On Viol and Flute. London: Henry S. King, 1873.

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Topic
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James Joyce
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Medium
Novel Magazine
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 2.

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The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

Requiem for a Nun

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Topic
Effects of the past Past and present The past
Speaker
Stevens

Author

William Faulkner
Source
Requiem for a Nun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Random House, 1951.

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Faulkner, William. Requiem for a Nun. Vintage, 2012.