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The Postmodernism Generator is a computer program that automatically produces "close imitations" of postmodernist writing. It was written in 1996 by Andrew C. Bulhak of Monash University using the Dada Engine, a system for generating random text from recursive grammars . [ 1 ]
Prior to this event, the technique had been published in an issue of 391 in the poem by Tzara, dada manifesto on feeble love and bitter love under the sub-title, TO MAKE A DADAIST POEM. [5] [1] In the 1950s, painter and writer Brion Gysin more fully developed the cut-up method after accidentally rediscovering it.
Alan Turing's biographer Andrew Hodges dates the creation of the love letter generator, also known as M.U.C., to the summer of 1952, when Strachey was working with Turing, although Gaboury dates its creation to 1953. [2]
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". [1] The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires ...
The Epic of Gilgamesh (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ə m ɛ ʃ /) [2] is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh (formerly read as Sumerian "Bilgames" [3]), king of Uruk, some of which may date back to the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100 BCE). [1]
The faux Pitt sent Anne poems and songs to keep her in thrall. “I was in love with the man I was chatting to,” Anne reportedly said . “He knew how to speak to a woman.”
Michael Frayn, FRSL (/ f r eɪ n /; born 8 September 1933) is an English playwright and novelist.He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off [8] and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy.
John Davidson (11 April 1857 – 23 March 1909) was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. [1] [2] [3] He also did translations from French.In 1909, financial difficulties, as well as physical and mental health problems, led to his suicide.