Karl Kraus vs. Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Karl Kraus
1874 – 1936
Karl Kraus may refer to:Karl Kraus (writer) (1874–1936), Austrian writer and journalist Karl Kraus (physicist) (1938–1988), German theoretical physicist
"Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence."
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
1802 – 1838
Letitia Elizabeth Landon was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Her first major breakthrough came with The Improvisatrice and she developed the metrical romance towards the Victorian ideal of the Victorian monologue, influencing fellow English writers such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson and Christina Rossetti. Her influence can also be found in the United States, where she was very popular.
"It may seem fanciful, but to me the violet is the very emblem of woman's love; it springs up in secret; it hides its perfume even when gathered ; how timidly it…"
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