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	<title>Top 10 Lists &#187; Literature</title>
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		<title>Top 10 Suicidal Writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TopTenz Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the earliest records of ancient civilizations to the most recent works produced by modernity, the history of literature bears witness to the creative power of the human mind. We have before us a vast library of stories, plays, and poetry to enjoy at our leisure, but in some cases this creativity came with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Fictional Dystopias</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Iredale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dictionary defines a dystopia as a state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror. These scenarios have been the inspiration for countless novels and movies. They reflect our darkest fears and sometimes, actual elements in the modern world.
THX 1138

George Lucas made his name with Star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Unfinished Works Of Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For every great work of art, literature, or architecture that gets completed, there are probably just as many that are abandoned and left unfinished because of wars, political strife, lack of funding, or the death of the artist. Most of these works are lost and forgotten, but some, by masters like Da Vinci and Mozart, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Classic Children’s Books</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Iredale</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grimm's Fairy Tales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us have fond memories of bedtime stories. Parents love to pass on their own favorite books to their children. Stories are important in sparking children’s imaginations and they teach them about the world. Here are some you will undoubtedly know along with some that are less familiar, and you don’t have to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Unfinished Works of Literature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ash Grant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since writing has been known to man, literature as become an extremely important part of everyday life, even for those who aren’t writers. Literature allows people to express their thoughts and feelings, and then have others read them, take it in, and draw their own conclusions and thoughts.
As a writer myself, it’s definitely hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Tortured Artists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These writers, musicians, and painters created masterpieces in the realms of literature, music, and art. At different stages of their lives, every person on this list suffered from severe hardships, mental illness and feelings of loneliness and despair. All of them suffered for their art in order to create legacies of great imagination and epic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Alter Egos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TopTenz Master</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human beings are not one-dimensional and sometimes we need another persona to express different facets of our personality. They also make terrific drama! Some are comic; some are terrifying. Some are misguided. There are things that only the alter ego could get away with. In some cases it is hard to distinguish which character is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Downing Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.  His lyrical phrasing, his rich characters, and his unmistakable voice have placed him in the high echelon of American authors.  Even though we only got to keep him until the young age of 44, he managed in that short time to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Love Poems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Iredale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as there have been poets, there have been love poems. After all, if love cannot inspire, what can? Our minds turn to love on special anniversaries, Valentine’s Day and weddings, but how to express it? We are not all blessed with the gift of poetic words. The list below may include a poem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Stories by Stephen King</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Downing Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen King is quite prolific, having penned over 40 novels and 166 works of short fiction.  Therefore, for this Top Tenz list, we couldn&#8217;t narrow it down to just novels or short stories.  Any reader of King&#8217;s knows that he threads many of his works together, but the purpose of this list is to praise [...]]]></description>
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