It was in the late 18th and early 19th centuries that the nation's first novels were published. With the War of 1812 and an increasing desire to produce uniquely American literature and culture, a number of key new literary figures emerged, perhaps most prominently Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe.In 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803â1882) started a movement known as Transcendentalism.illiam Faulkner (1897â1962) is notable for novels like The Sound and the Fury. American drama attained international status only in the 1920s and 1930s, with the works of Eugene O'Neill, who won four Pulitzer Prizes and the Nobel Prize.
R1bn boost for South African farming. South Africa's emerging and commercial farmers will benefit from financial assistance after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a R1-billion line of credit to the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa on Wednesday.he credit also includes a technical assistance component for capacity building at Land Bank and will enable the government to support, promote and facilitate the development and transformation of the agricultural sector in South Africa.
Definition of 'food bank'. food bank. A food bank is a place that collects food that has been donated and gives it to people who are poor or homeless. ...charities that provide food for the poor, such as soup kitchens and food banks.