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Théâtre Libre

(Encyclopedia) Théâtre LibreThéâtre Libretāätˈrə lēbˈrə [key], French theatrical company founded in Paris in 1887 by André Antoine. Inspired by the work of the Meiningen Players, Antoine's theater…

vers libre

(Encyclopedia) vers libre: see free verse.

Antoine, André

(Encyclopedia) Antoine, AndréAntoine, AndréäNdrāˈ äNtwänˈ [key], 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic. In opposition to the teachings of the Paris Conservatory, he formed (1887…

Drumont, Edouard

(Encyclopedia) Drumont, EdouardDrumont, Edouardādwärˈ drümôNˈ [key], 1844–1917, French journalist and anti-Semitic leader. His book, La France juive [Jewish France] (1886) and his periodical, La…

Giner de los Ríos, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Giner de los Ríos, FranciscoGiner de los Ríos, Franciscofränthēsˈkō hēnārˈ dā lōs rēˈōs [key], 1839–1915, Spanish educator and philosopher. He founded the Institución Libre de…

Englert, François

(Encyclopedia) Englert, François, 1932–, Belgian theoretical physicist, Ph.D. Université libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Brussels, 1959. He has been a professor at U.L.B. since 1964. Englert was the…

Amy Lowell: Preface

PrefaceThis is a book of stories. For that reason I have excluded all purely lyrical poems. But the word "stories" has been stretched to its fullest application. It includes both narrative…

Zelaya Rosales, José Manuel

(Encyclopedia) Zelaya Rosales, José ManuelZelaya Rosales, José Manuelhōsāˈ mänwĕlˈ sālīˈä rōsäˈlās [key], 1952–, Honduran political leader. A businessman and rancher, he joined the Liberal party of…

Leonard, Elmore

(Encyclopedia) Leonard, Elmore (John Elmore Leonard), 1925–2013, American novelist, b. New Orleans, grad. Univ. of Detroit (1950). “Dutch” Leonard began publishing Western tales in the early 1950s,…