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Sacchetti, Franco

(Encyclopedia) Sacchetti, FrancoSacchetti, Francofrängˈkō säk-kĕtˈtē [key], c.1330–1400, Italian author. He held a number of public offices in Florence and wrote lyric verse and moral discourses. He…

Brewer's: Moral

The moral Gower. John Gower, the poet, is so called by Chaucer. (1320-1402.) Father of moral philosophy. Thomas Aquinas (1227-1274). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Gesta Romanorum

(Encyclopedia) Gesta RomanorumGesta Romanorumjĕsˈtə rōˌmənôrˈəm [key], medieval collection of Latin stories. Although the title means “Deeds of the Romans,” the tales have very little to do with…

Hoccleve, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Hoccleve or Occleve, ThomasHoccleve or Occleve, Thomashŏkˈlēv, ŏkˈ– [key], c.1368–c.1450, English poet, an imitator of Chaucer. He was a clerk in the office of the Privy Seal. His…

Edgeworth, Maria

(Encyclopedia) Edgeworth, Maria, 1767–1849, Irish novelist; daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth. She lived practically her entire life on her father's estate in Ireland. Letters for Literary Ladies…

Evo Morales

Name at birth: Juan Evo Morales AymaEvo Morales has been the president of Bolivia since January of 2006. Known simply as Evo, he came to national prominence after a career as a coca farmer and union…

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

(Encyclopedia) Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804–64, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Salem, Mass., one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating…

Sologub, Feodor

(Encyclopedia) Sologub, FeodorSologub, Feodorfyôˈdər sələg&oomacr;pˈ [key], pseud. of Feodor Kuzmich Teternikov, 1863–1927, Russian poet and prose writer. By profession a schoolteacher and as a…

Fables & Fairy Tales

Fairy tales feature heavily in the history of illustration, e.g. this Rackham illustration from the Brothers Grimm.Fables and fairy tales are two of the most common types of folklore, both of which…

Brewer's: Maunciples Tale

A mediæval version of Ovid's tale about Coronis (Met. ii. 543, etc.). Phêbus; had a crow which he taught to speak; it was downy white, and as big as a swan. He had also a wife whom he…