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Gordon, Judah Leon
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Judah Leon, 1830–92, Russian-Hebrew novelist and poet, b. Vilna. As teacher and writer he was one of the leaders in the renaissance of a progressive culture among the Jews (see…canzone, in literature
(Encyclopedia) canzonecanzonekäntsôˈnā [key] or canzonacanzona–nä [key], in literature, Italian term meaning lyric or song. It is used to designate such various literary forms as Provençal troubadour…Zunser, Eliakum
(Encyclopedia) Zunser, EliakumZunser, Eliakumĕlˈyōk&oobreve;m ts&oobreve;nˈzər [key], 1846–1913, Lithuanian folk poet and singer who wrote in Yiddish. The most popular Jewish folk singer of…Carossa, Hans
(Encyclopedia) Carossa, HansCarossa, Hanshäns kärôsˈä [key], 1878–1956, German poet and novelist. His autobiographical novel Childhood (1922, tr. 1930) and its sequels (1928, 1941) are noted for…Auden, W. H.
(Encyclopedia) Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh Auden)Auden, W. H.ôˈdən [key], 1907–73, Anglo-American poet, b. York, England, educated at Oxford. A versatile, vigorous, and technically skilled poet, Auden…Lowell, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Lowell, Robert (Robert Traill Spence Lowell 4th), 1917–77, American poet and translator, widely considered the preeminent American poet of the mid-20th cent., b. Boston, grad. Kenyon…Muallaqat
(Encyclopedia) MuallaqatMuallaqatm&oomacr;älˌäkätˈ [key], Pre-Islamic Arabic anthology compiled by the scholar Hammad al Rawiya (d. c.775). comprised of poems that were written in gold letters…Montgomery, L. M.
(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud Montgomery), 1874–1942, Canadian novelist, b. Prince Edward Island. Her first novel, Anne of Green Gables (1908), met with immediate success and has been…Marquis, Don
(Encyclopedia) Marquis, Don (Donald Robert Perry Marquis)Marquis, Donmärˈkwĭs [key], 1878–1937, American author, b. Walnut, Ill. In 1912 he began the humorous column “The Sun Dial” in the New York…Neruda, Jan
(Encyclopedia) Neruda, JanNeruda, Janyän nĕˈr&oobreve;dä [key], 1834–91, Czech essayist and poet, b. Prague. His popular Stories from Malá Strana (1878), tales drawn from his childhood in Prague…Trending
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