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Joyce, James

(Encyclopedia) Joyce, James, 1882–1941, Irish novelist. Perhaps the most influential and significant novelist of the 20th cent., Joyce was a master of the English language, exploiting all of its…

James Joyce

Name at birth: James Augustine Aloysius JoyceJoyce was to modern literature what Picasso was to modern art: he scrambled up the old formulas and set the table for the 20th century. Joyce's books…

wake

(Encyclopedia) wake, watch kept over a dead body, usually during the night preceding burial. Ancient peoples in various parts of the world observed the custom. As an ancient ritual, it was rooted in…

Wilder, Thornton Niven

(Encyclopedia) Wilder, Thornton Niven, 1897–1975, American playwright and novelist, b. Madison, Wis., grad. Yale (B.A., 1920), Princeton (M.A., 1925). He received most of his early education in China…

Wake Island

(Encyclopedia) Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, between Hawaii and Guam. It is a U.S. military base and scientific research center…

Brewer's: Wake

(1 syl.). To keep vigils. (Anglo-Saxon, waeccan.) A vigil celebrated with junketing and dancing. “It may, therefore, be permitted them [the…

In Joyce's Wake

Contemporary Irish writers live up to legend by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Ulysses: Joyce's masterpiece. Related Links Notable Irish WritersThe Booker PrizeBest Novels of the CenturySt. Patrick…

Waking the Dead

Director:Keith GordonWriter:Robert DillonUSA Films/Gramercy Pictures; R; 106 minutesRelease:3/00Cast:Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Molly Parker Waking the Dead puts a deadly car bomb…

Wake Island

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Wake Island. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Wake Island's geography, history, government, economy, population,…

Waking Life

Director/Writer:Richard LinklaterFox Searchlight; R; 99 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Wiley Wiggins, Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg Waking Life is a refreshingly original film from writer-director…