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Wovoka

(Encyclopedia) WovokaWovokawōvōˈkə [key], c.1858–1932, Paiute, prophet of a messianic religion sometimes called the Ghost Dance religion. Also known as Jack Wilson, he was influenced by his father (a…

King, Stephen

(Encyclopedia) King, Stephen, 1947–, American writer, b. Portland, Maine. Influenced by the 19th-century Gothic tradition, especially the works of Poe, King's fiction reveals the macabre and horrific…

Bach

(Encyclopedia) BachBachbäkh [key], German family of distinguished musicians who flourished from the 16th through the 18th cent., its most renowned member being Johann Sebastian Bach (see separate…

The King Sends His Own Physician

The King Sends His Own PhysicianEt Rex Ipse Suum MittitMeditationJohn Donne STILL when we return to that meditation that man is a world, we find new discoveries. Let him be a world, and…