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Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
(Encyclopedia) Fragonard, Jean-HonoréFragonard, Jean-HonorézhäN-ōnôrāˈ frägônärˈ [key], 1732–1806, French painter. He studied with Chardin, Carle Vanloo, and intensively with Boucher, whose style he…Songs and Sonnets
John DonneContentsThe FleaThe Good-MorrowSongWoman's ConstancyThe UndertakingThe Sun RisingThe IndifferentLove's UsuryThe CanonizationThe Triple FoolLovers' InfinitenessSongThe LegacyA…Coltrane, John
(Encyclopedia) Coltrane, John Coltrane, John kōltrānˈ, kōlˈtrān [key], 1926–67, American jazz musician, b. Hamlet, N.C…Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Confirmation that the plane went down leaves many questions unanswered. The missing Malaysia 9M-MRO aircraft Photo Credit: Laurent ERRERA Related Links…Eastman, Max
(Encyclopedia) Eastman, Max, 1883–1969, American author, b. Canandaigua, N.Y., grad. Williams, 1905. For many years a Communist and a leader of American liberal thought, he edited the left-wing…Adams, Alice
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Alice, 1926–99, American novelist, b. Fredericksburg, Va. Her deftly wry and witty fiction concerns 20th-century domestic and professional life, and usually concentrates on the…Carver, Raymond
(Encyclopedia) Carver, Raymond, 1938–88, American short-story writer, b. Clatskanie, Oreg. He was raised in the Pacific Northwest, where he often set his sparely written tales of everyday blue-collar…amethyst
(Encyclopedia) amethystamethystămˈəthĭst [key] [Gr.,=non-drunkenness], variety of quartz, violet to purple in color, used as a gem. It is the most highly valued of the semiprecious quartzes. It is…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Revolt of Islam, Canto 1
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dedication Canto 2 Canto 1 When the last hope of trampled France had failed Like a brief dream of unremaining glory, From visions of despair I rose, and scaled The…Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis
(Encyclopedia) Rivette, Jacques Pierre Louis, 1928–2016, French filmmaker and critic b. Rouen. One of the French New Wave directors of the 1950s and 60s, he wrote criticism for the influential…Trending
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