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PlayThe Shadow BoxMusicalAnnieActor—PlayAl Pacino, The Basic Training of Pavlo HummelActress—PlayJulie Harris, The Belle of AmherstFeatured Actor—PlayJonathan Pryce, ComediansFeatured Actress…

Guinevere

(Encyclopedia) GuinevereGuineveregwĭnˈəvĭrˌ, gwĕnˈ– [key], in Arthurian legend, wife of King Arthur. Her illicit and tragic love for Sir Launcelot, which foreshadowed the downfall of Arthur's kingdom…

Liliencron, Detlev, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia) Liliencron, Detlev, Freiherr vonLiliencron, Detlev, Freiherr vondĕtˈlĕf frīˈhĕr fən lēˈlyənkrôn [key], 1844–1909, German lyric poet, b. Schleswig-Holstein. First a Prussian army…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Dialogue

by Percy Bysshe Shelley In HorologiumThe SolitaryA Dialogue Published (without title) by Hogg, "Life of Shelley", 1858; dated 1809. Included in the Esdaile manuscript book. DEATH: For my…

black humor

(Encyclopedia) black humor, in literature, drama, and film, grotesque or morbid humor used to express the absurdity, insensitivity, paradox, and cruelty of the modern world. Ordinary characters or…

Cressy, Hugh Paulinus

(Encyclopedia) Cressy, Hugh PaulinusCressy, Hugh Paulinuskrĕˈsē [key], 1605–74, English Benedictine monk. He was educated at Oxford and converted to Roman Catholicism in Rome in 1646. His…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Time: Sunset.

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Dramatis PersonaeNote on Hellas, by Mrs. ShelleyTime: Sunset. Time: Sunset. Scene: A terrace on the Seraglio. Mahmud sleeping, an indian slave sitting beside…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Mystic

The Mystic Angels have talked with him, and showed him thrones: Ye knew him not: he was not one of ye, Ye scorned him with an undiscerning scorn: Ye could not read the marvel in his…

minnesinger

(Encyclopedia) minnesingerminnesingermĭnˈĭsĭngˌər [key], a medieval German knight, poet, and singer of Minne, or courtly love. Originally imitators of Provençal troubadours, minnesingers developed…

Patchen, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Patchen, Kenneth, 1911–72, American poet and novelist, b. Niles, Ohio. His writings, characterized by complete freedom of form, embrace genres as diverse as satire, fantasy, and…