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Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets was an American playwright and screenwriter from the 1930s to the 1960s, known throughout most of his career for politically-charged dramas that championed the cause of the…

Marina Sirtis Biography

Marina SirtisactressBorn: 3/29/1959Birthplace: London, England Sirtis attended the Guild Hall School of Music and Drama in her native England before heading for Hollywood. After months of…

Brewer's: Amaranth

Clement of Alexandria says —Amarantus flos, symbolum est immortalitatis. The word is from the Greek amarantos (everlasting). So called because its flowers never fade like other flowers,…

Brewer's: Hip! Hip! Hurrah!

Hip is said to be a notarica, composed of the initial letters of Hicrosolyma Est Perdita. Henri van Laun says, in Notes and Queries, that whenever the German knights headed a Jew-hunt in…

Christina Rossetti: Advent

AdventThis Advent moon shines cold and clear, These Advent nights are long; Our lamps have burned year after year And still their flame is strong. 'Watchman, what of the night?' we cry…

Stanley Fish Biography

Stanley Fishliterary theoristBorn: 4/19/1939Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island American literary theorist known for his writings about the role of the reader in literature. After receiving…

Brewer's: Gabriel

(g hard), in Jewish mythology, is the angel of death to the favoured people of God, the prince of fire and thunder, and the only angel that can speak Syriac and Chaldee. The Mahometans…

William Shakespeare: Love's Labor's Lost, Act II

Act IIScene IThe sameEnter the Princess of France, Rosaline, Maria, Katharine, Boyet, Lords, and other AttendantsBoyetNow, madam, summon up your dearest spirits: Consider who the king your…