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Brewer's: Long Words

Agathokakological. (Southey: The Doctor.) Alcomiroziropoulopilousitounitapignac. The giantess. (Croquemitaine, iii. 2.) Amoronthologosphorus. (See Hair.) (The Three Hairs.)…

Brewer's: Thule

(2 syl.). Called by Drayton Thuly. Pliny, Solinus, and Mela take it for Iceland. Pliny says, “It is an island in the Northern Ocean discovered by Pytheas, after sailing six days from the…

Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin

(Encyclopedia) Molière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinMolière, Jean Baptiste PoquelinzhäN bätēstˈ pôklăNˈ môlyĕrˈ [key], 1622–73, French playwright and actor, b. Paris; son of a merchant who was upholsterer…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto XXII

Purgatorio: Canto XXIPurgatorio: Canto XXIIIPurgatorio: Canto XXII Already was the Angel left behind us, The Angel who to the sixth round had turned us, Having erased one mark from off…

Latin literature

(Encyclopedia) Latin literature, the literature of ancient Rome and of that written in Latin in later eras. Very little remains of the ritualistic songs and the native poetry of the Romans and Latins…

Writers

  Achebe, Rousseau, Yourcenar, and more A-B | C | D-F | G-H | I-L | M-N | O-P | R-S | T-Z   Achebe, Chinua Adams, Henry Addison, Joseph Aesop Agee, James Agnon, S. Y. Alcott,…

Shakespeare's Plays (table)

(Encyclopedia) Shakespeare's Plays(arranged by approximate date of composition) Play Approximate date of composition Date of first publication Sources Major characters Genre Henry VI, Part II…

drama, Western

(Encyclopedia) drama, Western, plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature…

William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act II, Scene II

Scene IIA room in the castleEnter King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, and AttendantsKing ClaudiusWelcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern! Moreover that we much did…