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Qian Zhongshu

(Encyclopedia) Qian Zhongshu or Ch'ien Chung-shu, 1910–98, Chinese writer and scholar, grad. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (1933). After attending Oxford and the Sorbonne, he returned (1939) to China and…

Pleiad

(Encyclopedia) PleiadPleiadplēˈăd [key] [from Pleiades], group of seven tragic poets of Alexandria who flourished c.280 b.c. under Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Of the works of the men usually given in…

Valéry, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Valéry, PaulValéry, Paulpōl välārēˈ [key], 1871–1945, French poet and critic. A follower of the symbolists, Valéry was one of the greatest French poets of the 20th cent. He was…

structuralism

(Encyclopedia) structuralism, theory that uses culturally interconnected signs to reconstruct systems of relationships rather than studying isolated, material things in themselves. This method found…

Aristotle

(Encyclopedia) AristotleAristotleărˌĭstŏtˈəl, 384–322 b.c., Greek philosopher, b. Stagira. He is sometimes called the Stagirite. After the decline of Rome, Aristotle's work was lost in the West.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poems Written in 1821

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1820Poems Written in 1822Poems Written in 1821Dirge for the YearTo NightTimeLinesFrom the Arabic: An ImitationTo Emilia VivianiThe FugitivesTo -…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Juvenilia

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Queen MabNotes on the Text and Its PunctuationJuveniliaOf the following pieces the "Original Poetry by Victor and Cazire", the Poems from "St. Irvyne, or The Rosicrucian", "…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poems Written in 1819

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Poems Written in 1818Poems Written in 1820Poems Written in 1819Lines Written During the Castlereagh AdministrationSong to the Men of EnglandSimiles for Two Political…