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Welty, Eudora

(Encyclopedia) Welty, Eudora, 1909–2001, American author, b. Jackson, Miss., grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1929. One of the important American regional writers of the 20th cent. and one of the finest…

Walt Whitman: As I Ponder'd in Silence

As I Ponder'd in SilenceAs I ponder'd in silence, Returning upon my poems, considering, lingering long, A Phantom arose before me with distrustful aspect, Terrible in beauty, age, and power,…

The Celtic Twilight: An Enduring Heart

by W. B. Yeats A Knight of the SheepThe SorcerersAn Enduring Heart One day a friend of mine was making a sketch of my Knight of the Sheep. The old man's daughter was sitting by, and, when…

Brewer's: Heart of Hearts

(In one's). In one's inmost conviction. The heart is often referred to as a second self. Shakespeare speaks of the “neck of the heart” (Merchant of Venice, ii. 2); “the middle of the heart…

A the Heart of the Continent

Chapter 10 Chapter 12 A the Heart of the Continent Captain Clark continued his observations up the long series of rapids and falls until he came to a group of three small…

Brewer's: Heart

A variety of the word core. (Latin, cord', the heart; Greek, kard'; Sanskrit, herd'; Anglo-Saxon, heorte.) Heart (in Christian art), the attribute of St. Theresa. The flaming heart (in…

Music of the Heart

Director:Wes CravenWriter:Pamela GrayMiramax; PG; 110 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett Armed with 50 violins and a determination to jumpstart a life…

Random Hearts

Director:Sydney PollackWriter:Kurt LuedtkeColumbia Pictures; R; 131 minutesRelease:10/99Cast:Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas The best part of Random Hearts is the first hour, when Dutch (…

Playing By Heart

Director/Writer: Willard Carroll Miramax; R; 100 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Connery, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon…