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Casa, Giovanni della

(Encyclopedia) Casa, Giovanni dellaCasa, Giovanni dellajōvänˈnē dĕlˈlä käˈzä [key], 1503–56, Italian cleric and poet. He was archbishop of Benevento and papal nuncio to Venice. He wrote lyric verse,…

Millay, Edna St. Vincent

(Encyclopedia) Millay, Edna St. VincentMillay, Edna St. Vincentmĭlāˈ [key], 1892–1950, American poet, b. Rockland, Maine, grad. Vassar College, 1917. One of the most popular poets of her era, Millay…

Rimbaud, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Rimbaud, ArthurRimbaud, Arthurärtürˈ răNbōˈ [key], 1854–91, French poet who had a great influence on the symbolists and subsequent modern poets, b. Charleville. A defiant and…

Cohen, Leonard Norman

(Encyclopedia) Cohen, Leonard Norman, 1934–2016, Canadian songwriter, singer, and poet, b. Montreal, B.A. McGill Univ., 1955. He initially wrote poetry, publishing his first collection, Let Us…

García Lorca, Federico

(Encyclopedia) García Lorca, FedericoGarcía Lorca, Federicofāᵺārēˈkō gärthēˈä lôrˈkä [key], 1898–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist, b. Fuente Vaqueros. The poetry, passion, and violence of his work…

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich

(Encyclopedia) Yevtushenko, Yevgeny AleksandrovichYevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovichyĕvˌt&oomacr;shĕngˈkō, Rus. yĭvgāˈnyē əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch yĭvtəshĕnˈkō [key], 1933–2017, Russian poet, b. Zima…

criticism

(Encyclopedia) criticism, the interpretation and evaluation of literature and the arts. It exists in a variety of literary forms: dialogues (Plato, John Dryden), verse (Horace, Alexander Pope),…

Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Conrad FerdinandMeyer, Conrad Ferdinandkônˈrät fĕrˈdēnänt mīˈər [key], 1825–98, Swiss poet and novelist. He studied history and art and later turned to literature. He is best…

Mandelstam, Osip Emilyevich

(Encyclopedia) Mandelstam, Osip EmilyevichMandelstam, Osip Emilyevichôˈsĭp ĕmyēlˈyəvĭch mänˈdĭlstəm [key], 1892–1938, Russian poet. Mandelstam was a leader of the Acmeist school. He wrote impersonal…

Mahgoub, Muhammad Ahmad

(Encyclopedia) Mahgoub, Muhammad AhmadMahgoub, Muhammad Ahmadm&oomacr;hämˈmäd äkhmädˈ mäˈg&oomacr; [key], 1908–76, Sudanese political leader. After twice serving as Sudan's minister of…