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51Petrarch's and Shakespeare's Sonnets — The sonnet is a fourteen line poem finding its origins in Italy around 1235 AD. While the early sonneteers experimented with patterns, Francesco Petrarch began to solidify sonnet structure. The Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet consists of an octave …
52Balzac, Honoré de — orig. Honoré Balssa born May 20, 1799, Tours, France died Aug. 18, 1850, Paris French writer. Balzac began working as a clerk in Paris at about age 16. An early attempt at a business career left him with huge debts, and for decades he toiled… …
53human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
54Winslet, Kate — ▪ English actress in full Kate Elizabeth Winslet born Oct. 5, 1975, Reading, Berkshire, Eng. English actress who was known for her sharply drawn portrayals of spirited and unusual women. Winslet was raised in a family of actors. She… …
55Earl Cain — Earl Cain …
56Homosexuality, Gender Identity Disorder, and Psychiatry — In some areas, psychiatry has striven to be as scientific as possible, in studying the genetics of schizophrenia or the neurotransmitters involved in depression. In other areas, however, the discipline has proven very much a handmaiden of its… …
57Infinite Jest — Infobox Book name = Infinite Jest title orig = translator = author = David Foster Wallace cover artist = country = flagicon|USA United States language = English genre = Hysterical realism, Satire, Tragicomedy, Science Fiction publisher = Little,… …
58Running with Scissors (memoir) — Running with Scissors   …
59Psychology (The separation of) from philosophy — The separation of psychology from philosophy Studies in the sciences of mind 1815–1879 Edward S.Reed THE IMPOSSIBLE SCIENCE Traditional metaphysics The consensus of European opinion during and immediately after the Napoleonic era was that… …
60James Joyce — This article is about the 20th century writer. For other people with the same name, see James Joyce (disambiguation) …
