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91The Auburn Knights Orchestra — is a jazz and swing big band based out of Auburn, Alabama, home to Auburn University, and is thought to be one of the oldest big band organizations in the world. Formed in 1930 at what was then known as API (Alabama Polytechnic Institute), the… …
92The Rime of King William — is an Old English poem that tells the death of William the Conqueror. The Rime was a part of the only entry for the year of 1087 (though improperly dated 1086) in the “Peterborough Chronicle/Laud Manuscript.” In this entry there is a thorough… …
93The Guardian of Education — (June 1802 ndash; September 1806) was the first successful periodical dedicated to reviewing children s literature in Britain. [Grenby, Introduction , xiv.] It was edited by eighteenth century educationalist, children s author, and Sunday School… …
94The Burry Man — is a mythical creature of Scottish origin.The Burry Man is brought to life in the Burry Man s Parade which occurs the second Friday of August. This parade dates back to pagan Britain and the meaning of this ceremony has been lost to time. A local …
95The Criterion (magazine) — The Criterion was a British literary magazine published from October 1922 to January 1939.[1] The Criterion (or the Criterion) was, for most of its run, a quarterly journal, although for a period in 1927 28 it was published monthly. It was… …
96The Canterbury Tales — is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on …
97The Moody Blues — in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California in 2005. L R: Justin Hayward, Graeme Edge and John Lodge. Background information Origin …
98The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale — The Wife of Bath s Tale and its Prologue are among the best known of Geoffrey Chaucer s Canterbury Tales . They give insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and are probably of interest to Chaucer himself, for the character is one… …
99The Aesthetics of Rock — is a book by Richard Meltzer (born May 10, 1945). Written between 1965 and 1968, it was published in 1970. Da Capo Press in 1987 published an unabridged edition with a new foreword by Meltzer. It is one of the first works of rock music criticism… …
100The City in the Sea — is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The final version was published in 1845, but earlier version was published as The Doomed City in 1831 and, later, as The City of Sin . The poem tells the story of a city ruled by Death using common elements from… …
