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1Sebastian Brunner — Sebastian Brunner † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Sebastian Brunner A versatile and voluminous writer, b. in Vienna, 10 December, 1814; d. there, 27 November, 1893. He received his college education from the Benedictines of his native city …
2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
3Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
4South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
5English Literature — • Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish literatures are a few of the influences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. English Literature English Literature …
6John Pentland Mahaffy — The Rev. Sir John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO (26 February 1839 ndash; 30 April 1919) was an Irish classicist and polymathic scholar. Education and interestsHe was born near Vevey in Switzerland on 12 July 1839, receiving his early education… …
7Pyotr Vyazemsky — Prince Pyotr Andreyevich Vyazemsky ( ru. Пëтр Андреевич Вяземский) (23 July 1792 22 November 1878) was a leading personality of the Golden Age of Russian poetry. Biography His parents were a Russian prince of Rurikid stock and an Irish lady. As a …
8Persuasion (roman) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Persuasion (homonymie). Persuasion …
9Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
10Swedish literature — Introduction the body of writings produced in the Swedish language within Sweden s modern day geographic and political boundaries. The literatures of Sweden and Finland are closely linked. From the mid 12th century until 1809, Finland …
