mock-heroic poem
81Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron — born Dec. 26, 1751, London, Eng. died Nov. 1, 1793, London English instigator of the anti Catholic Gordon riots. The third son of the duke of Gordon, he entered Parliament in 1774. In 1779 he organized the Protestant associations formed to secure …
82Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …
83Yiddish literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic (Ashkenazi) Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants). Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired …
84Grendel (novel) — infobox Book | name = Grendel image caption = First edition 1971 cover author = John Gardner country = United States language = English cover artist = Anita Kunz genre = European Mythology Fantasy novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf (USA) Gollancz… …
85Latin American literature — Introduction the national literatures of the Spanish speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it also includes the literary expression of the highly developed American Indian civilizations conquered by the Spaniards. Over …
86English literature — The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan… …
87Joseph Andrews — Infobox Book name = Joseph Andrews title orig = The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend, Mr. Abraham Adams translator = image caption = author = Henry Fielding illustrator = cover artist = country = Britain language =… …
88Ysengrimus — Ysengrimus, from a twelfth century MS in the Bibliothèque nationale de France Ysengrimus is a Latin fabliau and mock epic, an anthropomorphic series of fables written in 1148 or 1149, possibly by the poet Nivardus. Its chief character is… …
89Reynard — Illumination from a manuscript of the Roman de Renart, end of the 13th century This article is about the anthropomorphic red fox. For the car manufacturer, see Reynard Motorsport. For the ships of the Royal Navy, see HMS Reynard. Reynard (French …
90Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas — Geoffrey Chaucer Sir Thopas is a story in Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales published in 1387. In Canterbury Tales, there is a character named Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer s portrait of himself is unflattering and humble. He presents himself as a… …
