poets of the epic cycle
91theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …
92United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
93romance — romance1 romancer, n. n., adj. /roh mans , roh mans/; v. /roh mans /, n., v., romanced, romancing, adj. n. 1. a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or… …
94American literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a… …
95Latin literature — Introduction the body of writings in Latin, primarily produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, when Latin was a spoken language. When Rome fell, Latin remained the literary language of the Western medieval world until it was …
96YIDDISH LITERATURE — This articles is arranged according to the following outline: introduction UNTIL THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY the bible in yiddish literature epic homiletic prose drama liturgy ethical literature Historical Songs and Writings transcriptions of… …
97Irish mythology — Series on Celtic mythology Celtic polytheism Celtic deities (list) Gaelic mythology Iri …
98H.D. — Infobox Writer name = H.D. imagesize = 200px caption = H.D. in the 1910s pseudonym = birthname = Hilda Doolittle birthdate = September 10, 1886 birthplace = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania deathdate = September 27, 1961 deathplace = Zürich, Switzerland… …
99Chanson de geste — Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. The chansons de geste, Old French for songs of heroic deeds , are the epic poems that appear at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known examples date… …
100Hungarian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Hungarian language. No written evidence remains of the earliest Hungarian literature, but through Hungarian folktales and folk songs elements have survived that can be traced back …
