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111The Nervous Set — the jazz musical born in St. Louis’ legendary Gaslight Square entertainment district in 1959, described the Beat Generation, the young people in post World War II, pre Vietnam America, swimming in disillusioned angst and apathy, angry, poetic an …
112The Age of Reason — The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology , a deistic treatise written by eighteenth century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy… …
113The Pied Piper of Hamelin — is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln ), Germany. Famous versions of the legend are given by the Brothers Grimm and, in English, by Robert Browning.PlotIn 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering… …
114The City on the Edge of Forever — Star Trek: The Original Series episode The Enterprise crew encounters the Guardian of Forever …
115Point No Point Treaty — The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S Klallam, the Chimacum… …
116The Frontiers of Criticism — is a lecture given by T. S. Eliot at the University of Minnesota in 1956. It was reprinted in On Poetry and Poets , a collection of Eliot s critical essays, in 1957. The essay is an attempt by Eliot to define the boundaries of literary criticism …
117The Demandingness Objection — is a common objection raised against Consequentialist ethical theories. The consequentialist requirement that we maximise utility impartially seems to require us to perform acts that we would normally consider to be morally optional. If my… …
118The Form of Preaching — is a 14th century style book or manual about a preaching style known as the thematic sermon , or university style sermon , by Robert of Basevorn. Basevorn’s text was not the first book about this topic to appear but was popular because it is very …
119What Canst Thou Say — is an independent periodical published by Quakers about mystical experiences within the Religious Society of Friends. The first issue was published in October 1994 by Jean Roberts and Jim Flory, and was accompanied by a cover letter which read,… …
120The Life of Edward II of England — (German: de. Leben Eduards des Zweiten von England ), also known as Edward II , is an adaptation by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht of the 16th century historical tragedy by Marlowe, The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of… …
