Contemporary (disambiguation) — Contemporary is the historical period that is immediately relevant to the present and is a certain perspective of modern history. Contemporary may also refer to: Contemporary philosophy Contemporary art, post World War II art Contemporary dance,… … Wikipedia
Contemporary history — Contemporary redirects here. For other uses, see Contemporary (disambiguation). Human history This box: view · talk · edit … Wikipedia
contemporary — contemporary, contemporaneous 1. Contemporary has two main meanings: (1) ‘living or occurring at the same time’, both as an adjective (often followed by with) and as a noun (often followed by of): • Austen Layard, a contemporary of Wallace who… … Modern English usage
“To a Sophisticated Young Gentleman, Presented by His Grandfather with a Volume of Contemporary Literature“ — Poem (82 lines); written on December 15, 1928. First published in SL2.255–57. The poem was written to accompany a copy of Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way,which HPL presented to Frank Belknap Long for Christmas. In the course of the poem HPL… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
literature — /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.… … Universalium
Literature of Romania — Romanian literature is literature written by Romanian authors, although the term may also be used to refer to all literature written in the Romanian language.HistoryBeginningsThe earliest surviving document in Romanian is Neacşu s Letter written… … Wikipedia
Literature in Cornish — Cornish literature refers to written works in the Cornish language. Pascon agan Arluth (The Passion of our Lord), a poem of 259 eight line verses probably composed around 1375, is one of the earliest surviving works of Cornish literature. The… … Wikipedia
literature — Synonyms and related words: French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature, article, autograph, belles lettres, belles lettres, bibliography, body of knowledge, body of learning, brainchild, brochures, circulars, classics,… … Moby Thesaurus
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Contemporary Latin — is the form of the Latin language used from the end of the 19th century through to the present. Various kinds of contemporary Latin can be distinguished. On the one hand there is its symbolic survival in areas like taxonomy and others as the… … Wikipedia
