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111Icelandic literature — Introduction body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic. Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… …
112Vampire literature — (1897). In later years, vampire stories have diversified into areas of crime, fantasy, science fiction or even chick lit. As well as the typical fanged revenants, newer representations include aliens and even plants with vampiric abilities.… …
113Pan Tadeusz — For the 1999 film based on this poem, see Pan Tadeusz (film) Pan Tadeusz   Title pa …
114Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
115Dave Morice — Birth name David Jennings Patrick Morice Born September 10, 1946 St. Louis, MO Dave Morice (born September 10, 1946) is a …
116Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — is a late 14th century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur s Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his… …
117Teseida, Il — (Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia, “The Theseid of the Marriage of Emilia”) by Giovanni Boccaccio (ca. 1341) The Teseida, or the “Story of Theseus,” is one of BOCCACCIO’s early works, begun probably in the late 1330s, when he was still living… …
118ENGLISH LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences The Bible has generally been found to be congenial to the English spirit. Indeed, the earliest English poetry consists of the seventh century metrical paraphrases of Genesis and Exodus attributed to Caedmon (died c …
119ITALIAN LITERATURE — Influence of the Bible As in other European cultures, the Bible became known to the Italian literary and cultural world through the Latin Vulgate, which was extensively studied in medieval times and, to a lesser extent, in the humanist period of… …
120Allen Ginsberg — Infobox Writer name = Allen Ginsberg caption = Allen Ginsberg in 1978 birthname = Irwin Allen Ginsberg birthdate = birth date|1926|6|3|mf=y birthplace = Newark, New Jersey, United States deathdate = death date and age|1997|4|5|1926|6|3|mf=y… …
