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41Andreas (poem) — Andreas is an Old English poem, which tells the story of St. Andrew the Apostle, while commenting on the literary role of the hero . It is believed to be a translation of a Latin work, which is originally derived from the Greek story The Acts of… …
42Hero and Leander (poem) — Hero and Leander is a mythological poem by Christopher Marlowe. After Marlowe s death it was completed by George Chapman. Henry Petowe published an alternate completion to the poem.PublicationTwo editions of the poem were issued in quarto in… …
43beast epic — (beast fable, Tierdichtung) Medieval beast epics, like the earlier fables of Aesop and others, were linked series of tales revolving around animals that talked and behaved like human beings. Often they were written in a mock epic style that… …
44Elene (poem) — Elene is the longest of Cynewulf’s four signed poems. It is the fifth of six poems appearing in the Vercelli manuscript. The poem is the first English account of the finding of the Holy Cross by Saint Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine.It is… …
45Old Ironsides (poem) — Old Ironsides is a poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., on September 16, 1830, as a tribute to the eighteenth century frigate USS Constitution. Thanks in part to the poem, she was saved from being decommissioned and is now the oldest… …
46Endymion (poem) — Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818. Beginning famously with the line A thing of beauty is a joy for ever , Endymion, like many epic poems in English (including John Dryden s translations from Virgil and Alexander Pope s… …
47short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …
48Comrades: Almost a Love Story — Comrades, Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 Film poster of Comrades, Almost a Love Story Directed by Peter Chan …
49The End (story) — Infobox short story | name = The End title orig = El fin translator = author = Jorge Luis Borges country = Argentina flagicon|Argentina language = Spanish series = genre = Short story published in = Ficciones (2nd ed) publisher = media type =… …
50beast epic — noun : a long verse narrative with climactic epic construction comprising stories of animals represented as acting with human feelings and motives * * * a long verse narrative in which the misadventures of animals satirize human foibles and… …
