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71Orley Farm (novel) — Title page from the first edition in book form. Orley Farm is a novel written in the realist mode by Anthony Trollope (1815–82), and illustrated by the Pre Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais (1829–96). It was first published in monthly… …
72Sidney Colvin — literary and art critic.BiographyHe was born at Norwood, London. A scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a fellow of his college in 1868. In 1873 he was Slade professor of fine art, and was appointed in the next year to the… …
73Paratext — Literary theorist Gérard Genette defines Paratext as those things in a published work that accompany the text, things such as the author s name, the title, preface or introduction, or illustrations. [Genette Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation …
74The Maid's Tragedy — Title page of The Maid s Tragedy (detail). The Maid s Tragedy is a play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was first published in 1619. The play was one of the earliest works in the canon of Fletcher and his collaborators that was acted by …
75Mounseer Nongtongpaw — Title page from the 1808 edition of Mounseer Nongtongpaw Mounseer Nongtongpaw is an 1808 poem once thought to have been written by the Romantic writer Mary Shelley as a child. It is now believed that the author was theatrical writer John Taylor.… …
76Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit — Title page from the first edition of Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit (1777) Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit (1777) is a major work of metaphysics written by eighteenth century British polymath Joseph Priestley and… …
77love — Literary references, beginning with Chaucer, show that this term has been in use as an endearment since at least the fourteenth century. Originally it was used to a beloved person; in modern times, in Britain, it has become watered down into a …
78literature — /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.… …
79Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …
80biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
