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  List of years in literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1951 in literature - The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
1810 in literature - The Houses of Osma and Almeria - Regina Maria Roche
1795 in literature - Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (to 1796) - Goethe
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_years_in_literature   (3479 words)

  
 English literature - LoveToKnow Watches
The literature which arose in answer to this demand, though it consisted mainly of translations or adaptations of foreign works, yet served to develop the appreciation of poetic beauty, and to prepare an audience in the near future for a poetry in which the genuine thought and feeling of the nation were to find expression.
In histories of English literature the ballads have been so commonly discussed in connexion with their rediscovery in the 18th century, that we are apt to forget that some of the very best were demonstrably composed in the 15th and that many others of uncertain date probably belong to the same time.
The literature of translations from the classics, in prose and verse, increased; and these works, at first plain, business-like, and uninspired, slowly rose in style and power, and at last, like the translations from modern tongues, were written by a series of masters of English, who thus introduced Plutarch and Tacitus to poets and historians.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /English_literature   (15642 words)

  
 French Literature - LoveToKnow Watches
The other, one of the most remarkable developments of sportive literature which the world has seen, produced the second indigenous literary growth of which France can boast, namely, the fabliaux, and the almost more remarkable work which is an immense conglomerate' of fabliaux, the great beast-epic of the Roman de Renart.
Side by side with these two forms of literature, the epics and romances of the higher classes, and the fabliau, which, at least in its original, represented rather the feelings of the lower, there grew up a third kind, consisting of purely lyrical poetry.
With these, some of which date from the 12th century, may be contrasted, at the other end of the medieval period, the more varied and popular collection dating in their present form from the 15th century, and published in 1875 by M. Gaston Paris.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /French_Literature   (16388 words)

  
 Hebrew Literature - LoveToKnow Watches
As in other literatures, these popular elements form the foundation on which greater works are gradually built, and it is one function of literary criticism to show the way in which the component parts were welded into a uniform whole.
Very important for the study of Midrashic literature are the Yalgut (gleaning) Shim`oni, on the whole Bible, the Yalqut Mekhiri, on the Prophets, Psalms, Proverbs and Job, and the Midrash ha-gadhol, 2 all of which are of uncertain but late date and preserve earlier material.
Their literature, with which alone we are here concerned, is largely polemical and to a great extent deals with grammar and exegesis.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hebrew_Literature   (8638 words)

  
 Spanish literature - Literature of Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Spanish medieval literature is characterized to be a hearth in which profane topics and religious were developed in diverse literary goods with white influences of the Jewish and Islamic rich cultures that flourished in the Iberian peninsula in that period.
The literary sources of this work that it exercised a considerable influence in the later literature, are Latin and medieval, but they express a concept of the life that differs with radicalidad of the religious spirit of the half age.
The most durable contributions to the literature during this period are in Nicolás' works Fernández of Moratín and of their son Leandro, of Gaspar Melchor of Jovellanos and of Juan Meléndez Valdés.
www.historia-es.com /usa/a_08_in.htm   (5397 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results
A somewhat later development of Old Norse literature is the saga, a prose epic or narrative.
In the 13th century the religious and courtly literature of continental Europe reached Norway through translations and adaptations of homilies, legends of saints, and tales of such heroes as Arthur, Charlemagne, and Theodoric.
Nationalism and romanticism led to the discovery of the oral popular literature, exemplified in the collection of folktales gathered by the poets Peter Christian Asbjørnsen (1812–85) and Jørgen Moe (1813–82).
www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..no063200.a   (1462 words)

  
 The birth of Finnish literature — Virtual Finland
A considerable part of the literature current in medieval Finland has been preserved because of this - in the form of torn fragments of separate pages it is true.
His work is a vital part of the flourishing period of Finnish literature at the beginning of the 17th century.
The early period of Finnish literature, which began with the publication of the Missale Aboense in 1488, ended in 1642.
virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27057   (2649 words)

  
 English Literature - MSN Encarta
The new literature nevertheless did not fully flourish until the last 20 years of the 1500s, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Humanism encouraged greater care in the study of the literature of classical antiquity and reformed education in such a way as to make literary expression of paramount importance for the cultured person.
Like so much nondramatic literature of the Renaissance, most of these plays were written in an elaborate verse style and under the influence of classical examples, but the popular taste, to which drama was especially susceptible, required a flamboyance and sensationalism largely alien to the spirit of Greek and Roman literature.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558048_3/English_Literature.html   (1702 words)

  
 Literature 1500-1779   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Literature between 1500 and 1780 was in no danger of neglect from the DNB's first two editors.
As for the DNB 's second editor, Sidney Lee, he was a notable scholar of Elizabethan literature, and wrote the DNB's article on Shakespeare.
She has taught in English literature 1500-1740 for several years, and will alas be leaving at the end of June for a children's reference publishing post in London.
www.oup.com /oxforddnb/info/dictionary/sha   (1322 words)

  
 ICELANDIC LITERATURE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
For the earliest literature of Iceland, see Old Norse literature.
With Iceland’s loss of political independence (1261–64) came a decline in literature, although the linguistic tradition continued and the old writings were still venerated.
See S. Einarsson, History of Icelandic Prose Writers, 1800–1940 (1948) and A History of Icelandic Literature (1957); R. Beck, History of Icelandic Poets, 1800–1940 (1950); G. Turville-Petre, Origins of Icelandic Literature (1953); G. Jones, ed., Erik the Red, and Other Icelandic Sagas (1961).
www.bartleby.com /aol/65/ic/IcelndiLit.html   (633 words)

  
 History of LITERATURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Their proponents find it hard to accept that the unknown boy from Stratford should have created the crowning achievement of English literature.
The theatre is rebuilt, reopening in 1614 with a tiled roof.
But the event is likely to confirm Shakespeare in his full-time withdrawal to his properties in Stratford, where he dies in 1616.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2214&HistoryID=ac01   (1735 words)

  
 English Literature II: Lit-208 Syllabus - BTM
British authors and stylistic developments in British literature from the Romantic poets to the Modern period are considered.
This is an introductory course in British literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Students do not need to have taken LIT-207: English Literature I before taking this course; however, it is assumed that students have successfully completed the prerequisites for this course, English 101 and English 102, or their equivalent.
www.brian-t-murphy.com /Lit208.htm   (2961 words)

  
 Literary Theory: Bibliography
Arnold, Matthew, 1822 -- 1888 [1857], On the Modern Element in Literature [in, MacMillan's Magazine] (MacMillan and Co., Cambridge, 1869) (subjects=Hellenism / Hebraism; Classical literature; Classical civilisation; History; ; ; ;.) [Arnold,M:OnModernElementLiterature] (genre=m).
Arnold, Matthew, 1822 -- 1888 [1885], Literature and Science [in, Discourses in America] (Macmillan and Co., London, 1885) (subjects=Science; Education; Humanism; Emotion; Hellenism / Hebraism; ; ;.) [Arnold,M:LiteratureScience] (genre=m).
Conrad, Joseph, 1857 -- 1924 [1897], Preface [in, The Nigger of the "Narcissus"] (J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., Toronto, 1923) (subjects=Author; Emotion; Nature of literature; Novel; Conrad Joseph; The Nigger of the Narcissus; ;.) [Conrad,J:Preface] (genre=m).
www.lib.uchicago.edu /efts/LITTH/LitTh.bib.html   (15271 words)

  
 Literature across the Curriculum: One View of Spanish from an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Perspective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Proposing that students read more literature at all levels of the curriculum, I also advocate that they read literature in a multiplicity of ways, with goals that vary according to the level of instruction, the nature of particular courses, and overall departmental or institutional curricular objectives.
Some students view reading literature as irrelevant to their future careers as bilingual health care professionals, international managers, attorneys, and so on, unless perhaps they are asked to read late-twentieth-century works.
Nussbaum proposes that reading literature (canonical and noncanonical works alike) both “sympathetically” and “critically” can be transformational for students in their intellectual and civic development.
www.mla.org /adfl/bulletin/V33N3/333013.htm   (4086 words)

  
 C1002 Section 27 - Literature Humanities
Like all great literature, it is self-conscious; what marks out Don Quixote among the works we have read is, perhaps, its awareness of its place in a literary tradition.
Letters: After the unification of Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella and then under Charles I (V), Spanish literature was imbued with patriotism, religious zeal, and allusions to earlier epics and ballads.
One of Don Quixote's main themes (surprise, surprise) is literature itself--as Boccaccian consolation, as Dantesque threat, and as fodder for the creative and critical reading mind.
humanities.psydeshow.org /home/mar-25.htm   (1750 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Icelandic literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
With Iceland's loss of political independence (1261-64) came a decline in literature, although the linguistic tradition continued and the old writings were still venerated.
Icelandic-Canadian Literature and Anglophone Minority Writing in Canada.
The intellectual complexion of the Icelandic Middle Ages: toward a new profile of Old Icelandic saga literature.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/IcelndiLit_Bibliography.asp   (802 words)

  
 Louisiana Literature: Backgrounds
This is an excerpt from an essay I wrote that appeared in the Companion to Southern Literature, eds.
LOUISIANA, THE LITERATURE OF Louisiana has always been exceptional as a southern state: its colonial origins were more French and Catholic than the Anglo and Protestant roots of other states; its politics and culture were shaped as much by its cosmopolitan port as by the plantation culture that typically dominated the region.
The earliest writing was in French (and Spanish), and when English finally came to be the principal tongue in the mid-nineteenth century, the exotic flavors of Gallic and Caribbean culture lingered palpably.
www.loyno.edu /~bewell/405lit/LALIThist.html   (1431 words)

  
 English Literature
This course is a study of some of the masterpieces of world literature from Voltaire to Mann.
American literature since World War II is examined, with special emphasis on the novel.
The various types of literature in the Bible are set forth and representative pages of each of these types are presented and examined.
www.smc.edu /schedules/2004/spring/060_041_schedule.htm   (1552 words)

  
 WWS 562b: Development Economics
It then surveys the "New Growth Literature" which explores how learning and research are the drivers of technological progress.
The third part of the topic examines some of the results of cross-country empirical work, to ascertain what the data (as opposed to the theory) say are important factors influencing why some nations are richer than others.
A Synthesis of the Literature on Risk and Consumption in Developing Countries.’ RPDS Discussion paper 164, Princeton University.
www.wws.princeton.edu /courses/syllabi_s00/wws562b.html   (1986 words)

  
 Renaissance Martial Arts Literature
In 1614, George Hale wrote, The Private Schoole of Defence, commenting on English fighting schools of the day as well as recommendations on the rapier method.
This description of Renaissance martial arts literature is far from complete.
It is an exciting time for research as the hunt for further Renaissance martial arts literature continues.
www.thearma.org /RMAlit.htm   (2183 words)

  
 Greco, El (1541-1614)
He was an erudite man, whose taste for classical and contemporaneous literature seems to have developed in his youth.
Subjects of classical mythology, such as the Laocoön (1610-1614, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.), and Old Testament history, such as the unfinished apocalyptic scene Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608-1614, Metropolitan Museum), attest to El Greco's humanistic learning and his brilliantly personal and novel approach to traditional themes.
El Greco died in Toledo on April 7, 1614, and he was buried there in Santo Domingo el Antiguo.
www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/G/ElGreco/2.html   (865 words)

  
 Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance
A figure poem is printed or written in a shape which reflects the subject of the poem.
It is also called visual or pattern poetry and has had a long tradition originating in classical Greek literature where the genre had the name of technopaegnia.
In prose writing, the tradition of the technopaegnia was often manifested in chapter endings which were shaped like vases, cups or urns.
www.camrax.com /symbol/Figurepoemsintro.php4   (669 words)

  
 [EMLS 3.3 / SI 2 (January, 1998): 5.1-42] A Romance of Electronic Scholarship; with the True and Lamentable Tragedies ...
Q3 (1611) has "artyre," which makes a subsequent appearance in Arthur Gorges's Lucan (1614), a text that evidently borrows much of its rare diction directly from Hamlet, probably from Q3.
Literature is not so much created, as prompted -- word for word, this word for that -- from a range of possibilities within the writer's symbolic store.
What Lowes accomplished in his study of Coleridge by scrupulous, old-fashioned scholarship can now be carried out more quickly and objectively for other poets, including Shakespeare, with electronic assistance.
www.shu.ac.uk /emls/03-3/fostshak.html   (9383 words)

  
 Artist Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A native of Arkansas, Wood has lived in Lake Charles for twenty years; she teaches medieval literature and linguistics at McNeese State university and plays the harp, both professionally and for pleasure.
Wood, who holds a doctorate in medieval literature, has played the harp for almost twenty years and has given recitals and programs in New Orleans, Houston and Paris.
Programs deal with Celtic and/or medeival music, which Woods plus in the appropriate harp, and are usually accompanied with discussion of the literary and historical background of the music.
www.artsnetswla.org /artist_directory.html   (4678 words)

  
 PH@school: Literature: Author Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
After being burned in a gunpowder accident and involved in disputes with other colonists in 1609, Smith traveled back to England.
Smith made two more voyages to America in 1614 and 1615, exploring and mapping the coast of the region he named New England.
Then Smith returned to England, settling in London, where he lived for the remainder of his life.
www.phschool.com /atschool/literature/author_biographies/smith_j.html   (369 words)

  
 Nic-the Habit: Cigarettesmokingkills.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
1596: LITERATURE: Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humor is acted on the 25th of November, 1596, and printed in 1601.
1614: LITERATURE: Nepenthes, or the Vertues of Tabacco, by William Barclay; Edinburgh, 1614.
1614: ENGLAND: King James I makes the import of tobacco a Royal monopoly, available for a yearly fee of Ѓ’14,000.
cigarettesmokingkills.com /Timeline.html   (2720 words)

  
 McLellan's Automobile Literature :: Concept Cars Literature
Original factory literature produced from an article which appeared in the "Automotive News" on Feb. 12, 1973; b) business card with fl and white photo rendering of car; and c) original mailing envelope.
Original factory literature produced from an article which appeared in the "Automotive News" on Feb. 12, 1973; b) 4x5 photo of engine; c) business card with red and fl photo rendering of car; and d) letter on Highway Aircraft Corp. letterhead.
Original factory literature produced from an article which appeared in "The National Tattler" on Aug. 11, 1974; and b) original mailing envelope.
www.mclellansautomotive.com /sales-lit/conceptcars/index.shtml   (5918 words)

  
 Teaching Early American Writings: Colonial-Spanish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
What both the ALA session and the EARAM-L discussion indicate is that teachers of early American literature need some way to get beyond the anthology, even the best of anthologies, in order to fully incorporate colonial Spanish works about North America into their courses.
The second point to keep in mind when approaching colonial Spanish North American literature -- and all literatures from outside the canonical British American literary tradition -- is that by exploring these materials, both teachers and students come to a better understanding of American literature in general.
American literature should no longer be taught as mainly a branch of British literature with influences from other cultures occurring primarily during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
www.georgetown.edu /tamlit/essays/spanish.html   (7234 words)

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