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41Polish literature — Introduction body of writings in Polish, one of the Slavic languages. The Polish national literature holds an exceptional position in Poland. Over the centuries it has mirrored the turbulent events of Polish history and at times sustained… …
42Polis and its culture (The) — The polis and its culture Robin Osborne INTRODUCTION ‘We love wisdom without becoming soft’, Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein.1 Claims to, and respect for, wisdom in archaic Greece were by no… …
43Deus ex machina — For other uses, see Deus ex machina (disambiguation). A deus ex machina (  /ˈdeɪ …
44Aeschylus — Aeschylean /es keuh lee euhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, adj. /es keuh leuhs/ or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, n. 525 456 B.C., Greek poet and dramatist. * * * born 525/524 died 456/455 BC, Gela, Sicily Greek tragic dramatist. He fought with the… …
45Kleist, Heinrich von — ▪ German author in full Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist born October 18, 1777, Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg [now in Germany] died November 21, 1811, Wannsee, near Berlin German dramatist, among the greatest of the 19th century. Poets… …
46Comic relief — This article is about the term comic relief . For the United Kingdom charity for the needy, see Comic Relief (charity). For the American charity for the homeless, see Comic Relief USA. For the defunct comic book retailer, see Comic Relief… …
47Seneca the Younger — Ancient bust of Seneca, part of a double herm (Antikensammlung Berlin) Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of… …
48Lee, Ang — ▪ 1999 During 1998 Taiwanese born film director Ang Lee, the creative hand behind such masterfully made films as Sense and Sensibility (1995) and The Ice Storm (1997), surprised many by choosing to direct a Civil War era western, To Live On …
49Latin literature — History of Literature Bronze Age literature Sumerian Egyptian Akkadian Classical literatures …
50Modern Kannada literature — refers to the body of literature written in the Kannada language, a language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Karnataka. The Kannada script is the writing system used in Kannada literature. In the last forty years, eight modern Kannada… …
