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101The Faerie Queene — is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser, published first in three books in 1590, and later in six books in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it was the first work written in Spenserian stanza. It is an allegorical work, written… …
102Chinese literature — History of Literature Bronze Age literature Sumerian Egyptian Akkadian Classical literatu …
103American literature — For the journal of the same name, see American Literature (journal). American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater,… …
104Du Fu — This is a Chinese name; the family name is 杜 (Dù). Du Fu (杜甫) There are no contemporaneous portraits of Du Fu; this is a later artist s impression. Born 712 D …
105Gerald Vizenor — photographed in Geneva, 2006. Born 1934 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Occupation Novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, ethnographer …
106Buddhist texts — Chinese Song Period Maha prajna paramita Sutra Page, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan Buddhist texts can be categorized in a number of ways. The Western terms scripture and canonical are applied to Buddhism in inconsistent ways by Western scholars:… …
107Pesher — (pl. pesharim ) is a Hebrew word meaning interpretation in the sense of solution . It became known from one group of texts, numbering some hundreds, among the Dead Sea Scrolls.The pesharim give a theory of scriptural interpretation, previously… …
108David Markson — in September 2007 Born December 20, 1927(1927 12 20) Albany, New York Died (body found) June 4, 2010 …
109Wicked Witch of the West — Infobox character colour = yellow colour text = series = Oz name = The Wicked Witch of the West caption = The Wicked Witch of the West threatening to beat Toto with her umbrella Art by W.W. Denslow. first = The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) last …
110History of fantasy — Though the fantasy genre in its modern sense is less than two centuries old, its antecedents have a long and distinguished history. Elements of the supernatural and the fantastic were an element of literature from its beginning. The hallmarks… …
