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  • 31Tiller, Terence — ▪ British writer in full  Terence Rogers Tiller   born Sept. 19, 1916, Truro, Cornwall, Eng. died Dec. 24, 1987, London       English playwright, translator, and poet whose best verse is noted for its highly wrought form and intense emotional… …

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  • 32Cool jazz — Stylistic origins bebop, swing music, classical music Cultural origins 1940s Mainstream popularity 1949 1955 Local scenes Lo …

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  • 33Pearl (poem) — Pearl is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the Pearl poet or Gawain poet , is generally assumed, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and… …

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  • 34Dithyramb — Attic relief (4th century BCE) depicting an aulos player and his family standing before Dionysos and a female consort, with theatrical masks displayed above. The dithyramb (διθύραμβος – dithurambos) was an ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in… …

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  • 35Elizabeth Bowen — Elizabeth Dorothea Cole Bowen (7 June 1899 ndash; 22 February 1973) was an Anglo Irish novelist and short story writer. Bowen was born in Dublin and later brought to Bowen’s Court in County Cork where she spent her summers. When her father became …

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  • 36A Princess of Mars — Infobox Book name = A Princess of Mars title orig = Under the Moons of Mars translator = image caption = dust jacket of A Princess of Mars author = Edgar Rice Burroughs illustrator = Frank E. Schoonover cover artist = country = United States… …

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  • 37Bernard of Cluny — For the archbishop of Toledo, see Bernard de Sedirac. Bernard of Cluny (or of Morlaix) was a Benedictine monk of the first half of the 12th century, a poet, satirist, and hymn writer, author of the famous verses De contemtu mundi, On Contempt for …

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  • 38Dejah Thoris — John Carter and Dejah Thoris from the cover of McClurg s 1917 edition of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dejah Thoris is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs s series of Martian novels. Princess of the Martian city… …

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  • 39David Clement-Davies — (1964–) is a British writer of fantasy fiction. He is best known as the author of the animal fantasy books The Sight, Fire Bringer and Fell (sequel to The Sight). Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2.1 Fire Bringer …

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  • 40Homiliarium — A homiliarium is a collection of homilies, or familiar explanations of the Gospels. HistoryFrom a very early time the homilies of the Fathers were in high esteem, and were read in connection with the recitation of the Divine Office (see also… …

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