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Top 100 American Speeches of the Twentieth Century
Source: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Texas A & M University in 1999, this list reflects the opinions of 137…Chapelain, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Chapelain, JeanChapelain, JeanzhäN shäplăNˈ [key], 1595–1674, French critic and poet. His works include La Pucelle (1656), an epic poem about Joan of Arc. Chapelain was a founding…Lalo, Édouard Victor Antoine
(Encyclopedia) Lalo, Édouard Victor AntoineLalo, Édouard Victor Antoineādwärˈ vēktôrˈ äNtwänˈ lälōˈ [key], 1823–92, French composer. Lalo's opera, Le Roi d'Ys (1888), Symphonie espagnole for violin…Adam, Adolphe Charles
(Encyclopedia) Adam, Adolphe CharlesAdam, Adolphe Charlesädōlfˈ shärlˈ ädäNˈ [key], 1803–56, French composer of the popular song Cantique de Noël. He composed more than 50 stage works, including…Rutebeuf
(Encyclopedia) RutebeufRutebeufrütəböfˈ [key], fl. between 1254 and 1285, French poet. He was the author of an early miracle play, Le Miracle de Théophile, and of fabliaux, allegories, saints' lives…Clouzot, Henri-Georges
(Encyclopedia) Clouzot, Henri-GeorgesClouzot, Henri-GeorgesäNrēˈ-zhôrzh cl&oomacr;zōˈ [key], 1907–77, French film director, master of the Gallic noir cinema. His career spanned 40 years, but he…Ionesco, Eugène
(Encyclopedia) Ionesco, EugèneIonesco, Eugèneözhĕnˈ yŏnĕsˈkō [key], 1912–94, French playwright, b. Romania. Settling in France in 1938, he contributed to Cahiers du Sud and began writing avant-garde…Étaix, Pierre
(Encyclopedia) Étaix, Pierre, 1928–2016, French film actor and director. He excelled at highly physical slapstick comedy, influenced by his background as a circus and cabaret performer, and by Buster…Brewer's: Eleven Thousand Virgins
Ursula being asked in marriage by a pagan prince, fled towards Rome with her eleven thousand virgins. At Cologne they were all massacred by a party of Huns, and even to the present hour “…Edelinck, Gérard
(Encyclopedia) Edelinck, GérardEdelinck, Gérardzhārärˈ ādəlăNkˈ [key], 1640–1707, French engraver, b. Antwerp. He is known for his faithful interpretations of the work of Raphael, Le Brun, Champaigne…Trending
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