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Doctorow, E. L.

(Encyclopedia) Doctorow, E. L. (Edgar Lawrence Doctorow)Doctorow, E. L.dŏkˈtərōˌ [key], 1931–2015, American novelist, b. New York City. The author of a dozen novels, Doctorow is known for his…

Chaucer, Geoffrey

(Encyclopedia) Chaucer, GeoffreyChaucer, Geoffreyjĕfˈrē chôˈsər [key], c.1340–1400, English poet, one of the most important figures in English literature. To Chaucer's final period, in which he…

Poem: The Book of Martyrs

Poem 17 Poem 19 The Book of Martyrs Read, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid; How many times they bore The faithful witness, Till…

Books Under Fire

Banned Books Week calls attention to the most challenged and banned books in the U.S. by Borgna Brunner More information on Banned Books Week American Library…

Brewer's: Acherontian Books

Acheron′tian The most celebrated books of augury in the world. They are the books which the Etruscans received from Tages, grandson of Jupiter. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

The Celtic Twilight: This Book

by W. B. Yeats The Hosting of the SidheA Teller of TalesThis Book I I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of…

John Keats: Book I

by John Keats Book IIBook I Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from the fiery noon, and eve's one star, Sat gray-hair'd Saturn,…

Brewer's: Domesday Book

consists of two volumes, one a large folio, and the other a quarto, the material of each being vellum. It was formerly kept in the Exchequer, under three different locks and keys, but is…

Brewer's: Doom Book

(dom-boc) is the book of dooms or judgments compiled by King Alfred. (See Domesday Book.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Doom-ringsDoom A B C D E F G…