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Thousand and One Nights
(Encyclopedia) Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights, series of anonymous stories in Arabic, considered as an entity to be among the classics of world literature. The cohesive plot device…Arabian Nights
(Encyclopedia) Arabian Nights: see Thousand and One Nights.Scheherazade
(Encyclopedia) Scheherazade: see Thousand and One Nights.Sheherazade
(Encyclopedia) Sheherazade: see Thousand and One Nights.Dulac, Edmund
(Encyclopedia) Dulac, EdmundDulac, Edmunddy&oomacr;lăkˈ [key], 1882–1953, French illustrator of English books. He is known for his imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907…Gellius, Aulus
(Encyclopedia) Gellius, AulusGellius, Aulusjĕlˈyəs [key], fl. 2d cent., Roman writer. He was a lawyer who spent at least a year in Athens and wrote Noctes Atticae [Attic nights], a collection of…Dąbrowska, Marja
(Encyclopedia) Dąbrowska, MarjaDąbrowska, Marjamärˈyä dôNbrôfˈskä [key], 1889–1965, Polish sociologist and novelist. Dąbrowska worked as a militant publicist to further social and economic reform.…harvest moon
(Encyclopedia) harvest moon, full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox, about Sept. 23. During harvest moon the retardation (later rising each night) of the moon is at a minimum because of…Bing, Rudolf
(Encyclopedia) Bing, RudolfBing, Rudolfr&oomacr;ˈdŏlf bĭng [key], 1902–97, Austrian operatic manager. Naturalized a British subject in 1946, he was general manager of the Glyndebourne operatic…Poems: Night
by WilliamBlakeHoly ThursdaySpringNight The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek for mine. The moon, like a…Trending
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