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Pierre Loti
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Pierre Loti The French novelist Pierre Loti (1850-1923) is noted for his picturesque romances, abounding...of the exotic spots he visited in a lifetime of travel. Pierre Loti was born Julien Viaud at Rochefort on Jan. 14, 1850, to Protestant...
Stoddard, Charles Warren
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Seas , 1874), which range from delicately tinted description to the lush prose which caused him to be compared with Pierre Loti. His voyage to Egypt and the Holy Land (1876–77) formed the basis for his narratives Mashallah! (1880) and...
Lesotho
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Sesotho and English (both official) religions: Christianity 93% (Roman Catholic 44%), traditional beliefs 6% currency: Loti = 100 lisente Enclave kingdom within the Republic of South Africa; the capital is Maseru . Land and Climate The scenic Drakensberg...
Julien Viaud
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Julien Viaud see Loti, Pierre .
Théophile Gautier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1988). His daughter, Judith Gautier, 1850-1918, was married to the poet Catulle Mendès and then to Pierre Loti, with whom she wrote the novel La Fille du ciel (1911; tr. The Daughter of Heaven, 1912). Her novels, poems, and essays...

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loti
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management loti (plural maloti; MI) The standard monetary unit of Lesotho, divided into 100 lisente.
Lakmé
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Lakmé. Opera in 3 acts by Delibes to lib. by Gondinet and Gille after P. Loti's novel Rarahu ou Le Mariage de Loti (1879). Prod. Paris and Chicago 1883, London 1885.
lisente
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management lisente A monetary unit of Lesotho, worth one hundredth of a loti .
maloti
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management maloti See loti .
Lesotho
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...established. Capital: Maseru Area: 30,355 sq km (11,720 sq miles) Population: 2,090,000 (1998 est) Currency: 1 loti = 100 lisente Religions: Roman Catholic 43.5%; Protestant (mainly Lesotho Evangelical 29.8%; Anglican 11.5%; other...

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Loti, Pierre. Journal 1868-1878.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Loti, Pierre. Journal 1868-1878. Alain Quella...649. ISBN 2-84654-143-4. Pierre Loti (1850-1923) was a well-known author by 1880, when his second novel, Le Mariage de Loti, scored a major commercial success. Over...
Loti, Pierre. Journal 1879-1886.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; Loti, Pierre. Journal 1879-1886. Eds. Alain...covered the decade preceding the appearance of Loti's first novel, Aziyade, this second volume...misread in a careless essay; Le mariage de Loti (1880), the story of that naval officer...
The nostalgia of nowhere: Pierre Loti's utopian spaces.
Magazine article from: Mosaic (Winnipeg); 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...contemporary readers, the name Pierre Loti is synonymous with stories of travel and...and the loves that he has left behind. Loti has been taken to task by many critics...cliche and fantasy. In his time, however, Loti was not only wildly popular but also highly...
Pierre Loti's islands of adventure.(In Love with a Handsome Sailor)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...to the unwary that a writer named Pierre Loti was the most prolific and widely-read of them all, of all time, perhaps. Loti hasn't exactly been forgotten. His books...The early novels rework the diary. "Loti" is only a character at first, English...
Functional analysis of three AHL autoinducer synthase genes in Mesorhizobium loti reveals the important role of quorum sensing in symbiotic nodulation.(NOTE)(N-acyl homoserine lactones)(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Microbiology; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...of Mesorhizobium genus, Mesorhizobium loti (Kaneko et al. 2000), which is a nitrogen...and characterize the role of QS in M. loti--plant symbiotic interaction. To investigate QS systems in M. loti, we first examined whether this bacterium...
Turberfield, Peter James. Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century French Studies; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; Turberfield, Peter James. Pierre Loti and the Theatricality of Desire. Amsterdam...patterns of unconscious desire observable in Loti's work. Given the self-consciously...calls this "a new approach to a reading of Loti's work" (13), it is in fact just...
Sex, Sailors and Colonies: Narratives of Ambiguity in the Works of Pierre Loti.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Narratives of Ambiguity in the Works of Pierre Loti. By Helene De Burgh. (European University...ambiguities and uncertainties present in Loti's work in fact subvert hegemonic orientalist...Examining biographical data alongside Loti's fictional and non-fictional writing...
Pierre Loti in Japan: impossible exoticism.(French writer)
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Egypte 1. Races We very often notice Loti's racism towards the Japanese without...ecoeurent' (p. 99). A little further on, Loti writes about 'l'odeur fauve de la chair...uneasiness. 2. Smells This account by Pierre Loti, unlike the others - Au Maroc, Le Desert...
Loti well line blown.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/5/2006; 363 words ; ...Miscreants blew up pipeline connecting a well to gas field in Loti Sunday. According to details, unknown armed men blew up pipeline connecting Well No 3 with gas plant in Loti. Loti gas field is 25 Km south of Dera Bugti. There are 18...
Gas well shut in Loti.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/4/2006; 601 words ; ...PPI): Terrorists blew up 60 feet long pipeline in Loti area early Saturday. When contacted DCO Dera Bugti...pipeline connection Well No 10 with purification plant of Loti Gas field. Loti gas field is located some 25 Km south of Dera Bugti...