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Christian Friedrich Hebbel
Christian Friedrich Hebbel , 1813-63, German tragic dramatist. Born poor, he was largely self-educated. Hegel's historical theories influenced his work, which is a link between romantic and realist drama. Hebbel's first play, Judith (1840, tr. 1914), introduced a new type of tragic character,... Read more |
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Isolde
Isolde ♀ The name of the tragic mistress of Tristan in the Arthurian romances. There are several versions of the story. The main features are that the beautiful Isolde, an Irish princess, is betrothed to the aged King Mark of Cornwall. However, through accidentally drinking a magic potion,... Read more |
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Rosamond (mistress of Henry II)
Rosamond (Rosamond Clifford), d. 1176, mistress of Henry II of England. She was not openly acknowledged by the king until 1174, after he had imprisoned his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine . On Rosamond's death soon afterward she was buried in Godstow Abbey, but her remains were removed to the chapter... Read more |
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Nathanael West
West, Nathanael, the pseudonym of Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein (1903–40), American novelist, is known principally for two macabre and tragic novels, Miss Lonelyhearts (1933), the story of a heavy-drinking agony columnist, and The Day of the Locust (1939), a satire of Hollywood life.... Read more |
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Robert MacArthur
MACARTHUR, ROBERT HELMER(b. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 7 April 1930; d. Princeton, New Jersey, 1 November 1972)ecology.βIn November 1972 a brief but remarkable era in the development of ecology came to a tragic, premature close with the death of Robert MacArthur at the age of 42.β So wrote Martin... Read more |
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Junius Brutus Booth
Junius Brutus Booth 1796-1852, Anglo-American actor. After experience in the provinces, he appeared at Covent Garden. In 1817, with his portrayal of Richard III, he established himself as a rival of Edmund Kean. In 1821 he emigrated to the United States, where he spent most of his remaining life.... Read more |
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Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross1951β2005 Singer, songwriter, producer For many years, Luther Vandross was the vintage Cadillac among the banged-up jalopies in the used car lot of male pop singers. With a sound that echoed the smooth soul stylings of the 1960s, Vandross was a fixture on the rhythm and blues charts... Read more |
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye American singer Marvin Gaye (1939–1984) was one of popular music's most successful and innovative recording artists. He expanded the boundaries of the rhythm and blues and soul genres as he explored social and sexual themes in his music. Gaye began his career with Motown records,... Read more |
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Lyubov Popova
Popova, Lyubov (1889–1924). Russian painter and designer, born near Moscow. She was one of the leading figures of Russian avant-garde art in its most exciting period, but she died tragically young of scarlet fever. After studying painting in Moscow, 1907–8, she travelled extensively... Read more |
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Vittorio Conte Alfieri
Vittorio Alfieri, Conte , 1749-1803, Italian tragic poet. A Piedmontese, born to wealth and social position, he spent his youth in dissipation and adventure. From 1767 to 1772 he traveled over much of Europe but returned to Italy fired by a sense of the greatness of his own country. He saw himself... Read more |
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Mary Ann Frese Witt, ed., Nietzsche and the Rebirth of the Tragic.(Book review)
...Nietzsche as Tragic Poet and His Legacy...to Wagner. "The Tragic" in Witt's title...of Nietzsche's tragic theory influencing Strindberg...shown by his Heirs to Dionysus: A Nietzschean Current...the Irish bard. After 1914, as ... |
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...the kind of tragic, senseless mistake...theconflict, and after a series of failed...the area.The main theory as to why Israel...The Return of Dionysus: Another piece in...in Tel Aviv. In "Dionysus inZion," Assaf...quoted as sayingthat ... |
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Lyrical culture: rethinking Western literature after reading 'The Book of...
...armed with an array of critical theories which could question, deconstruct...tradition. Although I was aware of theories, like post-colonialism...and rational law. Between Dionysus's insistence in The Bacchae...audience (for example, the tragic form of ... |
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