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121Rossetti, Dante Gabriel — orig. Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti born May 12, 1828, London, Eng. died April 9, 1882, Birchington on Sea, Kent British painter and poet. Son of Gabriele Rossetti and brother of Christina Rossetti, he trained at the Royal Academy but vacillated …
122South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
123English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
124keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …
125McCarey, Leo — ▪ American director in full Thomas Leo McCarey born October 3, 1898, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. died July 5, 1969, Santa Monica, Calif. American movie director, writer, and producer who specialized in light comedy and nostalgia.… …
126Russian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century. The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …
127Scheffel, Joseph Victor von — ▪ German writer born February 16, 1826, Karlsruhe, Baden [Germany] died April 9, 1886, Karlsruhe, Germany poet and novelist whose immensely popular humorous epic poem Der Trompeter von Säckingen (1854; “The Trumpeter of Säckingen”) and… …
128cloyingness — noun The quality of being cloying …
