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21C. S. Lewis — C.S. Lewis aged 50 Born Clive Staples Lewis 29 November 1898(1898 11 29) Belfast, Ireland Died …
22Classical unities — The classical unities, Aristotelian unities or three unities are rules for drama derived from a passage in Aristotle s Poetics. In their neoclassical form they are as follows: The unity of action: a play should have one main action that it… …
23The Anatomy of Melancholy — Infobox Book | name = The Anatomy of Melancholy image caption = Frontispiece for the 1638 edition author = Robert Burton illustrator = Christian Le Blon cover artist = country = Britain language = English genre = publisher = release date = 1621… …
24Colley Cibber — plays the part of Lord F …
251732 in literature — The year 1732 in literature involved some significant events and new books.Events* The first edition of Poor Richard s Almanac , by Benjamin Franklin, is published. * Alexander Pope begins Essay on Man , with the first two Epistles: Of the Nature …
26Mock-heroic — Mock heroic, mock epic or heroi comic works are typically satires or parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature. Typically, mock heroic works to insert the heroic work by either putting a fool in the role of… …
27Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn — (13 February 1733 ndash; 2 January 1805), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the eldest son of Peter Wedderburn (a lord of session as Lord Chesterhall), and was born in East Lothian.He acquired the rudiments of his education at Dalkeith and at …
28Richard Blackmore — Sir Richard Blackmore, (22 January 1654 ndash; 9 October 1729), English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an example of a dull poet. He was, however, a respected physician and religious writer. [ Samuel… …
29Lewis Theobald — (baptised April 2, 1688 ndash; September 18, 1744), British textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean editing and in literary satire. He was vital for the establishment of fair texts for Shakespeare,… …
30Laurent Clerc — Infobox Person name=Laurent Clerc caption=Teacher, co founder of the first permanent school for the deaf in North America. birth date=birth date|1785|12|26|mf=y birth place=La Balme, France dead=dead death date=death date and… …
