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• American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies
  ...al and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. [[Category: Languages and Literature]]
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• Aleatoric
  ...eatoric, indeterminate, or chance art is that which exploits the principle of randomness. ...may apply to gambling contracts, insurance contracts and many modern forms of derivatives and options. For example, the French civil code contains a chap
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• Xenophon
  ...e Lycon who was one of Socrates' prosecutors). 421 BC is the dramatic date of the work. ...doxical: [[Socrates]], for one, prides himself on his knowledge of the art of pimping.
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• Mindstream
  ...]]: saṃtāna) of [[awareness]]. There are a number of terms in the Buddhist literature that may well be rendered "mindstream". The mindstream [[doctrine]], like m ...]. However, what we call the mental and the material occurs in a [[unity]] of organization. [[Organization]] is something [[dynamic]]."
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• Genre
  ...rary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. ...are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.
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• History of Ideas
  ...iversities across the world provide courses in this field, usually as part of a graduate program. ...eas Club'' at [[Johns Hopkins University]], where he worked as a professor of history from 1910 to 1939.
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• Incantation
  ...[effect]]; the [[utterance]] of a spell or [[charm]]; more widely, The use of magical [[ceremonies]] or arts; [[magic]], sorcery, enchantment. ...edia.org/wiki/Witchcraft witchcraft] it may be used with the [[intention]] of casting a spell on an object or a [[person]]. The term derives from [[Latin
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• Rogue
  ...upport]] these conjectures, and an etymological connection with the family of classical [[Latin]] ''rogāre'' (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogatio ...erson]] who [[rejects]] [[conventional]] rules of [[society]] in [[favor]] of following their own [[personal]] goals and [[values]].
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• Criticism
  ...scribe]] an adherent of a position disagreeing with or opposing the object of criticism. ...egularly [[judge]] or interpret performances or other works (such as those of artists, scientists, musicians, or actors), and typically publish their obs
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• Exoticism
  *1: originating in or characteristic of a distant [[foreign]] country: exotic birds | they loved to visit ''exotic' ...ordinary: an exotic outfit | (as noun the exotic) : there was a [[touch]] of the exotic in her [[appearance]].
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• William Blake
  [[Image:WilliamBlakebyThomasPhillips.jpg|right|frame|<center>Portrait of Wm. Blake by Thomas Phillips</center>]] ...lically]] rich oeuvre, which [[embraced]] the [[imagination]] as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".
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• Hubris
  ...< [[Latin]] arrogāntem assuming, overbearing, insolent, present participle of arrogāre *1: : an [[attitude]] of superiority [[manifested]] in an overbearing [[manner]] or in presumptuous
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• Transcendentalism
  ...es called ''American Transcendentalism'' to distinguish it from other uses of the word ''[[transcendental]]''. ...ized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions.
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• Oral Tradition
  ...material through vocal utterance, and was long held to be a key descriptor of [[folklore]] (a criterion no longer rigidly held by all folklorists). As an ...gies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.
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• Intellectual History
  ...es of [[Kulturgeschichte]] and [[Geistesgeschichte]], the historical study of ideas has engaged not only western intellectual traditions, including, but ...d in various ways, such as attacks on the merits of science, education, or literature.
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• Upanishads
  ...nce on the rest of Hindu and Indian [[philosophy]], and are considered one of the 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written. ...and Mauryan periods. The Muktika Upanishad (predates 1656) contains a list of 108 canonical Upanishads.
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• J. Gordon Melton
  ...e Department of Religious Studies at the [https://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California, Santa Barbara]. He is the [[author]] of more than twenty-five books, including several encyclopedias, handbooks, an
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• Intellectual
  ...eflect, speculate on, or ask and answer questions with regard to a variety of different [[idea]]s. ...ors, scientists, engineers, etc. Third, “cultural intellectuals” are those of notable expertise in culture and the arts, expertise which allows them some
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• Mythology
  ...nch of [[knowledge]] dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of [[myth]]s, also known as mythography. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Myth''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cate
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• Merkabah
  ...brew: "living creatures"), each of which has four wings and the four faces of a man, lion, ox, and eagle. ...sages concerning the Merkaba in their synagogues every year on the holiday of [[Shavuot]], and the Merkabah is also referenced in several places in tradi
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