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  • 21Book learning — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Icelandic Literary Society — The Icelandic Literary Society is a society dedicated to promoting and strengthening Icelandic language, literature and learning. It was founded in 1816 when the Icelandic independence movement was in its infancy. Jón Sigurðsson, an Icelandic… …

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  • 23Decad (Sumerian texts) — Fertile Crescent myth series Mesopotamian …

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  • 24erudition — n. Knowledge (gained by reading and study), learning, lore, scholarship, literary learning, historical and archaeological lore …

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  • 25South 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… …

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  • 26Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …

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  • 27Ancients and Moderns — ▪ literary dispute       subject of a celebrated literary dispute that raged in France and England in the 17th century. The “Ancients” maintained that Classical literature of Greece and Rome offered the only models for literary excellence; the… …

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  • 28education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 29English 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… …

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  • 30china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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