(Encyclopedia) Chinese exclusion, policy of prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers to the United States; initiated in 1882. From the time of the U.S. acquisition of California (1848) there had…
(Encyclopedia) Browning, Robert, 1812–89, English poet. His remarkably broad and sound education was primarily the work of his artistic and scholarly parents—in particular his father, a London bank…
Author:E. Ethelbert Miller St. Martin's Press Besides having one of the most melodious names in poetry, E. Ethelbert Miller has been writing for several decades. Miller, an active presence in…
Director:Bennett MillerArtisan Entertainment; NR; 76 minutesRelease:10/98With:Timothy (Speed) Levitch Miller is truly a gifted, inspired filmmaker who knew good material when he saw it. But…
(Encyclopedia) Dickinson, Emily, 1830–86, American poet, b. Amherst, Mass. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature. Her unique, gemlike lyrics are distillations of…
The Miller of Mansfield. Henry II. was one day hunting, and lost his way. He met a miller, who took him home to his cottage, and gave him a bed with his son Richard. Next morning the…
