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(Encyclopedia) Cheyenne shīănˈ, –ĕnˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The ...
(Encyclopedia) Defoe or De Foe, Daniel dĭfōˈ [key], 1660?–1731, English writer, b. London.
He was nearly sixty when he turned to writing novels. In 1719 he published his famous Life and Strange Surprising Adv...
(Encyclopedia) Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated state...
(Encyclopedia) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus mōtˈsärt, Ger. vôlfˈgäng ämädāˈo͝os mōˈtsärt [key], 1756–91, Austrian composer, b. Salzburg. Mozart represents one of the great peaks in the history of music. ...
(Encyclopedia) Canadian literature, English, literary works produced in Canada and written in the English language.
The essayist Northrop Frye is noted for his systematic classification of literature, presented in...
(Encyclopedia) Anthropocene Epoch, an unofficial
term used by scientists to describe a period of time—up to the present—in which
humanity has impacted the planet on a global scale. The phrase was fir...
(Encyclopedia) wood carving, as an art form, includes any kind of sculpture in wood, from the decorative bas-relief on small objects to life-size figures in the round, furniture, and architectural decorations.
The w...
(Encyclopedia) Hindu philosophy, the philosophical speculations and systems of India that have their roots in Hinduism.
Nyaya, traditionally founded by Akshapada Gautama (6th cent. b.c.), is a school of logic and...
(Encyclopedia) Mound Builders, in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to the Appalachian ...
(Encyclopedia) Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher, Baroness, 1925–2013, British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, nicknamed the “Iron Lady” for her uncompromising political s...