Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia - Logos
The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhetoric: Encyclopedia - Rhetoric
Rhetoric (from Greek ρήτωρ, rhêtôr, "orator") is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia - Tragedy
A tragedy may be defined loosely as any work of fiction in which the protagonist suffers a fall in his or her fortunes, and ends in a wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will Eisner: Encyclopedia - Will Eisner
William Erwin Eisner (borrn March 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York City; died January 3, 2005, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida) was an acclaimed Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny Vegas: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny Vegas - Fame
Johnny Vegas - Early performances. His career took off when he won the Festival Critics' Award at the 1997 Edinburgh Festival, and was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Statue: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Statue - Archaic Period
The archaic period of art from the 9th century to the 6th century BCE saw the first developments of Greek statuary. Kouros (male nudes) a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eikon Basilike: Encyclopedia Ii - Eikon Basilike - Contents And Authorship
Written in a simple, moving, and straightforward style in the form of a diary, the book combines irenic prayers urging the forgiveness of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto Pathetique: Encyclopedia Ii - Concerto Pathetique - Genesis Of The Four-movement-in-one Form
The experimental nature of the Concerto pathétique gives it a truly outstanding and almost chameleon-like appearance in the Liszt oeuvre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Histories Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Histories Tacitus - Subject Matter
In one of the first chapters of the Agricola Tacitus said that he wished to speak about the years of Domitian, of Nerva, and of Trajan. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Will Eisner: Encyclopedia Ii - Will Eisner - Biography
Will Eisner - Early life and career. The son of Jewish immigrants — his father a former painter, marginally successful entrepreneur, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modes Of Persuasion: Encyclopedia Ii - Modes Of Persuasion - Ethos
Ethos is how well the speaker convinces the audience that he or she is qualified to speak on the particular subject. It can be done in ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragic Hero: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragic Hero - Classical Tragic Hero
The mythical figure known as Herakles to the Greeks and Hercules to the Romans is an example of a hero possessed of enormous strength and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lady Jane Grey: Encyclopedia Ii - Lady Jane Grey - Claim To The Throne
Jane's claim to the throne was through her mother, Lady Frances Brandon, who was the daughter of Mary Tudor (a daughter of King Henry VII...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 17th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 17th Century - Prose Fiction
French literature of the 17th century - Les Amours and Les histoires tragiques. In France, the period following the Wars of Religion sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oroonoko: Encyclopedia Ii - Oroonoko - Biographical And Historical Background
Oroonoko is now the most studied of Aphra Behn's novels, but it was not immediately successful in her own lifetime. It sold well, but the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Themes
Running through this novel are a great variety of themes. The theme of love is explored all throughout the novel. We see the initial love...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Christianity
In Christianity, it is often suggested that the prologue of the Gospel of John calls Jesus the Logos (usually translated as "the Word" in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Captain Future: Encyclopedia Ii - Captain Future - Plot Synopsis
The series begins in 1990 when scientist Roger Newton, his wife Elaine, and his brilliant fellow scientist Simon Wright leave planet eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhetoric: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhetoric - History
Rhetoric - Introduction. The scholarly literature on the 2500-year history and theory of rhetoric in Western culture is far too volumin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ludovic Halévy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ludovic Halévy - Biography
His father, Léon Halévy (1802–1883), was a clever and versatile writer, who tried almost every branch of literature—prose and verse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Statius: Encyclopedia Ii - Statius - Silvae
The subjects of the Silvae vary widely. Five poems are devoted to flattery of the emperor and his favourites; but of these enough has alr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rhetoric: Encyclopedia Ii - Rhetoric - History
Rhetoric - Introduction. The scholarly literature on the 2500-year history and theory of rhetoric in Western culture is far too volumin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Susan Ivanova: Encyclopedia Ii - Susan Ivanova - Tragedy And Loss
Like many of the characters, Susan Ivanova seemed locked in a tragic cycle. The particular millstone around Ivanova's neck was love—not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Renaissance And 17th Century Tragedy
The classical tradition of Greek and Roman tragedy was largely forgotten in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the beginning of 16th ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jura Soyfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jura Soyfer - Life
Jura Soyfer was the son of the industrialist Vladimir Soyfer and his wife Lyuboc. The well-to-do Jewish family employed French- and Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto Pathetique: Encyclopedia Ii - Concerto Pathetique - Concert Piece Or Concerto?
The word concert(o), except for its spelling, is the only consistent part of the various titles of the Concerto pathétique. It could hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eikon Basilike: Encyclopedia Ii - Eikon Basilike - Its Famous Frontispiece
The heavily allegorical frontispiece of the Eikon Basilike depicts the King as a Christian martyr. The Latin texts read: IMMOTA, TRIVMPH...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lady Jane Grey: Encyclopedia Ii - Lady Jane Grey - Accession
Edward VI died on July 6, 1553. Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England while staying at the New Inn, Gloucester on July 10, 1553,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jura Soyfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jura Soyfer - Resonance
Jura Soyfer's intent was not to present any complete solutions or conclusions: he believed that the problems he presented could only be s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oroonoko: Encyclopedia Ii - Oroonoko - Plot
Oroonoko is a relatively short novel whose full title is Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave. The novel concerns Oroonoko, the grandson of an Af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oroonoko: Encyclopedia Ii - Oroonoko - Historical Significance
Behn was a political writer on the stage and in fiction, and most of her works have distinct, if not didactic, political purposes behind ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oroonoko: Encyclopedia Ii - Oroonoko - Literary Significance
Claims for Oroonoko's being the "first English novel" are difficult to sustain. In addition to the usual problems of defining the novel i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jura Soyfer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jura Soyfer - Works
Soyfer's first work, Der Weltuntergang oder Die Welt steht auf kein' Fall mehr lang ("The End of the World", or "The world is certainly n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny Vegas: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny Vegas - Ceramics
Having achieved fame in entertainment Vegas received belated plaudits for his ceramic work. Ceramic Review praised him, leading to a role...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Histories Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Histories Tacitus - Ideology
In the first book of the Historiae, a speech put in the mouth of Galba makes clear Tacitus' ideological and political position. Galba's p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny Vegas: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny Vegas - Early Life
He was born the youngest of four siblings (having two older brothers, Robert and Mark and an older sister Catharine) in St. Helens to Lau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Johnny Vegas: Encyclopedia Ii - Johnny Vegas - Life Before Fame
He joined a seminary once again at age 24 after a bout of depression, but left, deciding that a career in the priesthood was not for him....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eikon Basilike: Encyclopedia Ii - Eikon Basilike - King Charles Venerated By The Church Of England
The Eikon Basilike and its portrait of Charles's execution as a martyrdom were so successful that, at the Restoration, a special commemor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragic Hero: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragic Hero - The Modern Tragic Hero
In the Modernist era, a new kind of tragic hero was synthesized as a reaction to the English Renaissance, The Age of Enlightenment, and R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Greek Tragedy
Greek literature boasts three great writers of tragedy whose works are extant: Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The largest festival f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Modern Tragedy
In modern literature, the definition of tragedy has become less precise. The most fundamental change has been the rejection of Aristotle'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Tragedy In Film
main article: Tragedy on screen The general belief in Hollywood that audiences prefer happy endings might seem to preclude the genre of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 17th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 17th Century - Society And Literature In 17th Century France
French literature of the 17th century - Les ruelles and Les précieuses. Henri IV's court was considered by contemporaries as a rude on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Theories Of Tragedy
The philosopher Aristotle theorized in his work The Poetics that tragedy results in a catharsis (emotional cleansing) of healing for the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragedy - Origin Of Western Tragedy
The origins of tragedy in the West are obscure, but it is certainly derived from the poetic and religious traditions of ancient Greece. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Ancient Philosophy
In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, one of the more eminent Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, to describe human knowledge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Rhetoric
In rhetoric, logos is one of the three modes of persuasion (the other two are pathos, emotional appeal, and ethos, the qualification of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Similar Concepts
Within Eastern religions there are ideas with varying degrees of similarity to the philosophical and Christian uses. Two concepts with so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 17th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 17th Century - Poetry
Because of the new conception of "l'honnête homme" or "the honest or upright man", poetry became one of the principle modes of literary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Literature Of The 17th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - French Literature Of The 17th Century - Theater
French literature of the 17th century - Theaters and theatrical companies. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, public theatrica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tragic Hero: Encyclopedia Ii - Tragic Hero - Competing Precepts Of The Tragic Hero
A tragic hero was considered to need a catharsis, or a moment of emotional purgation, but it comes at a time when it is too late to chang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Susan Ivanova: Encyclopedia Ii - Susan Ivanova - Personality
For many, Babylon 5 was exemplified by the character of Commander Susan Ivanova, second in command of the Babylon 5 station. Ivanova, por...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Susan Ivanova: Encyclopedia Ii - Susan Ivanova - Sexuality
Over the course of her life that is dramatized in 'Babylon 5' Ivanova was involved in a series of relationships with both men and women, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lady Jane Grey: Encyclopedia Ii - Lady Jane Grey - Lady Jane Grey In Culture
She was the subject of the 1715 she-tragedy entitled Lady Jane Grey by Nicholas Rowe, which emphasizes the pathos of Jane's fate. Her sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lady Jane Grey: Encyclopedia Ii - Lady Jane Grey - Execution
The Protestant rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the first months of 1554, sealed Jane's fate despite the fact that she had nothing to do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Statue: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Statue - Classical
Greek statue - Early Classical. The early Classical period, from 500 - 485 BC, saw the development of the Severe Style[1]. Although pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Statue: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Statue - Headline Text
humans naturalistically, and action-oriented poses were more commonplace. However, because of the impossibly perfect proportions, real...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lady Jane Grey: Encyclopedia Ii - Lady Jane Grey - Accession
Edward VI died on July 6, 1553. Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England while staying at the New Inn, Gloucester on July 10, 1553,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concerto Pathetique: Encyclopedia Ii - Concerto Pathetique - History And Significance
In 1851 Breitkopf & Härtel published the solo piano work Grosses Concert-Solo by Franz Liszt. Though not as popular as the later B ...   » Read the article