Flavien Ranaivo

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. Salinger. Hardcover Book first sold: July 16, 1951. Current cover design dated 1991? Previous solid maroon book cover with gold font designed by J.D. Salinger in response to racey pulp paper back book cover. bad books

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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

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Born	May 13, 1914 • Madagascar
Died	December 20, 1999 (aged 85) • Troyes • France

Jacques Rabemananjara

Malagasy author

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Clément Marot

French poet

Louise Bogan

American poet and literary critic

Yves Bonnefoy

French author

Quinet, oil painting by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu, 1833; in the Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Edgar Quinet

French historian and poet

Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle

French poet

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French poet

Bonaventure Des Périers

French author

Pontus de Tyard

French poet

Richard Howard

American author

Rémy Belleau

French poet

İbrahim Şinasi

Turkish author

Jan Kasprowicz

Polish writer

Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke

English translator

Édouard Maunick

Mauritian poet

Chapelain, engraving by Robert Nanteuil, 1655

Jean Chapelain

French author

Florent Chrestien

French author

Delille, detail of an engraving by Antoine Cardon after a painting by J.-L. Monnier

Jacques Delille

French writer

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish author and diplomat

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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