The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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Page 273
... political system , a visionary journey through Hell , Pur- gatory , and Paradise , and at the same time the way of an individual soul from sin to purifica- tion . Between Plato's Dialogues and Shake- speare's Plays the Divine Comedy is ...
... political system , a visionary journey through Hell , Pur- gatory , and Paradise , and at the same time the way of an individual soul from sin to purifica- tion . Between Plato's Dialogues and Shake- speare's Plays the Divine Comedy is ...
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... political speeches . With James JOYCE and Marcel PROUST , Thomas Mann is considered among the great- est novelists of the 20th century . He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929 . In 1933 , after a political disagreement ...
... political speeches . With James JOYCE and Marcel PROUST , Thomas Mann is considered among the great- est novelists of the 20th century . He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929 . In 1933 , after a political disagreement ...
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... political parties in which each has equal authority , and at which it is agreed that the questions in dispute shall be settled amicably and with the maximum amount of " give and take " on each side . The expression came into prominence ...
... political parties in which each has equal authority , and at which it is agreed that the questions in dispute shall be settled amicably and with the maximum amount of " give and take " on each side . The expression came into prominence ...
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