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South African literature

(Encyclopedia)South African literature, literary works written in South Africa or written by South Africans living in other countries. Populated by diverse ethnic and language groups, South Africa has a distinctive...

Sandel, Cora

(Encyclopedia)Sandel, Cora kôrˈə sănˈdĕl [key], pseud. of Sara Fabricius, 1880–1974, Norwegian author. Her outstanding work is the Alberta Trilogy (1926–39, tr. 1965), a set of largely autobiographical no...

Mombert, Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Mombert, Alfred älˈfrĕt mômˈbĕrt [key], 1872–1942, German poet. He was briefly a lawyer and public official. His works, characterized by mysticism, fantasy, and simplicity of style, include Di...

Sombart, Werner

(Encyclopedia)Sombart, Werner vĕrˈnər zômˈbärt [key], 1863–1941, German economist. In 1917 he became professor of economics at the Univ. of Berlin. Influenced by Marx's historical approach to economics, he ...

Hals, Frans

(Encyclopedia)Hals, Frans fräns häls [key], c.1580–1666, Dutch painter of portraits and genre scenes, b. Antwerp. Hals spent most of his life in Haarlem, where he studied with Karel van Mander and became (1610)...

Mörike, Eduard

(Encyclopedia)Mörike, Eduard āˈdo͞oärt möˈrĭkə [key], 1804–75, German writer and clergyman, a leader of the Swabian school. Over 50 of his rich and varied lyrics, among them “Schlafendes Jesuskind” [...

Renaissance art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Renaissance art and architecture, works of art and structures produced in Europe during the Renaissance. In England the Renaissance flowered in the middle of the 16th cent. The Elizabethan style an...

Thoma, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia)Thoma, Ludwig lo͝otˈvĭkh [key], 1867–1921, German novelist, dramatist, and poet. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905), Der Wittiber ...

Roscher, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Roscher, Wilhelm vĭlˈhĕlm rôshˈər [key], 1817–94, German economist. A professor at the Univ. of Leipzig (1848–94), he was a founder of the German historical school of economics, which reject...

Bieler, Manfred

(Encyclopedia)Bieler, Manfred mänˈfrĕt bēˈlər [key], 1934–, German dramatist and novelist. Among Bieler's plays, written for radio, are Die achte Trübsal [the eighth misery] (1960), attacking anti-Semitism...