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Stendhal
(Encyclopedia)Stendhal stNdäl´ [key], pseud. of Marie Henri Beylemär äNr´ bl [key], 1783–1842, French writer, recognized as one of the great French novelists. He grew up in Grenoble hating his father...Beyle, Marie Henri
(Encyclopedia)Beyle, Marie Henri: see Stendhal.pseudonym
(Encyclopedia)pseudonym soo´dnm [key] [Gr.,=false name], name assumed, particularly by writers, to conceal identity. A writer's pseudonym is also referred to as a nom de plume (pen name). Famous examples in ...Stendal
(Encyclopedia)Stendal shtn´däl [key], city (1994 pop. 47,252), Saxony-Anhalt, N central Germany, on the Uchte River. It is a major rail junction and has sugar refineries, metalworks, food canneries, and chemica...Howard, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Howard, Richard (Richard Joseph Howard), 1929–, American poet, translator, and essayist, b. Cleveland, studied Columbia (B.A. 1951), the Sorbonne, Paris. Beginning with Quantities (1962), he has wri...Montmartre
(Encyclopedia)Montmartre môNmär´tr [key] [Fr.,=hill of the martyrs], hill in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine River. The highest point of Paris, it is topped by the Church of Sacré-Cœur. Parts of the an...Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio
(Encyclopedia)Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio jäk-k´n äntô´ny rs-s´n [key], 1792–1868, Italian operatic composer, one of the great masters of the Italian opera buffa. His parents were both musicia...Grenoble
(Encyclopedia)Grenoble grnô´bl [key], city (1990 pop. 153,973), capital of Isère dept., SE France, at the foot of the Alps on the Isère River at the confluence of Drac River. It is the hydroelectric center ...French Academy
(Encyclopedia)French Academy (L'Académie française), learned society of France. It is one of the five societies of the Institut de France. Development The origins of the academy were in a coterie of literary men ...French literature
(Encyclopedia)French literature, writings in medieval French dialects and standard modern French. Writings in Provençal and Breton are considered separately, as are works in French produced abroad (as at Canadian ...Browse by Subject
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