In 1823 he published his first novel, Hand 'Islande, which in 1825 appeared in an English translation as Hans of Iceland. The journalist Charles Nodier was enthusia tic about it and drew llugo into the group of friends, all devotees of Romanticism, who met regularly at the Bibliotheque de L'Ars…
Buenos Aires, city and capital of Argentina. The city is coextensive with the Federal District (Distrito Federal) and is situated on the shore of the Rio de la Plata, 150 miles (240 km) from the Atlantic Ocean. Buenos Aires is one of Latin America's most important ports and most populous cities, as well as the national ce…
Thailanguage, also called SIAMESE, the standard spoken and literary language ofThailand, belonging to the Tai language family of Southeast Asia. It is based largely on the dialect of Bangkok and its environs in the central region of the country but retains certain consonant distinctions (such as I versu r; kl versus k), which …
India and the Hindu diaspora. Shiva is both the destroyer and the restorer, the great ascetic and the symbol of sensuality, the benevolent herdsman of souls and the wrathful avenger. hiva's female consort is known under various manifestations as Uma, Safi, Parvati, Durga, Kall, and som…
French social theorist and one of the chief founders of Christian socialism. In his major work, Nouveau Christianisme ( 1825), he proclaimed a brotherhood of man that must accompany the scientific organization of industry and society. Life. Saint-Simon was born of an impoverished aristocratic family. His grandfather's cousin had been the Duke…
taynaud syndrome, condition occurring primaly in young women that is characterized by spasms I the arteries to the fingers that cause the fingertips , become first pale and then cyanotic-bluish pon exposure to cold or in response to emotional ress. Upon ce sation of the stimulus, redness d elops and there …
Paramount Pictures Corporation o,ne of the first and most successful of the Hollywood motionpicture studios. Paramount Pictures Corp. was established in 1914 by W.W. Hodkinson as a film distributor, offering Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, and other producers …
Normandy Invasion, also called OPERATlON OVERLORD, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, l 944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing ofU.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the…