“Folklore is literally “ethnic studies.” This term was invented in England in the middle of the 19th century to designate in one word ancient beliefs, prejud...

“Italian becomes a literary language relatively late (after 1250): other neo-Latin languages became isolated almost two centuries earlier. This phenomenon is...

“Historical drama by the last decade of the reign of Queen Elizabeth began to be inspired by patriotic ideas. The “Great Armada” that threatened the shores o...

“The story of Hamelin ends not with the repentance of the older brother, as in Shakespeare’s comedy, and not at all with the generosity of the younger brothe...

“The comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” was first published in 1600. Meares's treatise "Palladis Tamia", published two years earlier, does not mention this play...

“Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the greatest English poets of the 19th century. Born in the county of Sussex on August 4, 1792, he drowned in the Mediterrane...

“When at the beginning of the 19th century. Sh.'s poems first became known, and he was recognized as the forerunner of romanticism. “Ch.,” writes Sainte-Beuv...

“Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (Sheridan) is a famous English playwright and politician; born Dublin 30 October 1751, died London 7 July 1836. Comedy S. The Sch...

“Schiller, Johann Friedrich (Schiller) is a great German poet; genus. November 10, 1759 in Marbach in Württemberg. His father, Johann Gaspar, began his caree...

“Aesthetics is a special branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and art. The very term E. comes from the Greek αίσθετικός, which means sensual, and in this...