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Gautier, Théophile

(Encyclopedia)Gautier, Théophile gōtyāˈ [key], 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic. He was a leading exponent of “art for art's sake”—the belief that formal, aesthetic beauty is the sole purpose...

Plate, River

(Encyclopedia)Plate, River: see Plata, Río de la. ...

Adam le Bossu

(Encyclopedia)Adam le Bossu: see Adam de la Halle. ...

Roatán

(Encyclopedia)Roatán, Honduras: see Bahía, Islas de la. ...

Christian Brothers

(Encyclopedia)Christian Brothers: see John Baptist de la Salle, Saint. ...

Bay Islands

(Encyclopedia)Bay Islands, Honduras: see Bahía, Islas de la. ...

West, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)West, Thomas: see De la Warr, Thomas West, 12th Baron. ...

Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez

(Encyclopedia)Larreta, Enrique Rodríguez ānrēˈkā rôᵺrēˈgāth lärrāˈtä [key], 1875–1961, Argentine novelist. Larreta lived for many years in Spain and France. His fame rests on La gloria de don Ramir...

García Lorca, Federico

(Encyclopedia)García Lorca, Federico fāᵺārēˈkō gärthēˈä lôrˈkä [key], 1898–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist, b. Fuente Vaqueros. The poetry, passion, and violence of his work and his own tragic and...

Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile

(Encyclopedia)Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile älfrĕdˈ zhül āmēlˈ fo͞oyāˈ [key], 1838–1912, self-educated French philosopher and sociologist. Until 1875, when he retired, he was a teacher at various French...