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  2. City of Literature - Wikipedia

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    Literature, drama, and/or poetry playing an important role in the city; Hosting literary events and festivals, which promote domestic and foreign literature; Existence of libraries, bookstores, and public or private cultural centres, which preserve, promote, and disseminate domestic and foreign literature

  3. English Renaissance theatre - Wikipedia

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    The English grammar schools, like those on the continent, placed special emphasis on the trivium: grammar, logic, and rhetoric.Though rhetorical instruction was intended as preparation for careers in civil service such as law, the rhetorical canons of memory and delivery (pronuntiatio), gesture and voice, as well as exercises from the progymnasmata, such as the prosopopoeia, taught theatrical ...

  4. Boston - Wikipedia

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    Following American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to play an important role as a port, manufacturing hub, and center for education and culture. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The city also expanded significantly beyond the original peninsula by filling in land and annexing neighboring towns.

  5. Literature of England - Wikipedia

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    This consists of medieval literature in the Anglo-Norman tongue, and also in French.The French epic appeared in England at an early date. [5] It is believed that the Chanson de Roland was sung at the Battle of Hastings, [6] and some Anglo-Norman manuscripts of Chansons de geste have survived to this day. [7]

  6. Language center - Wikipedia

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    It is now accepted that the right hemisphere plays an important role in the processing of suprasegmental acoustic features like prosody, which is "the rhythmic and melodic variations in speech". [3] There are two types of prosodic information: emotional prosody (right hemisphere), which is the emotional content of the speech, and linguistic ...

  7. New York Public Library Main Branch - Wikipedia

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    The Bill Blass Public Catalog Room, also located in Room 315, connects the McGraw Rotunda and the Main Reading Room; [208] [241] its central location makes it a de facto foyer for the reading room. [261] The room measures 81 by 77 feet (25 by 23 m). [63] Similar to the Main Reading Room, it has a 52-foot-high ceiling. [18]

  8. Setting (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    A setting can take three basic forms. One is the natural world, or in an outside place. In this setting, the natural landscapes of the world play an important part in a narrative, along with living creatures and different times of weather conditions and seasons.

  9. Chicago literature - Wikipedia

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    Today, Chicago is home to the world's largest youth poetry festival, Louder Than a Bomb. [14] [15] Since its founding in 2001, Louder Than a Bomb has grown into a multi-week celebration that includes competitions, workshops, and other poetry-related events. By 2018, the festival was drawing over 100 teams for a total of more than 1000 young ...

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