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  2. Baguette - Wikipedia

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    Much of the history of the baguette is speculation; [7]: 35 however, some facts can be established. Long, stick-like breads in France became more popular during the 18th century, [7]: 5 French bakers started using "gruau," a highly refined Hungarian high-milled flour in the early 19th century, [7]: 13 Viennese steam oven baking was introduced to Paris in 1839 by August Zang, [7]: 12 and the ...

  3. History of poetry - Wikipedia

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    Lyric poetry is very similar to songs / song lyrics. They could have as many stanzas as they wanted, which was different to different forms of poetry at the time. There were no real regulations to this new form of poetry, which was invented by Sir Robert Cite in 1789. This form of poetry is known for being the quickest growing type of the past ...

  4. List of works by William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Authorship notes Venus and Adonis: 1593 [44] 1593 The Rape of Lucrece: 1594 [44] 1594 The Passionate Pilgrim: 1598 or 1599 An anthology of 20 poems collected and published by William Jaggard that were attributed to "W. Shakespeare" on the title page, only five of which are considered authentically Shakespearean. The Phoenix and the Turtle: 1601

  5. CliffsNotes - Wikipedia

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    Coles published a series of Canadian study guides called Coles Notes, and sold Hillegass the U.S. rights to the guides. [3] Hillegass and his wife, Catherine, started the business in their basement at 511 Eastridge Drive in Lincoln, with sixteen William Shakespeare titles. In August 1958, they shipped their first batch of notes and by the end ...

  6. Influence of William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare introduced or invented countless words in his plays, with estimates of the number in the several thousands. Warren King clarifies by saying that, "In all of his work – the plays, the sonnets and the narrative poemsShakespeare uses 17,677 words: Of those, 1,700 were first used by Shakespeare."

  7. Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare (1970) by Isaac Asimov is a two-volume guide to the works of the celebrated English writer William Shakespeare. The numerous maps were drafted by the artist Rafael Palacios .

  8. Early texts of Shakespeare's works - Wikipedia

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    The folio format was reserved for expensive, prestigious volumes. During Shakespeare's lifetime, stage plays were not generally taken seriously as literature and not considered worthy of being collected into folios, so the plays printed while he was alive were printed as quartos. His poems were never included in his collected works until the ...

  9. Pomes Penyeach - Wikipedia

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    Pomes Penyeach was written over a 20-year period, from 1904 to 1924, and originally published on 7 July 1927 by Shakespeare and Company, for the price of one shilling (twelve pence) or twelve francs. The title is a play on "poems" and pommes (the French word for