The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature Preface The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature is a reference book, with entries arranged in A–Z format. To go directly to a particular entry, click on the link in the table of contents. There are also links between entries – click on any underlined word to jump to the related entry. © Copyright Research Machines plc 2006. All rights reserved. Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines plc. Helicon Publishing New Mill House 183 Milton Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 4SE e-mail:
[email protected] Web site: www.helicon.co.uk Cover photographs © Billie Love. Table of contents A Aakjaer, Jeppe Aarestrup, Carl Ludvig Emil Aasen, Ivar Andreas Abbey, Edward Abbot, Robert Sengstacke Abbotsford Abbott, Jacob Abbt, Thomas à Beckett, Gilbert Abbott Abe Kobo Abercrombie, Lascelles Abish, Walter About, Edmond François Valentin Abrahams, Peter Abrams, Meyer (Howard) Abse, Dannie Abu-al-Ala al-Maarri Abû Mâdî, Ilyâ Abú Nuwás, Hasan ibn Háni Academy, the Accademia della Crusca Acciaiuoli, Donato Accius, Lucius Accolti, Benedetto Accolti, Bernardo Accolti, Francesco Achad Haam Achebe, Chinua Achilles Tatius Acker, Kathy Ackroyd, Peter Acmeist movement Acosta, José de Actius, Lucius Acuña, Cristóval de Adagia Adam, Juliette Adam, Paul-Auguste-Marie Adam de la Halle Adamic, (Alojzij) Louis Adams, Charles Follen Adams, Douglas (Noël) Adams, Henry Brooks Adams, Richard (George) adaptation (arts) Adcock, (Kareen) Fleur Addison, Joseph Ade, George Adeler, Max Adler, Elmer Adlington, William Adolphus, John Leycester