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English: Literature = Poetry & Lit

Term/concept	Contributor
Pygmalion (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love w...	Wordnet
Erinyes In Greek mythology, the female personifications of vengeance (the Romans ca...	AleidaR
desuetude A state of inactivity or disuse	Wordnet
Drydenian couplet Literature = Poetry & Lit	embakra
Thanatos (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx	Wordnet
bildungsroman Literature = Poetry & Lit	DocteurPC
Pico della Mirandola Literature = Poetry & Lit
Paris In Greek mythology, the son of Priam, king of Troy.	Silvia Blanco
sonnet A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme	Wordnet
hemistich Literature = Poetry & Lit	Allison Menditto
protagonist The principal character in a work of fiction	Wordnet
agonist The principal character in a work of fiction	Wordnet
fictional character An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story...	Wordnet
fictitious character An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story...	Wordnet
character An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story...	Wordnet
commedia dell'arte Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized s...	Wordnet
goddess A female deity	Wordnet
goddess A female deity	Personal glossary
book review A critical review of a book (usually a recently published book)	Wordnet
literature Literature = Poetry & Lit	desdemonia

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