FENTON, ELIJAH

1683–1730, English poet. A graduate of Cambridge, he was a schoolmaster for a time and later was a tutor in several noble families. He is chiefly remembered for his share in Pope's translation of the Odyssey (1725). Besides writing a volume of Poems (1708) and a tragedy, Marianne (1723), he edited the works of Milton (1725) and Waller (1729).

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South Asian Religions in the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography of Immigrant Religious Traditions
Book by John Y. Fenton; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: America--Religion--Bibliography, Immigrants--Religious Life--America--Bibliography, South Asia--Religion--Bibliography, South Asians--America--Religion--Bibliography
...articles about Ismaili families. Fenton (373, 139) has some remarks...years and may have influenced Elijah Muhammad, the prophet of the...on Sikhs in New York City. Fentons book (139) has a section covering...in the New York city area, Fenton (139) included Indian Christians...
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The Iroquois Eagle Dance: An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance
Book by William N. Fenton, Gertrude Prokosch Kurath; United States Government Printing Office, 1953
Subjects: Eagle Dance, Iroquois Indians
...seeing that I got things straight; and besides, I tutored under Elijah David, Simeon Skye, Jesse Cornplanter, and Robert Shanks...Y. In Canada, the late Simeon Gibson was my interpreter Fenton, 1944 , and Chief Joseph Logan of Onondaga Longhouse recorded...
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The Influence of Milton on English Poetry
Book by Raymond Dexter Havens; Harvard University Press, 1922
Subjects: English Poetry--18th Century--History And Criticism, Milton, John--1608-1674--Influence
...Odyssey , William Broome and Elijah Fenton, who between them translated half...For the poems, see p. 444 below. Fenton paraphrased part of a chapter of...Paradise Lost was supervised by Fenton, whose life of Milton was reprinted...
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Biblical Drama in England from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
Book by Murray Roston; Faber and Faber, 1968
Subjects: Bible Plays, English--History And Criticism, Bible--In Literature, Christian Drama, English--History And Criticism
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English Biography in the Eighteenth Century
Book by Mark Longaker; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931
Subjects: Biography As A Literary Form, English Literature--18th Century--History And Criticism
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journal articles on: Fenton Elijah  - 16 results

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Preliminary Bibliography of Best-Known Black Appalachian Musicians
Journal article by Mark Freed; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004
Subjects: African American music--Analysis, African Americans--Analysis, African Americans--Music, Bibliographies, Bibliography, Black musicians--Performances, Musicians, Black--Performances
...Turner Foddrell (obituary). Living Blues no. 122: 14. Wald, Elijah. 1993. North Carolina blues: Turner Foddrell: If it sounds good...everybody": John Jackson interview. Blues-Link 6: 1-3. Wald, Elijah. 1994. John Jackson: Down home Rappahannock blues. Sing Out...
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Karaism and Christian Hebraism: A New Document
Journal article by Daniel J. Lasker; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Karaites--History, Karaites--Religious aspects
...Judaica. 16 vols. Jerusalem, 1971. Fenton, Paul B. "The European Discovery...Philosophy of the Karaite Aaron ben Elijah: The Problem of Divine Justice...Kizilov. See also Popkin, 1981; Fenton. (35) See, for example, Berg...58, n. 70, confuses Aaron ben Elijah the Younger with Aaron ben Joseph...
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Directory of African-Appalachian Musicians
Journal article by Bob Eagle; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004
Subjects: African American musicians--History, African American musicians--Performances, Sound recordings
...Easin Back to Tennessee" (Sleepy John Estes, 1937); "Tennessee Woman Blues" (Johnny Shines, 1946); and "Tennessee Woman" (Fenton Robinson, 1958). The state has lent its name to performers such as "Tennessee" (possibly Lee Crisp); another "Tennessee" (female...
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Federalism, Positive Law, and the Emergence of the American Administrative State: Prohibition in the Taft Court Era
Journal article by Robert Post; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: Federalism--Laws, regulations and rules, Liquor laws--Political aspects, Prohibition--Laws, regulations and rules, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 18
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Race and Race Theory
Journal article by Howard Winant; Annual Review of Sociology, 2000
Subjects: Racism--Research, Social movements--Research, United States--Demographic aspects
...are employed as "social types" in Suicide, for example. See Fenton 1980. (7.) The Chicago theorists, particularly Park, proposed...Institutions and Identities. Philadelphia, PA: Temple Univ. Press Fenton S. 1980. Race, class, and politics in the work of Emile Durkheim...
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One for the History Books
Magazine article by Michael Rust; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, December 4, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Contested elections--2000, Elections--Statistics, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, Presidential candidates--Political activity
...39% District 7 (100%) (*) Elijah E. Cummings (D)(I) 87% Kenneth Kondner (R) 13...


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newspaper articles on: Fenton Elijah  - 29 results

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Basketball Previews
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 28, 2000
...sr.); Waubonsie Valley - C Elijah Collins (6-4, jr.); Downers...for the sectional title. at Fenton The field, in seeding order...Dame, (14) Holy Cross, (15) Fenton, (16) Elmwood Park, (17) Maine...Mike Jakubowski (6-3, sr.); Fenton - G-F Dan Woodcock (6-2, sr...
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Basketball Previews
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 12, 2001
...great defensive game." (Saturday host Fenton) - Raiders update: Glenbard South picked...first SPRC victory of the year against Fenton before scoring just 2 fourth- quarter...Saturday vs. Hubbard at Downers North.) Fenton (1-14, 0-5) at Plainfield (5-7, 1-3...
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Ready for Her Closeup
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 31, 2007
...calls from Thomas Boatright and Elijah Johnson, coaches on the Aurora...win three straight titles at Fentons 27th annual Early Bird Invite...the boys shortly thereafter. Fenton coach John Kurtz is watching...five runners. Jay Ehrhardt, Fenton Class of 73, is the honorary...
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Waubonsie Valley Overwhelms Streamwood
Newspaper article by Chris Traczek; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 7, 2001
...Krieg said. - Jerry Fitzpatrick Leyden 66, Fenton 49 Ares Collins scored 23 points to lead visiting Leyden to a 66-49 win over Fenton in nonconference action Saturday in Bensenville. Fentons Mike Murphy was the story for the Bison early...
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Basketball Previews
Newspaper article by John Lemon, David Oberhelman, Kevin Schmit; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 26, 2001
...week to St. Charles and Elgin. St. Charles size gave the Sabres trouble, which could be good news to Waubonsies 6-5, 225-pound Elijah Collins. Tony Wright, Rob Spejcher and three-year starter Drew Gronau head the Sabres. The 6-5 Gronau "really brings us to another...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fenton Elijah  - 2 results

 
 
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Fenton, Elijah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FENTON, ELIJAH 1683 1730, English poet. A graduate of Cambridge, he was a schoolmaster for a time and later was a tutor in several noble families...
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Pope, Alexander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...couplets; the completed edition of the Iliad (1720); and the Odyssey (1725 26), written with William Broome and Elijah Fenton . These translations, along with Popes unsatisfactory edition of Shakespeare (1725), amassed him a large fortune...


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