JEAN

zhäN, 1921–, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000); son of Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg, and Felix, prince of Bourbon-Parma. He fought with Great Britain's Irish Guards in World War II. In 1953, Jean married Princess Josephine Charlotte, daughter of Leopold III, former king of Belgium. Jean was made deputy to his mother in 1961, virtually assuming the powers of head of state. In 1964 he became grand duke. He abdicated in favor of his son Henri in 2000.

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Jean-Claude Van Itallie and the Off-Broadway Theater
Book by Gene A. Plunka; University of Delaware Press, 1999
Subjects: Off-Broadway Theater--History, Theater--New York (State)--New York--History--20th Century, Van Itallie, Jean Claude--1936---Stage History--New York (Astate)--New York
Jean-Claude van Itallie and the Off-Broadway Theater Jean-Claude van Itallie. Photo courtesy of Susan Johan. Jean-Claude van Itallie and the Off-Broadway Theater Gene A. Plunka Newark: University...
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Jean Renart and the Art of Romance: Essays on Guillaume de Dole
Book by Nancy Vine Durling; University Press of Florida, 1997
Subjects: Jean Renart--12th/13th Cent--Guillaume De Dole, Romances--History And Criticism
Jean Renart and the Art of Romance JEAN RENART AND THE ART OF ROMANCE Essays on Guillaume de Dole...6 5 4 3 2 1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Jean Renart and the art of romance: essays on Guillaume de Dole. / edited...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Study in Self-Awareness
Book by Ronald Grimsley; University of Wales, 1961
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques--1712-1778
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU A STUDY IN SELF-AWARENESS BY RONALD GRIMSLEY...places material has been taken from an unpublished doctoral thesis on Jean dAlembert. I should like to record my gratitude to Professor P. Mansell...
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Jean Toomer: A Critical Evaluation
Book by Therman B. O'Daniel; Howard University Press, 1988
Subjects: African Americans In Literature, Fiction, Toomer, Jean--1894-1967--Criticism And Interpretation
JEAN TOOMER A Critical Evaluation JEAN TOOMER A Critical Evaluation Edited by Therman B. ODaniel...of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jean Toomer: a critical evaluation. Bibliography: p. Includes index...
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Jean Bouchet
Book by Jennifer Britnell; Edinburgh University Press, 1986
Subjects: Authors, French--16th Century--Biography, Bouchet, Jean--1476-Ca. 1558, Reformation--France--History
JEAN BOUCHET for Richared JEAN BOUCHET JENNIFER BRITNELL Published by Edinburgh University...British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Britnell, Jennifer Jean Bouchet 1. Bouchet, Jean -- Criticism and interpretation I. Title...
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Jean Paulhan and the Nouvelle Revue Francaise: Modernist Editor, Modernist Review?
Journal article by Martyn Cornick; The Romanic Review, Vol. 99, 2008
Subjects: Association executives--Criticism and interpretation, Modernism (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, Nouvelle Revue (Periodical)--Criticism and interpretation, Paulhan, Jean--Criticism and interpretation
Jean Paulhan and the Nouvelle Revue Francaise: Modernist Editor...Fernandez paid tribute to the NRFs admirer, Eliot. (11) In 1928, Jean Paulhan--who took over as editor-in-chief in April 1925...discovery of this work, and sometimes following the guidance of Jean Paulhan. The third and final symptom of crisis, and the most...
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Inescapable Rose: Jean le Seneschal's 'Cent Ballades' and the Art of Cheerful Paradox
Journal article by Jane H.M. Taylor; Medium Aevum, Vol. 67, 1998
Subjects: Ambiguity--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Le Seneschal, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Manuscripts, Medieval--Moral and ethical aspects
Inescapable Rose: Jean le Seneschals Cent Ballades and the art...brought out an elegant, meticulous edition of Jean le Seneschals Livre des cent ballades in...more than that these treatises mention Jean de Meun or the Rose: names are no particular...
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Jean (C. 1525-1570) et Josias (C. 1560-1626) Mercier: L'amour De la Philologie a la Renaissance et Au Debut De L'age Classique
Journal article by Marion Leathers Kuntz; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Jean (c. 1525-1570) et Josias (c. 1560-1626) Mercier: L'amour de la philologie a la Renaissance et au debut de l'age classique (Book)--Book reviews
Jean (C. 1525-1570) et Josias (C. 1560-1626) Mercier: Lamour De...by Marion Leathers Kuntz Francois Roudaut, ed. Jean (c. 1525-1570) et Josias (c. 1560-1626) Mercier: Lamour de...2-7453-1338-X. This work presents a series of essays on Jean Mercier, philologue of the sixteenth century and notable...
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Guillaume De Lorris and Jean De Meun: Narcissus and Pygmalion
Journal article by Phillip Mccaffrey; The Romanic Review, Vol. 90, 1999
Subjects: Classical poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Love poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Love--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Ovid--Criticism, interpretation, etc., de Lorris, Guillaume--Criticism, interpretation, etc., de Meun, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun: Narcissus and Pygmalion...Ovids story of Narcissus; near the end, Jean de Meun tells Ovids story of Pygmalion...Ovidian details in the Pygmalion myth, Jean de Meun produced a version that not only...
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From Jean-Paul Belmondo to Stan Brakhage: Romanticism and Intertextuality in Irma Vep and Les Miserables
Journal article by Walter Metz; Film Criticism, Vol. 27, 2002
Subjects: Bloom, Harold--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Godard, Jean-Luc--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hugo, Victor--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Irma Vep (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Les Miserables (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Motion pictures, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Truffaut, Francois--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
From Jean-Paul Belmondo to Stan Brakhage: romanticism...like ... I dont know ... Schwartzenegger or Jean-Claude Van Damme." Ignoring the fact that...focus on the cinema of Francois Truffaut. Jean-Pierre Leaud, the actor who as a young boy...
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Locus Focus: Jean-Pierre Criqui Talks with Jean-Claude Lebensztejn
Magazine article by Jean-Pierre Criqui; Artforum International, Vol. 41, June 2003
Subjects: Artists--Attitudes, Artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude--Attitudes, Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Locus focus: Jean-Pierre Criqui talks with Jean-Claude Lebensztejn. by Jean-Pierre Criqui TO BE A STUDENT OF ART HISTORY IN PARIS DURING THE EARLY 80S WAS not especially exhilarating, but for me Jean-Claude Lebensztejns courses at Nanterre...
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Real Imaginary Places: Jean-Marc Bustamante
Magazine article by Jean-Pierre Criqui; Artforum International, Vol. 31, Summer 1993
Subjects: Artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Bustamante, Jean-Marc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Real imaginary places: Jean-Marc Bustamante by Jean-Pierre Criqui In a recent exhibition by Jean-Marc Bustamante, one room--either the first or the last in the show, depending on the visitors route--was dark. Inside, on the far wall...
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Jean, Slavenka, and the Tea Party for Sanity
Magazine article by Helena Corban; The Antioch Review, Vol. 52, Spring 1994
Subjects: Drakulic, Slavenka--Criticism and interpretation, Makdisi, Jean Said--Criticism and interpretation, Society--Personal narratives, War and society--Personal narratives, Wars--Personal narratives
Jean, Slavenka, and the Tea Party for Sanity. by Helena...of glory or of anguish. Make room for experts like these: Jean Said Makdisi, a college teacher and mother who chronicled...know of war? Should we arrange a tea party perhaps? Invite Jean, Slavenka, and Bill. Do you think hes ever been to their...
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Untimely Meditations: Sylvere Lotringer on Jean Baudrillard
Magazine article by Sylvere Lotringer; Artforum International, Vol. 45, Summer 2007
Subjects: Baudrillard, Jean, Cultural sociologists
Untimely Meditations: Sylvere Lotringer on Jean Baudrillard. by Sylvere Lotringer JEAN BAUDRILLARD was buried in Paris on March 13...Dupuis, his wife. Less than two years ago, when Jean was diagnosed with cancer, Marine took over...
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War, Peace & Jean Bethke Elshtain: A Continuing Exchange
Magazine article; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2004
Subjects: Elshtain, Jean Bethke--Criticism and interpretation, Hauerwas, Stanley--Criticism and interpretation, Ramsey, Paul--Criticism and interpretation, Terrorism
War, Peace Jean Bethke Elshtain: A Continuing Exchange...indeed, quite offensive--criticisms lobbed at Jean Bethke Elshtains Just War Against Terror...Hauerwas and Paul Griffiths ("War, Peace Jean Bethke Elshtain," October 2003) reminded...
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I Still Watch My Weight SAYS 'LEAN JEAN' NIDETCH, 84, FOUNDER OF WeightWatchers; EXCLUSIVE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 19, 2008
Subjects: Nidetch, Jean
I Still Watch My Weight SAYS LEAN JEAN NIDETCH, 84, FOUNDER OF WeightWatchers; EXCLUSIVE...been following the advice of 84-year-old Jean Nidetch, the woman whose weight-loss tips conquered the world. Jean created WeightWatchers 45 years ago with...
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At Last It Really Is Bonnie Jean; Familiar Pose: Jean Armour 'Fairest Maid': The Computer Image of Jean Armour at the Age 23 Ploughman Poet: Robert Burns
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 24, 2008
Subjects: Armour, Jean, Poets
At Last It Really Is Bonnie Jean; Familiar Pose: Jean Armour Fairest Maid: The Computer Image of Jean Armour at the Age 23 Ploughman Poet: Robert Burns. Byline: Sarah Bruce AS the love of Robert Burnss life, she was immortalised as Bonnie Jean...
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Think Today's Celebs Have Car- Crash Lives? A New Book Tells the Barely Believable Story of Jean Harlow, the Man- Eaterwho Never Wore Lost Her Virginity at 14, Was Accused of Killing Her Second Husband and Was Poisoned by the Peroxide in Her Hair Think Today's Celebs Have Car- Crash Lives? .....
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 16, 2009
Subjects: Celebrities, Harlow, Jean, Murder
...Book Tells the Barely Believable Story of Jean Harlow, the Man- Eaterwho Never Wore Lost...book tells the barely believable story of Jean Harlow, the man- eaterwho never wore lost...book tells the barely believable story of Jean Harlow, the man- eaterwho never wore lost...
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Think Today's Celebs Have Car-Crash Lives? A New Book Tells the Barely Believable Story of Jean Harlow, the Man-Eater Who Never Wore Underwear, Lost Her Virginity at 14, Was Accused of Killing Her Second Husband and Was Poisoned by the Peroxide in Her Hair
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 16, 2009
Subjects: Celebrities, Harlow, Jean, Murder
...Book Tells the Barely Believable Story of Jean Harlow, the Man-Eater Who Never Wore Underwear...ever victims, the Hollywood sex goddess Jean Harlow. The original blonde bombshell...a nobody for the rest of your life for Jean Harlow. She was dead. But what a life in...
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Jean Butler: My Rape Fear Ordeal; GOODWILL TRIP.. BUT DANCER EXPECTED TO BE ASSAULT VICTIM
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), January 30, 2005
Subjects: Butler, Jean
Jean Butler: My Rape Fear Ordeal; GOODWILL TRIP.. BUT DANCER EXPECTED...BE ASSAULT VICTIM. Byline: NICOLA TALLANT DANCER Jean Butler has spoken of her fear that she would be raped during...gave me just a hint of the terror those poor women feel." Jean, who shot to fame with Riverdance, spent a week in Rwanda...
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encyclopedia articles on: Jean  - 650 results

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Sartre, Jean-Paul
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL zhaN-pol sar tr , 1905 80, French...in Aesthetics (1963), The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (ed. by R. D. Cumming, 1965...Quiet Moments in a War: The Letters of Jean-Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir, 1940 1963...
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Sibelius, Jean Julius Christian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SIBELIUS, JEAN JULIUS CHRISTIAN zhan yoo lyoos kris tyan siba lyoos, 1865...Arnold (1941), and H. Johnson (1959); J. Burnett, The Music of Jean Sibelius (1983); F. Tammaro, Jean Sibelius (1984); R. Layton, Sibelius and His World (1970...
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Saint Jean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SAINT JEAN saN zhaN, city (1991 pop. 37,607), S Que...in the 17th cent. A later post, Fort St. Jean, changed hands several times during the American...school, the College Militaire Royal de Saint Jean. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Vigo, Jean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIGO, JEAN zhaN vego , 1905 34, French movie director, whose original name was Jean Almereyda. His reputation is based on two superb...1971); J. and H. Feldman, An Index to the Films of Jean Vigo (1976). ____________________ Copyright...
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Godard, Jean-Luc
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GODARD, JEAN-LUC zhaN-luk godar , 1930 , French film director and scriptwriter...writings; R. Brody, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard (2008); T. Mussman, ed., Jean-Luc Godard: A Critical Anthology (1968); C. MacCabe, Godard...
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