Kathleen Kuiper
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Kathleen Kuiper was Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica until 2016. She also edited Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature.
Primary Contributions (114)
Colette was an outstanding French writer of the first half of the 20th century whose best novels, largely concerned with the pains and pleasures of love, are remarkable for their command of sensual description. Her greatest strength as a writer is an exact sensory evocation of sounds, smells,…
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“The Most Perfect Refreshment”: A Garden Quiz
Lemurs: Fact or Fiction?
World Dumplings
Bits and Bobs: Collage and Assemblage
Thereby Hangs a Tail: Famous Horses
Women’s History: Famous Suffragettes
Poetry: First Lines
Writers’ Retreats
Cross-gender Pseudonyms
Food in Literature: Fact or Fiction?
Literary Devices
Name that Mark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Women’s History: Famous Women of Paris
Paris at Random
10 Places in (and around) Paris
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
Malta: 8 Claims to Fame
9 Cemeteries to Die For
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
Behind the Scenes: 12 Historical Figures in Wolf Hall
8 Creepy Critters in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe
List of Lists: 6 Extremely Random Historical Catalogs
Christening Pluto’s Moons
7 Women Warriors
