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Cather, Willa. 1873-1947. US novelist. O Pioneers 1913.
Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.
Cavalier Party. 1660-88. Royalists. Became Tory.
Cavalier Poets. 17C Royalists. Lovelace. Herrick.
Cavaliers. Royalist partisans in English Civil War.
CCF. 1932. Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Canadian Socialist party. 1961 =New Democratic Party.
Chamberlain, Joseph. 1836-1914. English imperialist politician.
Chandler, Raymond. 1888-1959. US novelist. Big Sleep 1939. Detective Philip Marlow.
Chaykovsky, Nikolai. 1850-1926. Russian Socialist. Opposed Bolsheviks. Led counterrevolutionary government 1918-20.
Chekhov, Anton. 1860-1904. Russian melancholic cynical novelist/dramatist: Seagull, Three Sisters.
Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”
Chetniks. 1907-45. Serbian nationalist guerillas.
Chirico, Giorgio de. 1888-1978. Greek/It surrealist painter.
Chouans. 1793-1815. Breton peasants and smugglers, joined Vendée Royalists.
Citroën, André. 1878-1935. French Industrialist, automobile company.
Clare, Gilbert de. 1243-95. Led Barons War, but became Royalist.
Classical. 500-300BC Greek Art. Idealized figure sculptures. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian architecture. Praxiteles. Roman Art. 1C BC-2C AD. Greek forms; added arch. Sculpture: realistic portraits, dramatic bas-relief.
Cole, George. 1889-1959. English economist/journalist: The Intelligent Man’s Guide Through World Chaos.
Colette, Sidonie. 1873-1954. French descriptive novelist. Claudine Stories 1900-03. Chéri 1920. Gigi 1944.
Condillac, Étienne de. 1715-80. French sensualist philosopher. Locke follower.
Confederation Group. 19C Canadian nationalistic poets. Carmen.
Confucius. 551-479BC. Chinese philosopher and moralist. Advocated reason, love and respect for others over supernatural. Chinese Exam. Wu Ching.
Conrad, Joseph. 1857-1924. Polish/English novelist emphasizing relations between people and circumstances. Lord Jim 1900. Heart of Darkness 1902.
Conscience, Hendrik. 1812-83. Romantic novelist; developed Flemish novel.
Constable, John. 1776-1837. English Naturalist landscape painter. Hay Wain 1821. Valley Farm. Waterloo Bridge 1831.