How were critics Carl and Mark Van Doren related?
Critics Carl and Mark Van Doren related were brothers.
Both were members of the faculty of Columbia University, Carl from 1911 to 1930, Mark from 1920 to 1959.
Critics Carl and Mark Van Doren related were brothers.
Both were members of the faculty of Columbia University, Carl from 1911 to 1930, Mark from 1920 to 1959.
In The Iliad (ninth century B.C.), Venus is Aeneas’s mother?
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