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Personae

American  
[per-soh-nee] / pərˈsoʊ ni /

noun

  1. a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.


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Personae like these — and Ray’s always inventive approach to their portraits — make this show more than just a roll call of famous names.

From Washington Post Nov. 8, 2021

In 2008, the Vatican released the “Instruction Dignitas Personae on Certain Bioethical Questions,” a document that updated its older guidance on reproductive technologies.

From The New Yorker Oct. 22, 2019

As Gilpin has dealt with newfound fame and acclaim, she has also developed — Personae Nos.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2019

What will members of Bowie’s club make of Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae and novels such as A Clockwork Orange?

From The Guardian Jan. 4, 2018

Yet, though "Personae" and "Exultations" do exact something from the reader, they do not require a knowledge of Provençal or of Spanish or Italian.

From Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)

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