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Utenzi wa Shufaka
Utenzi wa Shufaka ("The Poem of Compassion") is a classical Swahili epic in which the angels Gabriel and Michael descend in human form to test whether compassion remains among people.
Utkala Bhramanam
Utkala Bhramanam (ଉତ୍କଳ ଭ୍ରମଣଂ) is a long satirical poem by Fakir Mohan Senapati, first published in 1892 and regarded as the first travelogue of Odia literature.
Utopia
Utopia: an imagined ideal society; also the 1516 Latin book by Thomas More that coined the word from Greek ou-topos, "no place," punning on "good place," founding a literary genre.
Uttararamacharita
Uttararamacarita (उत्तररामचरितम्, "The Later Deeds of Rama") is a Sanskrit drama in seven acts by Bhavabhuti, famed for its pathos and its happy reunion of Rama and Sita.
Üvercinka
Üvercinka is the first poetry book of Turkish poet Cemal Süreya, published in 1958 and regarded as a founding work of the İkinci Yeni movement.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta: British graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, serialized in Warrior 1982–1985 and completed by DC 1988–1989, depicting anarchist V against the fascist Norsefire regime; 2005 McTeigue film adaptation.
V.
V. is Thomas Pynchon's first novel, published in 1963, an open-ended, fragmented narrative of about 150 characters centered on Herbert Stencil's quest for the mysterious V.; it won the William Faulkner Foundation best first novel award and stands among Pynchon's 'big four' novels.
VA-11 Hall-A
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, known as Valhalla, is a 2016 Sukeban Games cyberpunk visual novel in which bartender Jill Stingray serves Glitch City patrons; drinks act as branching choices, with six endings and a Michael Kelly soundtrack.
Vaanam Vasappadum
Vaanam Vasappadum (வானம் வசப்படும், "Conquer the Skies") is a Tamil historical novel by Prapanchan set in French-ruled Puducherry, published in 1993 and awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil in 1995.
Vachanamrut
The Vachanamrut, the principal scripture of the Swaminarayan Sampraday, compiles 273 spiritual discourses delivered by Bhagwan Swaminarayan between 1819 and 1829, regarded as the first prose scripture of Gujarati.
Vade-mecum
Vade-mecum is an unfinished poetic cycle by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, the last great Polish Romantic poet. Its Latin title means "come with me," and it was never printed in his lifetime.
Vafþrúðnismál
Vafþrúðnismál is an Eddic poem in Old Norse, third in the Codex Regius, in which Óðinn, disguised as Gagnráðr, wins a deadly wisdom contest with the giant Vafþrúðnir.
Vaidiki Himsa Himsa Na Bhavati
Vaidiki Himsa Himsa Na Bhavati (वैदिकी हिंसा हिंसा न भवति) is an 1873 Hindi farce in four acts by Bharatendu Harishchandra that satirizes religious hypocrisy and scriptural justification of violence.
Vairagyashataka
The Vairagyashataka (वैराग्यशतक) is a Sanskrit collection of about one hundred verses on renunciation attributed to Bhartrihari, part of the Śatakatraya with the Nitishataka and Shringarashataka.
Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu
Vaishali ki Nagarvadhu (वैशाली की नगरवधू, "Bride of the City of Vaishali") is a Hindi historical novel by Acharya Chatursen Shastri, published in 1948 and 1949, about the courtesan Amrapali.
Vaishnav Jan To
Vaishnav Jan To (વૈષ્ણવ જન તો) is a 15th-century Gujarati Hindu bhajan by poet-saint Narsinh Mehta that defines a true Vaishnava by empathy and ethical conduct.
Vaishnava Padavali
Vaishnava Padavali (বৈষ্ণব পদাবলী) is the body of medieval Bengali devotional lyric poetry, composed from the 14th to the 17th century, centering on the love of Radha and Krishna.
Vajjalagga
Vajjalagga (वज्जालग्ग) is a medieval anthology of Prakrit love stanzas compiled by the Jain poet Jayavallabha between about 750 and 1340, one of the two most important Prakrit anthologies after Hāla.
Valayapathi
Valayapathi (வளையாபதி) is one of the Five Great Epics of Tamil literature, a Jain narrative poem, probably from the 9th century, of which only fragments survive.
Valérian and Laureline
Valérian and Laureline (Valérian et Laureline) is a French science-fiction comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, running 1967–2010 in Pilote and Dargaud albums about Galaxity's spatio-temporal agents, adapted as a 2007 animated series and Besson's 2017 film.
Valinor
Valinor (Valinórë) is Tolkien's Blessed Realm in Aman west of Middle-earth, home of the Valar and the Two Trees, settled after Almaren fell, hidden after the Noldor exile, and removed from the round world after Númenor's fall.
Valmiki
Valmiki (Vālmīki, वाल्मीकि), the adikavi or First Poet, is the sage credited with composing the Sanskrit Ramayana, India's earliest literary work, dated roughly 750–500 BCE, celebrated each Valmiki Jayanti.
Vamiq o Azra
Vamiq o Azra (وامق و عذرا) is a Persian verse romance telling of the love of Prince Vamiq and Azra; Unsuri Balkhi first versified it in the 11th century, and only scattered verses survive.
Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy is Richelle Mead's six-book young adult paranormal series (2007–2010) about Dhampir guardian Rose Hathaway protecting Moroi princess Lissa at St. Vladimir's Academy; adapted as a 2014 film and a cancelled 2022 Peacock series by Julie Plec.
Vampire literature
Vampire literature, also called vampire fiction, is a Gothic subgenre beginning with Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), through Varney the Vampire, Carmilla, and Dracula (1897), to Anne Rice and Twilight.
Vampirella
Vampirella is a comic-book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman with costume design by Trina Robbins, debuting in Warren Publishing's Vampirella #1 (Sept 1969). Known for her alien Drakulon origin, the later Lilith retcon at Harris, and the current Christopher Priest run at Dynamite.
Văn học miền Nam 1954–1975
Văn học miền Nam 1954–1975 is the body of Vietnamese literature produced in South Vietnam from the 1954 Geneva partition to the war's end in 1975.
Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc
Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc is a Vietnamese eulogy by Nguyễn Đình Chiểu mourning militia farmers killed attacking a French fort at Cần Giuộc in 1861.
Văn tế thập loại chúng sinh
Văn tế thập loại chúng sinh, also known as Văn chiêu hồn, is a Vietnamese poem attributed to Nguyễn Du, used in rituals for wandering souls.
Văn tế Trương Định
Văn tế Trương Định is a funeral oration by the blind Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, written in 1864 to mourn resistance leader Trương Định.