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Taylor & Francis Nordic Childhoods 1700â1960
Book SynopsisThis volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Although some books have been written about the history of childhood in these countries, few are multidisciplinary, focus on this region as a whole, or are available in English. This volume contains essays by scholars from the fields of literature, history, theology, religious studies, intellectual history, cultural studies, Scandinavian studies, education, music, and art history. Contributors study the history of childhood in a wide variety of sources, such as folk and fairy tales, legal codes, religious texts, essays on education, letters, sermons, speeches, hymns, paintings, novels, and school essays written by children themselves. They also examine texts intended specifically for children, including text books, catechisms, newspapers, songbooks, and chilTrade Review"Nordic Childhoods 1700–1960: From Folk Beliefs to Pippi Longstocking is a rich and varied volume that seeks to unite insights from childhood studies and Nordic studies and make these accessible to an English-speaking audience....The book is an interesting, well-written, and sound contribution to the history of childhood."-Helle Strandgaard Jensen, Aarhus UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction Reidar Aasgaard and Marcia J. BungePart 1. Spheres of life: home, church, and society2. The child in Norwegian and Scandinavian folk beliefs Ørnulf Hodne3. The household code: Protestant upbringing in Denmark-Norway from the Reformation to the Enlightenment Ingrid Markussen4. "Let the little children come to me": representations of children in the confessional culture of Lutheran Norway (seventeenth-nineteenth centuries) Kristin B. Aavitsland5. Education of children in rural Finland: the roles of homes, churches, and manor houses Anu Lahtinen6. Children’s rights and duties: snapshots into the history of education and child protection in Denmark (ca. 1700–1900) Anette Faye JacobsenPart 2. Children’s development: formation, education, and work7. "A plain and cheerful, active life on earth": children, education, and faith in the works of N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783–1872, Denmark) Marcia J. Bunge8. "Educating poor, rich, and dangerous children": the birth of a segregated school system in nineteenth-century Sweden Bengt Sandin9. The child in the early nineteenth century Norwegian school system Thor Inge Rørvik10. Negotiating family, education, and labour: working-class children in Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Pirjo Markkola11. Sheep, fish, and school: conflicting arenas of childhood in the lives of Icelandic children, 1900–1970 Ólöf Garðarsdóttir12. Educational policy and boarding schools for indigenous Sami students in Norway from 1700 to the present day Hansen, Ketil Lenert13. Children and their stories of World War II: a study of essays by Norwegian school children from 1946 Ellen Schrumpf14. "In song we meet on common ground": conceptions of children in songbooks for Norwegian schools (1914–1
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WW Norton & Co The Blessing and the Curse
Book SynopsisAn erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.Trade Review"Adam Kirsch, one of our finest critics, has written a wonderful introduction to the rich and brilliant field of twentieth-century Jewish literature, illuminating for us the work of some of its greatest contributors." -- Nicole Krauss
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Taylor & Francis Der Besuch der alten Dame
Book SynopsisThe full German text of DÃrrenmatt's play is accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context.
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Taylor & Francis Daniel Defoe The Critical Heritage Critical Heritage S
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Taylor & Francis Robert Browning The Critical Heritage Critical Heritage S
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Taylor & Francis Herman Melville Critical Heritage S
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Taylor & Francis William Faulkner Collected Critical Heritage
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Taylor & Francis The Usurers Daughter
Book SynopsisIn a bold and brilliantly persuasive series of moves, Lorna Hutson draws upon new historicist and feminist theories to examine closely Renaissance literature and the cultural impact of the humanist project.The Usurer's Daughter: * provides startling new readings of Shakespeare * takes an entirely new approach to classical scholarship * focuses attention on the central importance of the history of the representation of women * illuminates how social relations between men were textualised during the early modern period.Trade Review`A major work of impressive scholarship that many people will find of value.' - Sixteenth Century JournalTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION The signs of friendship Part I Mental husbandry 1 THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUMANISTS 2 ECONOMIES OF FRIENDSHIP The textuality of amicitial Part II Anxieties of textual access 3 FROM ERRANT KNIGHT TO PRUDENT CAPTAIN Masculinity and ‘romantic’ fiction 4 USURERS’ DAUGHTERS AND PRODIGAL SONS The gendered plot of authorship in the 1570s Part III The theatre of clandestine marriage 5 HOUSEHOLD STUFF 6 WHY DO SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN HAVE ‘CHARACTERS’? Shylock: Why this usurer has a daughter
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Taylor & Francis Difference
Book SynopsisDifference is one of the most influential critical concepts of recent decades. Mark Currie offers a comprehensive account of the history of the term and its place in some of the most influential schools of theory of the past four decades, including post-structuralism, deconstruction, new historicism, psychoanalysis, French feminism and postcolonialism. Employing literary case studies throughout, Difference provides an accessible introduction to a term at the heart of today's critical idiom.Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: Identity and difference, 2 Difference and reference, 3 Difference, 4 Different histories, 5 Cultural difference, 6 Difference and equivalence, GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
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Taylor & Francis Irony
Book SynopsisIn this handy volume, Claire Colebrook offers an overview of the history and structure of irony, from Socrates to the present.Students will welcome this clear, concise guide, which:*traces the use of the concept through history, from Greek times to the Romantic period and on to the postmodern era*looks closely at the work of Socrates and the more contemporary theorists Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze*explores the philosophical, literary and political dimensions of irony*applies theories of irony to literary textsMaking even the most difficult debates accessible and clear, this is the ideal student introduction to the many theories of irony.Table of ContentsChapter 1 THE CONCEPT OF IRONY; Chapter 2 THE PHILOSOPHY OF IRONY; Chapter 3 ROMANTIC IRONY; Chapter 4 BEYOND IRONY AND SUBJECTIVITY, Byron, Swift; Chapter 5 IRONY OUT OF CONTEXT; Chapter 6 SATIRE AND THE LIMITS OF IRONY; Chapter 7 HUMOUR AND IRONY; Chapter 8 POSTMODERNISM, PARODY AND IRONY; CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; References Index;
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Taylor & Francis Crime Fiction by Scaggs John Author ON
Book SynopsisProvides a lively introduction to what is both a wide-ranging and hugely popular literary genre. Accessible and clear, this comprehensive overview is the essential guide for all those studying crime fiction.Trade Review'Crime Fiction presents a digestible yet highly informative and intricate analysis of the genre. It is a valuable resourse for mystery and detective aficionados in addition to scholars' - Amy C. Branman,In-betweenTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. A Chronology of Crime: Early Crime Narratives Crime Stories as Cautionary Tales Crime Fiction and Policing The Golden Age to the Present Chapter 2. Mystery and Detective Fiction: Retracing the Steps The Origins of Mystery Fiction Reasoning Machines: The Figure of the Amateur Detective Escalating Crimes: From Purloined Letters to Murder Maintaining Social Order and the Status Quo Settings and Sub-Genres Chapter 3. The Hard-boiled Mode: Murder for a Reason Origins and Development A Shop-Soiled Galahad: The Private Eye Hero Last Chances and New Beginnings: The Myth of the Frontier Mean Streets and Rat's Alleys: Modernity and the City Fallen Angels: Appropriation of the Hard-Boiled Mode Chapter 4. The Police Procedural: Thin Blue Lines Fiction as Ideological State Apparatus Private Eye to Public Eye: The Development of the Procedural Textual Investigations: Characteristics of the Procedural, Social Placebo The Magic Bullet of Procedural Reassurance Arrested Developments: Appropriations of the Procedural Chapter 5. The Crime Thriller: Outlining the Crime Thriller The Noir Thriller The Anti-Conspiracy Thriller 6. Historical Crime Fiction: Writing History and Interpreting the Past Crime, History and Realism The Case of the Name of the Rose Postmodernism and the Anti-Detective Novel
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Taylor & Francis Mikhail Bakhtin
Book SynopsisMikhail Bakhtin was one of the twentieth centuryâs most influential literary theorists. This accessible introduction to his thought begins with the questions âWhy Bakhtin?â and âWho was Bakhtin?â, before dealing in detail with his ideas on authorship and subjecthood, language, dialogism, heteroglossia and the novel, the chronotope, and the carnivalesque. True to their dialogic spirit, these ideas are presented not as a fixed body of knowledge, but rather as living and evolving entities, as ways of approaching not only the most persistent questions of language and literature, but also issues that are relevant across the full range of Humanities disciplines. Bakhtin emerges in the process as a key thinker for the Humanities in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Why Bakhtin? 2. Who was Bakhtin? 3. Selves and Others 4. Authors and Heroes 5. Translinguistics 6. Dialogism 7. Heteroglossia and the Novel 8. Chronotope 9. Carnival 10. Genre 11. After Bakhtin Further Reading
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Taylor & Francis Modern French Grammar
Book SynopsisThis new edition of the Modern French Grammar is an innovative reference guide to French, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. Divided into two parts, Part A covers traditional grammatical categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives and Part B is organized around language functions and notions such as: giving and seeking information describing processes and results expressing likes, dislikes and preferences. With a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples. Implementing feedback from users of the first edition of the Grammar, this second edition includes clearer explanations and greater emphasis on areas of particular difficulty for learners of French.This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of French at all levels, from beginner to advanced. No prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is assumed and a Trade Review"Modern French Grammar delivers a hands-on, user-friendly reference grammar text that belongs on the shelf of every French teacher and in the backpacks of all dedicated students of the language." - Modern Language ReviewsPraise for Routledge Modern Grammars -‘The entire series is outstanding. Why? Because it's totally practical without getting stuck in grammatical obscurities. It reflects the actual, contemporary use of the language as it is used by ordinary, educated speakers.’ - Harold Goodman, author of the Michel Thomas coursesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction How to use this book Glossary Section A: Structures 1. The noun group 2. The verb group Section B: Functions 3. Exposition 4. Attitude 5. Argumentation 6. The sounds of French Verb tables Index of grammar structures and functions
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Taylor & Francis Arundhati Roys The God of Small Things
Book SynopsisOn publication Arundhati Roy's first novel The God of Small Things (1997) rapidly became an international bestseller, winning the Booker Prize and creating a new space for Indian literature and culture within the arts, even as it courted controversy and divided critical opinion.This guide to Royâs ground-breaking novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of The God of Small Things a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present a selection of new essays and reprinted critical essays by Padmini Mongia, Aijaz Ahmad, Brinda Bose, Anna Clarke, Ãmilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas and Alex Tickell on The God of Small Things, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, conTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Text and Contexts The Text. The Author. Cultural Contexts. Literary and Cinematic Contexts. Chronology Part 2: Critical History Part 3: Critical Readings Postcolonial Cultural Studies: The Making and Marketing of Arundhati Roy by Padmini Mongia. Marxist Criticism: Reading Arundhati Roy Politically by Aijaz Ahmad. Gender, Sexuality and Politics: In Desire and in Death: Eroticism as Politics in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things by Brinda Bose. Language: Language, Hybridity and Dialogism in The God of Small Things by Anna Clarke. Narrative and Structure: The Structures of Memory by Émilienne Baneth-Nouailhetas. Genre and Performance: The Epic Side of Truth: Storytelling and Performance in The God of Small Things Alex Tickell Part 4: Further Reading and Web Resources
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Taylor & Francis Global Media Discourse
Book SynopsisFeaturing a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of global media communication, specific case studies of lifestyle and entertainment media are explored with examples from films, global women''s magazines, Vietnamese news reporting and computer war games. Finally, this book investigates how global media communication is produced, looking at the formats, languages and images used in creating media materials, both globally and in localized forms. At a time when the media is becoming increasingly global, often with the same films, news and television programmes shown all over the world; Global Media Discourse provides an accessible, lively introduction into how globalization is changing the language and communicative practices of the media. Integrating a range of approaches, includinTrade Review'Concise and absorbing, Global Media Discourse is an indispensable resource for all media and communication students, and professionals, and anyone interested in the impact of globalisation on media discourse and communication. It offers a dynamic synthesis of new research on globalisation, new trends in global media communication, and influential linguistic and visual discourses favoured by transnational media conglomerates to assert power and shape global consciousness and politics.Every section is a powerful blend of resOverall, Machin and Van Leeuwen impress with their succinct and fluent style and the quality of content which together make Global Media Discourse a highly recommended reading.'- EscalateTable of ContentsContents Introduction Part One: Context Chapter 1: Histories of Media Globalisation Chapter 2: Theories of media globalisation Part Two: Discourses Chapter 3: Discourses of identity and community Chapter 4: Discourses of Sex and Work Chapter 5: Discourses of War Part Three: Language and Image Chapter 6: Global Genres Chapter 7: Global Languages Chapter 8: Global Images Conclusion Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Kazuo Ishiguro
Book SynopsisHaving earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of our times.In this guide to Ishiguroâs varied and often experimental work, Wai-chew Sim presents: a biographical survey of Ishiguroâs literary career, and an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work, from publication to the present discussions of key topics in Ishiguro criticism such as narrative theory, multicultural Britain and postcolonial studies, psychoanalytic criticism, and Ishiguro as international writer cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism suggestions for further reading. Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Life and Contexts 2: Works 3: Criticism Chronology Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Myth
Book SynopsisLaurence Coupe offers students a comprehensive overview of the development of myth, showing how mythic themes, structures and symbols persist in literature and entertainment today. This introductory volume: illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song explores uses made of the term myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis discusses the association between modernism, postmodernism, myth and history familiarizes the reader with themes such as the dying god, the quest for the Grail, the relation between chaos' and cosmos', and the vision of the end of time demonstrates the growing importance of the green dimension of myth. Fully updated and revised in this new edition, Myth is both a concise introduction and a useful tool to students first approaching the topicTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Reading Myth 1.Order 2.Chaos 3.Endings Part II Mythic Reading 4.Truth 5.Psyche 6.History 7.Gaia Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Intermediate Chinese
Book SynopsisIntermediate Chinese is the ideal reference and practice book for students with some knowledge of the language. Each of the 25 units deals with a particular grammatical point and provides associated exercises. Features include: clear, accessible format many useful language examples jargon-free grammar explanations sample drills and exercises with full answer key. All Chinese entries are presented in both pinyin romanisation and Chinese characters, and are accompanied, in most cases, by English translations to facilitate self-tuition in both the spoken and the written language. This new edition also includes a glossary of vocabulary and aglossary of grammatical terms.Intermediate Chinese reviews the principal elements presented in its sister volume, Basic Chinese, and introduces more complicated structures. The two books form a compendium of the essentials of Chinese Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The ba structure 2 The bèi structure 3 Serial constructions 4 Causative constructions 5 Dative constructions with direct and indirect objects 6 Existence sentences 7 Subject-predicate and topic-comment sentences 8 Sentence particle le 9 Abbreviated sentences 10 Rhetorical questions 9511 Conjunctions and conjunctives linking clauses in compound sentences (1) 12 Conjunctions and conjunctives linking clauses in compound sentences (2) 13 Conjunctions linking words or phrases (summary) 14 Attributives (summary) 15 Adverbials (summary) 16 de, de, de (summary) 17 ‘Every’, ‘each’ – mfi, gè; ‘All’ –yiqiè, supypu and indefinite pronouns 18 Comparisons with bj and méiypu (summary) 19 Various uses of ypu (summary) 20 Idiomatic uses of shì (summary) 21 The aspect marker le (summary) 22 The aspect markers D zhe, (zhèng)zài and guo (summary) 23 The idiomatic uses of D lái zhe, bei, ma, bà le, me and ba, 24 The idiomatic uses of one, 25 Onomatopoeia and interjection, Vocabulary Lists: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Shakespeare Reproduced
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1987. The essays in Shakespeare Reproduced offer a political critique of Shakespeare''s writings and the uses to which those writings are put Some of the essays focus on Shakespeare in his own time and consider how his plays can be seen to reproduce or subvert the cultural orthodoxies and the power relations of the late Renaissance. Others examine the forces which have produced an overtly political criticism of Shakespeare and of his use in culture. Contributors include: Jean E Howard and Marion O''Connor, Walter Cohen, Don E Wayne, Thomas Cartelli, Peter Erickson, Karen Newman, Thomas Moisan, Michael D Bristol, Thomas Sorge, Jonathan Goldberg, Robert Weimann, Margaret Ferguson.Table of Contents1. Political criticism of Shakespeare 2. Power, politics, and the Shakespearean text: recent criticism in England and the United States 3. Theatre of the Empire: Shakespeare's England at Earl's Court, 1912 4. Prospero in Africa: The Tempest as colonialist text and pretext 5. The Order of the Garter, the cult of Elizabeth, and class-gender tension in The Merry Wives of Windsor 6. And wash the Ethiop white: femininity and the monstrous in Othello 7. Renaissance antitheatricality and the politics of gender and rank in Much Ado About Nothing 8. Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew?: subversion and recuperation in The Merchant of Venice 9. Lenten butchery: legitimation crisis in Coriolanus 10. The failure of orthodoxy in Coriolanus 11. Speculations: Macbeth and source 12. Towards a literary theory of ideology: mimesis, representation, authority
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Taylor & Francis Compendium of the Worlds Languages
Book SynopsisThis third edition of Compendium of the Worldâs Languages has been thoroughly revised to provide up-to-date and accurate descriptions of a wide selection of natural language systems. All cultural and historical notes as well as statistical data have been checked, updated and in many cases expanded.Presenting an even broader range of languages and language families, including new coverage of Australian aboriginal languages and expanded treatment of North American and African languages, this new edition offers a total of 342 entries over nearly 2000 pages. Key features include: Complete rewriting, systematization and regularisation of the phonology sections Provision of IPA symbol grids arranged by articulatory feature and by alphabetic resemblance to facilitate use of the new phonology sections Expansion of morphology descriptions for most major languages Provision of new illustrative te
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Taylor & Francis The Heyday of Sir Walter Scott
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Taylor & Francis Spanish Idioms in Practice
Book SynopsisIdiomatic expressions are the âsalt and pepperâ of any language. They give Spanish its colour and imagery, its richness and variety. From set phrases and idioms to metaphorical expressions and proverbs, these essential components allow users to add humour and spice to their language, vividly embodying Hispanic culture while naturalizing their communication style to more closely resemble that of native speakers. Key features: Includes a selection of the most widely used idioms from Spain and Latin America; Idioms are classified into specific and easy-to-reference categories; Creative activities, exercises, mnemonic devices and learning strategies facilitate the acquisition and mastery of idiomatic language; Connections between the Spanish language and Hispanic culture are explained and illustrated; Reference tables at the end of each section highlight similarities between EngliTrade Review"Engaging from its very first page, this outstanding book allows students to master the intricacies of Spanish idiomatic language. The authors have created a unique resource that will help students learn hundreds of idiomatic expressions and, most importantly, practice and understand them in context. Carefully crafted learning activities, and varied samples of literary and journalistic texts from different Spanish-speaking countries, illustrate the meticulous research into the use of idiomatic expressions conducted by the authors prior to writing the book. Professors and teachers of Spanish will be delighted to include this exceptional resource in their course syllabi as a means of teaching students to use the Spanish language with the same vividness as native speakers do. I would also recommend this book to native and bilingual Spanish speakers who are interested in expanding their familiarity with idiomatic language and learning about its origins." - Professor Domnita Dumitrescu, California State University, Los Angeles "I found this to be an excellent guide to Spanish idioms, their meanings and their uses. A combination of good, clear explanations (for example of the origins of some idiomatic expressions), impressive illustrations and thoughtful exercises should enable students to remember and use the host of everyday idioms featured. This most difficult of areas for the non-native speaker is cleverly and memorably broken down so that students of Spanish will feel able to make use of a rich array of expressions which may previously have been only passively registered." - Dr Jonathan Thacker, Merton College, University of Oxford "This book provides students and teachers with an excellent, up-to-date guide to Spanish idiomatic language. Carefully documented and drawing on diverse sources, it offers a rich selection of the most widely-used idioms in both Spain and Latin America. Students will find a large number of idiomatic expressions usefully classified into semantic fields (food, human body, clothes, nationalities, historical and cultural references, etc.), as well as a wealth of linguistic and cultural information. The inclusion of an answer key to all the exercises and activities makes the book suitable for independent study. Thanks to activities with a strong visual component, useful chapter summaries, engaging self-assessment activities and opportunities for writing practice, students will learn to speak and write Spanish with vividness and clarity. Spanish Idioms in Practice is an essential resource for achieving genuine fluency in the language." - Professor Leonor Ruiz Gurillo, University of Alicant "Engaging from its very first page, this outstanding book allows students to master the intricacies of Spanish idiomatic language. The authors have created a unique resource that will help students learn hundreds of idiomatic expressions and, most importantly, practice and understand them in context. Carefully crafted learning activities, and varied samples of literary and journalistic texts from different Spanish-speaking countries, illustrate the meticulous research into the use of idiomatic expressions conducted by the authors prior to writing the book. Professors and teachers of Spanish will be delighted to include this exceptional resource in their course syllabi as a means of teaching students to use the Spanish language with the same vividness as native speakers do. I would also recommend this book to native and bilingual Spanish speakers who are interested in expanding their familiarity with idiomatic language and learning about its origins." - Professor Domnita Dumitrescu, California State University, Los Angeles "I found this to be an excellent guide to Spanish idioms, their meanings and their uses. A combination of good, clear explanations (for example of the origins of some idiomatic expressions), impressive illustrations and thoughtful exercises should enable students to remember and use the host of everyday idioms featured. This most difficult of areas for the non-native speaker is cleverly and memorably broken down so that students of Spanish will feel able to make use of a rich array of expressions which may previously have been only passively registered." - Dr Jonathan Thacker, Merton College, University of Oxford "This book provides students and teachers with an excellent, up-to-date guide to Spanish idiomatic language. Carefully documented and drawing on diverse sources, it offers a rich selection of the most widely-used idioms in both Spain and Latin America. Students will find a large number of idiomatic expressions usefully classified into semantic fields (food, human body, clothes, nationalities, historical and cultural references, etc.), as well as a wealth of linguistic and cultural information. The inclusion of an answer key to all the exercises and activities makes the book suitable for independent study. Thanks to activities with a strong visual component, useful chapter summaries, engaging self-assessment activities and opportunities for writing practice, students will learn to speak and write Spanish with vividness and clarity. Spanish Idioms in Practice is an essential resource for achieving genuine fluency in the language." - Professor Leonor Ruiz Gurillo, University of Alicant "Es sabido que las expresiones idiomáticas forman una parte importante de las particularidades de una lengua y su cultura, y que su presencia en el lexicón mental del hablante nativo es fundamental. En este sentido, Spanish Idioms in Practice resulta un material de gran utilidad para que el estudiante de español llegue a ser competente en su reconocimiento y uso. En especial, esta obra resulta motivadora y dinámica tanto por las ilustraciones que la acompañan como por la gran variedad de actividades que posee. Concretamente, son de gran valor las tablas de referencia dedicadas a explicar el origen de las expresiones, pues facilitan la comprensión de su significado, y las tablas que recogen de forma sintética las equivalencias de las expresiones en español y en inglés, lo cual es altamente beneficioso para estudiantes con lengua materna inglesa." -Clara Ureña Tormo, LinRed / Lingüística en la Red 11, 2013 (http://www.linred.es/resenas_pdf/LR_resena55_03122013.pdf) "Spanish Idioms in Practice ofrece una excelente selección de las expresiones idiomáticas más usadas en el mundo hispanohablante, procedentes tanto de España como de América Latina (gracias a la colaboración de numerosos hablantes nativos y al uso de corpus lingüísticos como el CREA y el CORDE). [...] Debemos destacar las numerosas ilustraciones que forman parte del libro, que no solo lo convierten en una obra visualmente atractiva, sino que también ayudan a entender las diferentes expresiones y palabras de las que se componen, funcionando como un eficaz recurso mnemotécnico. Las variadas muestras de lengua que forman parte del libro merecen una mención aparte: anuncios, correos electrónicos, blogs, fragmentos de textos literarios y periodísticos, etc., que demuestran la utilidad y frecuencia de estas expresiones no solo en registros coloquiales sino también en otros más cultos. [...] Constituye un complemento ideal para las clases y un recurso muy útil para los profesores, no solo por la escasez de este tipo de materiales didácticos sobre expresiones idiomáticas, sino sobre todo, por la calidad de los materiales didácticos (muestras de lengua, ilustraciones, actividades, explicaciones, etc.) y por su estructura flexible y clara, que permite una fácil selección de contenidos." - Rocío Díaz Bravo, Porta Linguarum 22.2, 2014, http://www.ugr.es/~portalin/articulos/PL_numero22/recension2_Rocio%20Diaz.pdf "Spanish Idioms in Practice [...] es un excelente recurso que facilita la comprensión y memorización de gran número de expresiones idiomáticas y proverbios más usados, y además, contribuye de manera excepcional a que el hablante no nativo perfeccione el manejo del lenguaje idiomático en su discurso de la forma más creativa, lógica y natural posible. [...] Se trata de un volumen sumamente útil, que sin duda alguna proporciona al hablante no nativo los medios necesarios para apreciar, e insertar con éxito en sus primeros escarceos con la lengua meta, el uso de expresiones cuyo significado posee un componente cultural o un sentido figurado que no resulta fácil de asimilar por medio de la simple memorización. A un precio asequible para cualquier bolsillo, Spanish Idioms in Practice es el complemento ideal para realzar los cursos de nivel intermedio o avanzado con técnicas innovadoras en la enseñanza de expresiones idiomáticas, así como un entretenido manual para todos aquellos que deseen agregar cierta perspicacia de ingenio a su español. Se trata de un libro de consulta amena, cuya lectura satisfará igualmente con creces a los curiosos del idioma." -Pilar Asensio-Manrique, Hispania 97.4, 2014, http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/hispania/v097/97.4.asensio-manrique.html "The volume offers a rich selection of idiomatic expressions used across the Spanish-speaking world, illustrated with a plethora of examples and meaningful activities. [...] Generous and clever use of illustrations throughout the book greatly helps make the idioms more memorable too, aiding the process of acquisition. [...] Highly creative, engaging and well-designed, [Spanish Idioms in Practice] is a very welcome addition to the available materials on teaching idiomatic expressions and a must-have book for Spanish language learners who wish to enhance their expressive capacity and cultural knowledge". – Ángeles Carreres & María Noriega-Sánchez, Bulletin of Spanish Studies 92.6, 2015, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14753820.2015.1045709?journalCode=cbhs20#.VXWnr0ZnAlA Table of ContentsIntroduction. Capítulo 1. Expresiones idiomáticas con comidas, animales, árboles y plantas, y otros elementos de la naturaleza. Capítulo 2. Expresiones idiomáticas con las partes del cuerpo. Capítulo 3. Expresiones idiomáticas con partes de la casa, objetos, ropa y colores. Capítulo 4. Expresiones idiomáticas con lugares, personajes de la historia y de la literatura, nacionalidades y tradiciones culturales. Capítulo 5. Expresiones introducidas por preposiciones. Capítulo 6. Refranes populares. Answer Key. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Hiyaku An Intermediate Japanese Course
Book SynopsisHiyaku: An Intermediate Japanese Course provides a progressive intermediate course in Japanese, incorporating modern teaching methods and practicing all four language skills. Hiyaku provides content-based instruction, with authentic and semi-authentic dialogues and readings, all carefully selected to instruct and inspire students as they learn Japanese.Key features of the textbook include: highly structured chapters, beginning with warm-up exercises followed by focused practice of each of the four skills gradual introduction to increasingly authentic materials content taken from original Japanese sources such as books, TV programs, magazines, newspapers and websites extensive audio material provided as FREE MP3 files on a companion website here https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/_author/eguchi/ instructorâs materials, including PowerPoint files provided through tTable of Contents1: Japanese Festivals and Events 2: Japanese Geography and Climates 3: Languages and Cultures 4: Traditional Stories and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter 5: Polite Speech 6: Poets and Poetry 7: Japanese History
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Taylor & Francis The Criticism of Henry Fielding
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Philosophy of Mr Brtrnd Rssll With an Appendix of Leading Passages from Certain Other Works A Skit Routledge Library Editions Russell
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Taylor & Francis Modern Italian Grammar
Book SynopsisThis new edition of the Modern Italian Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Italian, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. With a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples.Implementing feedback from users of the first edition, this text includes clearer explanations, as well as a greater emphasis on areas of particular difficulty for learners of Italian. Divided into two sections, the book covers: traditional grammatical categories such as word order, nouns, verbs and adjectives language functions and notions such as giving and seeking information, describing processes and results, and expressing likes, dislikes and preferences. This is the ideal reference grammar for learners of Italian at all levels, from beginner to advanced. No prior knowledge of grammatical terminology is needed and a glossary of grammatical terms is provided. This Grammar is complemented by the Modern Italian Grammar Workbook Second Edition which features related exercises and activities.Trade Review'It’s structure is innovative: first part an overview of structures for reference and the second organised by functions, which gives a host of useful examples of very up to date and usable language. The index is therefore essential for finding particular points because the content follows a different pattern from other grammar books. I tried finding points which I have had queries about over the last year and could locate them easily.It’s much better to have a reference to a particular section (eg.6.5.14) than to have just a page number and have to scan all the page to find the point needed.I think this will be an essential handbook for all tutors of Italian, particularly native speakers who know what one says but cannot explain why. The book will also be very useful for students as the explanations are as simple as possible, and each example is followed by an accurate and natural-sounding equivalent in English, so there is no room for uncertainty.' - Sue Maitland, City of York Adult and Community Education ServicePraise for Routledge Modern Grammars -‘The entire series is outstanding. Why? Because it's totally practical without getting stuck in grammatical obscurities. It reflects the actual, contemporary use of the language as it is used by ordinary, educated speakers.’ - Harold Goodman, author of the Michel Thomas coursesTable of ContentsIntroduction How to use this book Glossary Part A Structures Part B Functions Appendix I: Spelling and pronunciation Appendix II: Regular verb forms Appendix III: Irregular verb forms Appendix IV: Verbs and prepositions Appendix V: Sequence of tenses Index
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Taylor & Francis Ways of Reading
Book SynopsisWays of Reading is a best-selling textbook for undergraduate students of English Language and English Literature, providing readers with the tools to analyse and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts. Six sections, comprising twenty five self-contained units, cover: techniques of analysis and problem-solving language variation attributing meaning poetic uses of language narrative drama and performance texts The book combines the linguistic and literary background to each topic with discussion of examples from books, poems, magazines and online sources, and links those examples to follow-up practical activities and a list of titles for further reading. This fourth edition has been redesigned and updated throughout, with many fresh examples and exercises. Further reading suggestions have been brought up tTrade ReviewPraise for the first edition:'Ways of Reading is a valuable and immensely usable book ... More than fills a major gap.' – Literature & Language'This is a clear and incisive introduction to main issues in the critical study of literature.' - Robin Jarvis, University of the West of England, UKPraise for the third edition:'...ground-breaking... The academic underpinning is just where it should be, in the background, allowing prominence for the much more important idea that looking at reading in new ways gives new insights and new pleasures... This is an ideal book for teachers of English at all levels... Third editions can sometimes seem to be marginally altered versions of the previous editions. It is certainly not the case here. Do read this superb book.' - Adrian Beard, NATE'Ways of Reading is the one textbook that no undergraduate student of English can afford to do without. Whether for their essays in literary criticism or literary theory, this book is an invaluable resource providing expert guidance and relevant information. Each chapter offers clear explanations of theoretical concepts and practical applications of interpretive techniques. This richly revised fourth edition confirms its ever-rising popularity as a key textbook in English Studies, with exciting new material and fresh examples.'Jean-Jacques Weber, University of Luxembourg'Ways of Reading is by far the most lucid and lively guide to the skills of reading. Beginners and advanced students alike will find clearly set out in this book the concepts and techniques, examples and exercises, that can help them become active and critical readers of all kinds of literary and media discourse.'Douglas Kerr, Hong Kong University‘This comprehensive introduction to the study of literature deftly balances a focus on practical techniques with a considered handling of theoretical approaches. Undergraduate students – and their lecturers – will welcome in particular its clarity, topical examples and accessibility.’ Julie Scanlon, Northumbria University, UK Table of ContentsSection 1: Basic techniques and problem-solving 1. Asking Questions as a Way into Reading 2. Using Information Sources 3.Analysing Units of Structure 4. Recognizing Genre Section 2: Language variation 5. Language and Time 6. Language and Place 7. Language and Context: Register 8. Language and Gender 9. Language and Society Section 3: Attributing meaning 10. Metaphor and Figurative Language 11. Irony 12. Juxtaposition 13. Allusion and Intertextuality 14. Authorship and Intention 15. Mode of Address: Positioning the Reader Section 4: Poetic form 16. Rhyme and Sound Patterning 17. Verse, Metre and Rhythm 18. Parallelism 19. Deviation Section 5: Narrative 20. Narrative 21. Narrative Point of View 22. Speech and Narration 23. Narrative Realism Section 6: Drama and performance 24. Ways of Reading Drama 25. Performance and the Page
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Taylor & Francis Japanese A Comprehensive Grammar
Book SynopsisJapanese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Japanese grammar. Accessible and systematic, it explores the complexities of the language thoroughly, filling many gaps left by other textbooks. Clear grammar points are put in context using examples from a range of Japanese media. The emphasis is firmly on contemporary Japanese as spoken and written by native speakers.Key features of the book include: coverage of colloquial and standard Japanese extensive cross-referencing detailed index of Japanese and English terms up-to-date real examples of current usage greater emphasis on structures that learners find particularly confusing glossary of linguistic terms. Written by experts in their fields, Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar will prove a lasting and reliable resource for all learners of Japanese.Trade Review'The approach taken in this book is data-driven, and the breadth of the structure patterns found in the data is quite remarkable. Moreover, as mentioned in the preface, the data revealed some gaps between the pedagogical or prescriptive grammar and the actual use of the language ... There is no doubt that the authenticity and the richness of the examples make this book a fine addition to the existing list of books on Japanese grammar.' - Linguist List, September 2001'... this reference grammar comes into its own as an extremely valuable and usable source of information, complementing many textbooks, and filling the gaps which they unavoidably leave.' - Forum for Modern Language'Japanese: a comprehensive grammar will certainly be appearing on my new reading lists. - Royal Asiatic SocietyTable of Contents1. Nouns 2. Case Particles 3. Phrasal Particles 4. Numbers and Counters 5. Demonstrative/Interrogative Words and Pronouns 6. Adjectives 7. Verbs, Valency, Copula and Sentence Types 8. Tense and Aspect Endings 9. Modal Endings 10. Adverbs 11. Adverbial Particles 12. Passive Sentences 13. Causative and Causative Passive Sentences 14. Potential and Spontaneous Sentences 15. Performative Sentences 16 Honorific and Humble Forms (Subject- and Object-Honorifics) 17. Negation and Negative Sentences 18. Questions 19. Sentence-Final Particles 20. Imperative Sentences, Commands and Requests 21. Quotation: to, to iu, tte and ni yoru to 22. Nominalizations 23. Conjoining 24. Conjunctions 25. Conjunctive Forms 26. Conjunctive Particles 27. Abbreviations: Truncation and Ellipsis 28. Stylistic Effects and Point of View
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Taylor & Francis Colloquial Arabic Levantine
Book SynopsisColloquial Arabic (Levantine) provides a step-by-step course in Levantine Arabic as it is used today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Levantine Arabic in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.Key features include: progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios useful vocabulary lists throughout the text additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key and bilingual glossaries. Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. الأول id`dars i`awwal. أهلاً و سهلاًahlan wa sahlan. Welcome! 2. الثاني id`dars ith’ thaani. هذا العالم `haadha il`3aalam. This World 3. الثالث id`dars ith`thaalith. عيلتي`3eilti. My Family 4. الرابعid`dars irraabi3. مش عارِف mish 3aarif. I do not know! 5. الخامس id`dars ilxaamis. فلافل و كباب falaafil wa kabaab. Falafel and Kebab 6. السادسid`dars issaadis. في بيتنا fii beytna. At our home 7. السابعid`dars issaabi3. وين نروح؟ where shall we go? Where shall we go? 8. الثامن id`dars iththaamin. حياة الجامعة Hayaat iljaam3ah 9. التاسع id`dars ittaasi3. في السوق fi issuug 10. العاشر id`dars Il3aashir. المدينة العربية ilmadiinih il3arabiyyih 11. اهدعش id`dars ihda3ish. شو مالك؟ What’s wrong with you? 12. اثنعش id`dars ithna3ish. الجو iljaw 13. ثلاطعش id`dars thalaTa3ish. كرة القدم kurat ilqadam. Arabic-English glossary. English-Arabic glossary. Answer key.
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Taylor & Francis The Romance of Arthur
Book SynopsisThe Romance of Arthur, James J. Wilhelmâs classic anthology of Arthurian literature, is an essential text for students of the medieval Romance tradition. This fully updated third edition presents a comprehensive reader, mapping the course of Arthurian literature, and is expanded to cover: key authors such as ChrÃtien de Troyes and Thomas of Britain, as well as Arthurian texts by women and more obscure sources for Arthurian romance extensive coverage of key themes and characters in the tradition a wide geographical range of texts including translations from Latin, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, Middle English, and Italian sources a broad chronological range of texts, encompassing nearly a thousand years of Arthurian romance. Norris J. Lacy builds on the bookâs source material, presenting readers with a clear introduction to many accessible modern-spelling versions of Arthurian texts. The extracts are presented Table of ContentsPreface to 2nd Edition James J. Wilhelm Preface to 3rd Edition Norris J. Lacy 1. Arthur in the Latin Chronicles James J. Wilhelm 2. Arthur in the Early Welsh Tradition John K. Bollard 3. Culhwch and Olwen Richard M. Loomis 4. Arthur in Geoffrey of Monmouth Richard M. Loomis 5. Wace: Roman de Brut (Merlin Episodes and The Birth and Rise of Arthur) James J. Wilhelm 6. Layamon: Brut (The Death of Arthur) James J. Wilhelm 7. Chrétien de Troyes: Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart William W. Kibler 8. Chrétien de Troyes: Perceval, or The Story of the Grail (Grail excerpts) Norris J. Lacy (intro.) and William W. Kibler (trans.) 9. Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival (From Book IX) Norris J. Lacy (intro.) and Cyril Edwards (trans.) 10. The Quest for the Holy Grail (The Grail Liturgy) Norris J. Lacy (intro.) and E. Jane Burns (trans.) 11.Selected Lyrics James J. Wilhelm 12. The Saga of the Mantle Marianne E. Kalinke 13. Béroul: The Romance of Tristran Norris J. Lacy 14. Marie de France: Chievrefueil (The Honeysuckle) and Lanval Norris J. Lacy 15. Thomas of Britain: Tristran (The Marriage Soliloquy and the Ending) Joan Tasker Grimbert (with the Hall of Statues episode from the Norse Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar, trans. Marianne E. Kalinke) 16. Cantare on the Death of Tristan James J. Wilhelm 17. The Prose Merlin and The Suite du Merlin (Episodes) Samuel N. Rosenberg 18. The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur Mildred Leake Day 19.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight James J. Wilhelm 20. The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell Alan Lupack 21.The Alliterative Morte Arthure (Excerpts) Valerie Krishna 22. Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur (The Sword in the Stone and the Death of Arthur) Dorsey Armstrong Further reading
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) The Apple and the Spectroscope Routledge Revivals
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1951, this book is based on a course of lectures on poetry and prose given at Cambridge University during the long vacations of 1946-1950. A request for lectures of this kind came originally from a group of science students and the response was such that a course of this nature ran yearly. The purpose was to provide students from disciplines other than the humanities with the opportunity to feed their interest in English poetry and literature.Table of Contents1. Some Considerations on the Methods of Poetry 2. Two Poems- Death and Love 3. Two Poems- Love and Death 4. Two Poems- Symbolism and Allusion 5. Two poems- War and Woman 6. Two Passages from Shakespeare 7. Two passages from the Bible 8. Satire and Romance 9 & 10. Notes for a Background to English Literary History 11. Conclusion; Appendices i. Poems and Passages used in the text ii. Table of Dates and Authors for Chapters 9 and 10 iii. A Selection for Casual Reading; Index
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Taylor & Francis Basic Welsh
Book SynopsisBasic Welsh: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible grammar handbook and related exercises in a single volume. The book presents forty grammar units, covering the core materials which beginning students would expect to encounter in the course of learning Welsh. User-friendly grammar points are followed by multiple examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning.Key features include: Clear, accessible format Many relevant and useful examples A wide range of challenging exercises to reinforce learning Concise and jargon-free explanations of grammar Full answer key, glossary of technical terms and Welsh-English, English-Welsh glossary at the back of the book Revised throughout, this updated second edition of Basic Welsh provides the ideal practice book for all beginning students in the language. It is suitable for both class use and inTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Identification sentences; question words Pwy?, Beth?; identifiers hwn, hon; hwnna, honna; y rhain, y rheina 2. Nouns and noun plurals 3. The verb ‘to be’: present tense statements (AFF) and questions (INT) 4. The present tense of bod: NEG forms 5. Mutations: Soft Mutation 6. The definite article: ‘the . . .’ 7. The genitive construction: ‘the X of Y’ etc. 8. Adjectives 9. The present tense of verbs 10. Other auxiliaries with the VN; requests 11. The complement marker yn° + noun/adjective 12. Personal pronouns; word order; third-person singular rule 13. ‘Want’ and ‘would like’ 14. Aspirate and Nasal Mutations 15. Possessive adjectives: ‘his . . .’, ‘her . . .’, ‘your . . .’, etc. 16. Yn and mewn ‘in’ 17. The imperfect of bod: ‘I was’, ‘you were’, etc. 18. The future of bod: ‘I will be’, etc.; affirmative markers fe° and mi° 19. The imperfect and future of other verbs: ‘I was . . . ing’, ‘I will . . .’ 20. The existential verb: ‘There is/are . . .’, ‘There was/were . . .’, etc. 21. Conjugated prepositions 22. More conjugated prepositions 23. Possession 24. Stems; imperatives (command forms) 25. The inflected preterite: completed action in the past 26. General principles with inflected verbs (verbs with endings) 27. Irregular preterites: ‘went’, ‘came’, ‘did’, ‘got’ 28 . Mo after inflected NEG verbs 29. Present tense ‘is/are’ with question words 30. Numerals 1–12; telling the time 31. More numbers; Faint . . .? ‘How much/many . . . ?’; quantity expressions 32. Days, months and years 33. ‘Some’ and ‘any’, ‘no-one’, `everyone’; ‘all’ 34. Rhaid ‘must’, ‘have to’ 35. Rhaid-type expressions: well, waeth, man a man, hen bryd 36. Derived adverbs in yn°; summary of meanings and uses of yn 37. Wedi: ‘perfect’ tense 38. The pluperfect and future perfect 39. Yes/no answers; tags 40. Translating "have" Key to exercises Glossary of technical terms Vocabularies: Welsh–English English–Welsh
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Taylor & Francis Solitude and the Sublime The Romantic Aesthetics
Book SynopsisFerguson traces the development of two accounts of the sublime, Berkean empiricism and Kantian formalism, to argue that they have been definitive for subsequent discussions on the significance of aesthetics, including deconstructive criticism.Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Introduction to the Sublime; Chapter 2 The Sublime of Edmund Burke, or The Bathos of Experience; Chapter 3 Burke to Kant: A Judgment Outside Comparison; Chapter 4 The Gothicism of the Gothic Novel; Chapter 5 Malthus, Godwin, Wordsworth, and the Spirit of Solitude; Chapter 6 In Search of the Natural Sublime: The Face on the Forest Floor; Chapter 7 Historicism, Deconstruction, and Wordsworth; Index;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mama Dada
Book SynopsisMama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein''s drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant-gardes. Since the publication of Stein''s major writings by the Library of America in 1998, interest in her dramatic writing has escalated, particularly in American avant-garde theaters. This book addresses the growing interest in Stein''s theater by offering the first detailed analyses of her major plays, and by considering them within a larger history of avant-garde performance. In addition to comparing Stein''s plays and theories to those generated by Dadaists, Surrealists, and Futurists, this study further explores the uniqueness of Stein via these theatrical movements, including discussions of her interest in American life and drama, which argues that a significant and heretofore unrecognized relationship exists among the histories of avant-garde drama, cinema, and homosexuality. By examining and explaining the relationship among these three histories, the dramTable of ContentsGeneral Editor's Note Acknowledgments Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 EYES ARE A SURPRISE: THE ORIGINS OF GERTRUDE STEIN'S DRAMA IN CINEMA Chapter 3 LISTEN TO ME: STEIN AND AVANT-GARDE THEATER Chapter 4 ATOM AND EVE: DOCTOR FAUSTUS LIGHTS THE LIGHTS Chapter 5 MY LONG LIFE: FINAL WORKS Chapter 6: AMERICA IS MY COUNTRY: GERTRUDE STEIN AND THE AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE Appendix A A Chronological List of Gertrude Stein's Plays Appendix B A Chronological List of Professional Productions Appendix C A Chronological List of Dramatic Adaptations Notes Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Why Fairy Tales Stick
Book SynopsisIn his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales work and others don''t, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales stick. Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre.Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.Trade Review2007 Katharine Briggs Award"Why Fairy Tales Stick is outstanding scholarship that offers an original, thoroughly researched, and historically grounded approach to the study of fairy tales. It captures the essence of what the tales at their best should reflect which are engaging and imaginative stories that inspire readers to learn more about the subject." --Carlnita P. Green, Nazareth College, The Journal of Popular Culture"Why Fairy Tales Stick is both a welcome addition to the expanding area of books about fairy tales and a useful teaching resource." --Kimberly Reynolds, Newcastle University, Modern Language Review"The real treasures in this book, however, are Zipe's energetic expertise and his unabashedly personal concern for the part fairy tales play in the unfolding triumphs and tragedies of human life in our time." --Maggi Michel, University of California, Los Angeles, Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies. Table of Contents1: Toward a Theory of the Fairy Tale as Literary Genre; 2: The Evolution and Dissemination of the Classical Fairy Tale; 3: Once Upon a Time in the Future; 4: The Moral Strains of Fairy Tales and Fantasy; 5: The Male Key to Bluebeard's Secret; 6: Hansel and Gretel; 7: To Be or Not to Be Eaten
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Taylor & Francis Cormac McCarthy and the Myth of American Exceptionalism
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University of Michigan Press Artificial Humanities
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Cambridge University Press American Literature and the Free Market 19452000 158 Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series Number 158
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Cambridge University Press Henry James in Context Literature in Context
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Cambridge University Press Juvenal Satire 6 Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Cambridge University Press The Poetry of War
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Pearson Education Z for Zachariah everything you need to catch up
Book SynopsisDevised with the help of expert examiners and teachers, an easy-to-use literature study guide which aims to provide students with a better understanding and appreciation of the text. Also of interest to the general reader.
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Pearson Education Much Ado About Nothing York Notes for GCSE
Book Synopsis'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more.
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Pearson Education Persuasion York Notes Advanced everything you
Book Synopsis'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.Table of Contents Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Text Part 3: Critical Approaches Part 4: Critical History Part 5: Background Further Reading Literacy Terms
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Wiley Shakespeare
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Shakespeare
Book SynopsisShakespeare: Criticism and Theory is an anthology of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century. An anthology of about 50 of the most significant essays and book chapters published on Shakespeare in the second half of the twentieth century. Introduces students to the variety of theoretical positions, thematic claims, methodologies, and modes of argument in Shakespeare criticism over the last 50 years. Critical views represented range from the old style historicism of E.M.W. Tillyard and the new criticism of William Empson to the new historicism of Stephen Greenblatt and the feminist perspective of Catherine Belsey. Pieces are organised into categories of critical thought and introduced in clear language. Most pieces are reproduced in their entirety. Table of ContentsPreface x Acknowledgments xiv Part I Authorship 1 1 Looney and the Oxfordians 4 S. Schoenbaum Part II New Criticism 15 2 The Naked Babe and the Cloak of Manliness 19 Cleanth Brooks 3 ‘‘Honest’’ in Othello 35 William Empson 4 ‘‘Introductory’’ Chapter About the Tragedies 50 Wolfgang Clemen 5 The ‘‘New Criticism’’ and King Lear 63 William R. Keast Part III Dramatic Kinds 89 6 The Argument of Comedy 93 Northrop Frye 7 Ambivalence: The Dialectic of the Histories 100 A. P. Rossiter 8 The Saturnalian Pattern 116 C. L. Barber 9 The Jacobean Shakespeare: Some Observations on the Construction of the Tragedies 125 Maynard Mack Part IV The 1950s and 1960s: Theme, Character, Structure 149 10 Reflections on the Sentimentalist’s Othello 152 Barbara Everett 11 Form and Formality in Romeo and Juliet 164 Harry Levin 12 King Lear or Endgame 174 Jan Kott 13 The Cheapening of the Stage 191 Anne Righter [Barton] 14 How Not to Murder Caesar 209 Sigurd Burckhardt Part V Reader-Response Criticism 221 15 On the Value of Hamlet 225 Stephen Booth 16 Rabbits, Ducks, and Henry V 245 Norman Rabkin Part VI Textual Criticism and Bibliography 265 17 The New Textual Criticism of Shakespeare 269 Fredson Bowers 18 Revising Shakespeare 280 Gary Taylor 19 Narratives About Printed Shakespeare Texts: ‘‘Foul Papers’’ and ‘‘Bad Quartos’’ 296 Paul Werstine Part VII Psychoanalytic Criticism 319 20 ‘‘Anger’s my meat’’: Feeding, Dependency, and Aggression in Coriolanus 323 Janet Adelman 21 The Avoidance of Love: A Reading of King Lear 338 Stanley Cavell 22 To Entrap the Wisest: Sacrificial Ambivalence in The Merchant of Venice and Richard III 353 René Girard 23 What Did the King Know and When Did He Know It? Shakespearean Discourses and Psychoanalysis 365 Harry Berger, Jr. 24 The Turn of the Shrew 399 Joel Fineman Part VIII Historicism and New Historicism 417 25 The Cosmic Background 422 E. M. W. Tillyard 26 Invisible Bullets: Renaissance Authority and its Subversion, Henry IV and Henry V 435 Stephen Greenblatt 27 The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies 458 Jean E. Howard 28 ‘‘Shaping Fantasies’’: Figurations of Gender and Power in Elizabethan Culture 481 Louis Adrian Montrose Part IX Materialist Criticism 511 29 Shakespeare’s Theater: Tradition and Experiment 515 Robert Weimann 30 King Lear (ca. 1605–1606) and Essentialist Humanism 535 Jonathan Dollimore 31 Give an Account of Shakespeare and Education, Showing Why You Think They Are Effective and What You Have Appreciated About Them. Support Your Comments with Precise References 547 Alan Sinfield Part X Feminist Criticism 565 32 Egyptian Queens and Male Reviewers: Sexist Attitudes in Antony and Cleopatra Criticism 570 L. T. Fitz [Linda Woodbridge] 33 ‘‘I wooed thee with my sword’’: Shakespeare’s Tragic Paradigms 591 Madelon Gohlke Sprengnether 34 The Family in Shakespeare Studies; or Studies in the Family of Shakespeareans; or The Politics of Politics 606 Lynda E. Boose 35 Disrupting Sexual Difference: Meaning and Gender in the Comedies 633 Catherine Belsey Part XI Studies in Gender and Sexuality 651 36 ‘‘This that you call love’’: Sexual and Social Tragedy in Othello 655 Gayle Greene 37 The Performance of Desire 669 Stephen Orgel 38 The Secret Sharer 684 Bruce R. Smith 39 The Homoerotics of Shakespearean Comedy 704 Valerie Traub Part XII Performance Criticism 727 40 Shakespeare and the Blackfriars Theatre 732 Gerald Eades Bentley 41 The Critical Revolution 745 J. L. Styan 42 William Shakespeare’s Romeo þ Juliet : Everything’s Nice in America? 750 Barbara Hodgdon 43 Deeper Meanings and Theatrical Technique: The Rhetoric of Performance Criticism 762 William B. Worthen Part XIII Postcolonial Shakespeare 777 44 Nymphs and Reapers Heavily Vanish: The Discursive Con-texts of The Tempest 781 Francis Barker and Peter Hulme 45 Sexuality and Racial Difference 794 Ania Loomba 46 Discourse and the Individual: The Case of Colonialism in The Tempest 817 Meredith Anne Skura Part XIV Reading Closely 845 47 Shakespeare’s Prose 848 Jonas A. Barish 48 The Play of Phrase and Line 861 George T. Wright 49 Transfigurations: Shakespeare and Rhetoric 880 Patricia Parker Index 908
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Harvard University Press Being Property Once Myself
Book SynopsisThroughout US history, black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons. Joshua Bennett explores the place of animality in works by Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and other black writers, delving into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that emerge from being viewed as a subgenre of the human.Trade ReviewThis trenchant work of literary criticism examines the complex ways 20th- and 21st-century African American authors have written about animals. In Bennett’s analysis, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, and others subvert the racist comparisons that have ‘been used against them as a tool of derision and denigration.’…An intense and illuminating reevaluation of black literature and Western thought. -- Ron Charles * Washington Post *A gripping work…Bennett’s lyrical lilt in his sharp analyses makes for a thorough yet accessible read…Adds to a growing body of critical work that tackles social issues in relation to the realm of ‘nature,’ pushing back simultaneously against the whiteness of both literary studies and ecocriticism. -- Lydia Ayame Hiraide * LSE Review of Books *By turns leading-edge and unaffected, revelatory and understated, Bennett appears much less concerned to prove that his chops as a critic and theorist are equal to his poetic abilities…By way of close readings of some well-established, and a few wholly unnoticed, scenes of black/Animal apposition or relationality, Bennett’s Being Property shares in the ensemblic turn toward black ecological criticism and theory exploring blackness, animality, ground-life, and philosophical posthumanism…Bennett stands to add many more fans to the crowd of us who’ve relished his poetic talents over many years. -- Maurice Wallace * S-USIH: Society for U.S. Intellectual History *A tremendously illuminating study of how black writers wrestle with black precarity. Bennett’s refreshing and field-defining approach shows how both classic and contemporary African American authors undo long-held assumptions of the animal–human divide. -- Salamishah Tillet, author of Sites of Slavery: Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post–Civil Rights ImaginationBennett writes so beautifully that it hurts. Imagine a world of animals—rats, cocks, mules, and dogs—that prompt renewed ways of seeing, thinking, and living beyond cages or chains. These absorbing, deeply moving pages bring to life a newly reclaimed ethics, and black feeling beyond the claims of property or propriety. -- Colin Dayan, author of With Dogs at the Edge of Life and The Law Is a White DogBeing Property Once Myself is destined to be an event. Exhilarating and original, it is as much a work of literary history as it is of literary theory, as much a poetic invocation as it is critical intervention, and as much about animals as it is about people, elegantly uniting the many singularities that constitute, collectively, black literary culture. -- Akira Mizuta Lippit, author of Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of WildlifeBennett makes an important contribution to the fields of Black studies and critical animal studies while offering a uniquely lyrical voice of literary criticism. -- Bénédicte Boisseron * American Literary History *
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