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Author : James Applegate
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Anthologies
ISBN : 0153353953
Author : Cary Fagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1988298903
Masterful, hopeful stories about ordinary people taking small, bold steps into the unknown These ten compelling and delightful stories highlight ordinary people, introverts, mostly living quiet lives -- until they take the chance to leap toward small, meaningful adventure. A young woman is given a painting by Picasso by her stepfather, and she must acquire a wall to hang it on. A hippie family picks up a cello-playing hitchhiker who convinces them to get a television. And a man winds up taking his girlfriend?s son on a road trip -- an unexpected expedition for them both. Filled with a sense of hope, these stories explore the tangled bonds of family and the complex web that holds them together. Cary Fagan is an undisputed master of the short story, and Great Adventures for the Faint of Heart is a brilliant and warm collection that expands our acceptance of human frailty and our unpredictable capacity for change.
Author : David Damrosch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015080838892
This is an exciting, and unsettling, time to be teaching world literature, writes David Damrosch. Because the range of works taught in world literature courses has expanded enormously, both historically and geographically, the task of selection—and of teacher preparation—has grown more challenging. Teachers of this field must grapple with such issues as coverage, cultural difference, and the role of translation in the classroom. Should one emphasize masterpieces or traditions, concepts or themes? How does one avoid making a work bear the burden of representing an entire tradition? To what extent should anthologies be used? Can a course be global in scope and yet focus on a few works, authors, moments? This collection of thirty-two essays in the MLA series Options for Teaching offers an array of solutions to these challenges, reflecting the wide variety of institutions, courses, and students described by the contributors. An annotated bibliography is provided, with a listing of useful Web sites.
Author : Hilde Østby,Ylva Østby
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781771643450
A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory. What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors—two Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writer—skillfully interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on a captivating exploration of the evolving understanding of the science of memory from the Renaissance discovery of the hippocampus—named after the seahorse it resembles—up to the present day. Mixing metaphor with meta-analysis, they embark on an incredible journey: “diving for seahorses” for a memory experiment in Oslo fjord, racing taxis through London, and “time-traveling” to the future to reveal thought-provoking insights into remembering and forgetting. Along the way they interview experts of all stripes, from the world’s top neuroscientists to famous novelists, to help explain how memory works, why it sometimes fails, and what we can do to improve it. Filled with cutting-edge research and nimble storytelling, the result is a charming—and memorable—adventure through human memory.
Author : Matthew Beaumont
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470691311
Adventures in Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Comprises 16 newly-commissioned essays written by a distinguished group of contributors, including Slavoj Zizek and Frederic Jameson Provides the historical, cultural, intellectual, and literary contexts necessary to understand developments in realism Addresses the artistic mediums and technologies such as painting and film that have helped shape the way we perceive reality Explores literary and pictorial sub-genres, such as naturalism and socialist realism Includes a brief bibliography and suggestions for further reading at the end of each section
Author : Vincent Etienne
Publisher : Prestel Junior
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Painters
ISBN : 3791373293
Now available in a paperback edition, this book for young readers traces the life and work of Johannes Vermeer, one of history's most distinctive and enigmatic painters. Scenes of domestic life and rich color make Johannes Vermeer's art both accessible and irresistible. Designed and written to appeal to young readers, this engaging introduction to the Dutch master encourages children to experience the charm and mystery of Vermeer's work. Large, vibrant reproductions allow a close study of the fascinating details that make Vermeer's paintings so compelling and enable the colors, for which he was so famous, to leap off the page. Recent books and movies have brought Vermeer into the forefront of popular culture, and this lively and informative book introduces the artist to children.
Author : Leopold Damrosch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : English literature
ISBN : OCLC:28624368
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Master Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0890512779
When an ardent evolutionist and an adventuring creationist take a team into the wilds of the Congo, in search of living dinosaurs, the reader knows this is no ordinary story.
Author : William Keach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : English literature
ISBN : 0153350539
Author : James Applegate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Adventures in world literature
ISBN : 0153353988
Author : Orville Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Antologias
ISBN : 0153354011
Author : Theo D'haen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004468078
If you want to know how globalisation affects literary studies today this is the book for you. Why has world literature become so hotly debated? How does it affect the study of national literatures? What does geopolitics have to do with literature? Does American academe still set an example for the rest of the world? Is China taking over? What about European literature? Europe’s literatures? Do “minor” European literatures get lost in the shuffle? How can authors from such literatures get noticed? Who gains and who loses in an age of world literature? If those are questions that bewilder you look no further: this book provides answers and leaves you fully equipped to dig deeper into the fascinating world of world literature in an age of geopolitics.
Author : Joseph Bristow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317365600
Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct type of combative masculinity developed during the heyday of the British Empire. This book reveals the motives that produced this obsessive focus on boyhood. In Victorian Britain many kinds of writing, from the popular juvenile weeklies to parliamentary reports, celebrated boys of all classes as the heroes of their day. Fighting fit, morally upright, and proudly patriotic - these adventurous young men were set forth on imperial missions, civilizing a savage world. Such noble heroes included the strapping lads who brought an end to cannibalism on Ballantyne's "Coral Island" who came into their own in the highly respectable "Boys' Own Paper", and who eventually grew up into the men of Haggard's romances, advancing into the Dark Continent. The author here demonstrates why these young heroes have enjoyed a lasting appeal to readers of children's classics by Stevenson, Kipling and Henty, among many others. He shows why the political intent of many of these stories has been obscured by traditional literary criticism, a form of criticism itself moulded by ideals of empire and ‘Englishness’. Throughout, imperial boyhood is related to wide-ranging debates about culture, literacy, realism and romance. This is a book of interest to students of literature, social history and education.
Author : Junjie Luo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031056864
This book develops interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to analyzing the cross-cultural travels of traditional Chinese fiction. It ties this genre to issues such as translation, world literature, digital humanities, book culture, and images of China. Each chapter offers a case study of the historical and cultural conditions under which traditional Chinese fiction has traveled to the English-speaking world, proposing a critical lens that can be used to explain these cross-cultural encounters. The book seeks to identify connections between traditional Chinese fiction and other cultures that create new meanings and add to the significance of reading, teaching, and studying these classical novels and stories in the English-speaking world. Scholars, students, and general readers who are interested in traditional Chinese fiction, translation studies, and comparative and world literature will find this book useful.
Author : Alfred Lansing
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465058792
Experience one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. With an introduction by Nathaniel Philbrick, Endurance is the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip. Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the gripping and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
