Moral Tales A Selection

Author : Maria Edgeworth,Amelia Opie,Hannah More
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770488038

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Moral Tales: A Selection by Maria Edgeworth,Amelia Opie,Hannah More Pdf

In their moral tales, writers such as Hannah More, Amelia Opie, and Maria Edgeworth embraced explicitly didactic aims, seeking to instill normative moral behavior in their readers while entertaining them with vivid, emotional storytelling. In More’s “Tawney Rachel,” for example, a servant girl suffers severe consequences for succumbing to superstition; in Opie’s “The Black Velvet Pelisse,” a young woman is rewarded for a charitable act with a desirable marriage; and in Edgeworth’s “The Dun,” a wealthy man’s selfishness destroys a poor family before he finally sees the error of his ways. This edition offers a selection of five short fictions by More, Opie, and Edgeworth—the best-known writers of the moral tale—prefaced by a critical introduction to the genre and its place in the complex and fascinating debates surrounding the writing and reading of fiction in the Romantic period. The volume concludes with a variety of background materials that help situate the moral tale in its late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century literary contexts, including moral tales for children, theories of education, and contemporary reviews.

Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Children
ISBN : NYPL:33433074864525

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Moral Tales: Or, A Selection of Interesting Stories by Samuel Griswold Goodrich Pdf

Author : Romani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Short stories, English
ISBN : OXFORD:600061805

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Gesta Romanorum, the ancient moral tales of the old story-tellers [selected and ed. by G.B.]. by Romani Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1763
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017465495

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Select Moral Tales. (The Good Mother.-The Shepherdess of the Alps.-The Happy Divorce.-The Partial Mother.) Translated from the French [of J. F. Marmontel.] By a Lady [Miss R. Roberts]. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Éric Rohmer
Publisher : Viking Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015006588498

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Six Moral Tales by Éric Rohmer Pdf

"A succession of jousts between fragile men and the women who tempt them"--Container.

Author : William Damon,Anne Colby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199357765

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The Power of Ideals by William Damon,Anne Colby Pdf

Cynicism often seems a smarter choice than idealism. There are reasons for this. Politicians have disappointed us time and again; trusted institutions have proven to be self-serving and corrupt; hopes for lasting world peace repeatedly have been dashed; and social inequities persist and increase, unabated by even the grandest of charitable efforts. It is now considered foolish to think that people can be counted on to rise above their narrow self-interests to serve the broader good, or to tell the truth if it does not reflect well on the self. Supporting this bleak view of the human condition is a moral psychology that has taken increasingly cynical turns in recent years. Famous studies have shown that we have an almost unlimited potential for cruelty when placed in the wrong situations. The Power of Ideals presents a different vision, supported by a different kind of evidence. It examines the lives and work of six 20th century moral leaders who pursued moral causes ranging from world peace to social justice and human rights. Using these six cases to illustrate how people can make choices guided by their moral convictions, rather than by base emotion or social pressures, authors William Damon and Anne Colby explore the workings of three virtues: inner truthfulness, humility, and faith. Through their portrayal of the noble lives of moral leaders, the authors argue that all of us--with ordinary lives--can exercise control over important life decisions and pursue ideals that we believe in.

Author : Susan Manly,Maria Edgeworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137341204

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Selected Tales for Children and Young People by Susan Manly,Maria Edgeworth Pdf

Maria Edgeworth was a pioneer of realist children's literature. This critical edition reveals the range of her writing for children, ranging from stories for very young children to tales for young adults, and includes The Purple Jar, The Good Aunt and The Grateful Negro. Annotated with a comprehensive introduction based on original research.

Author : Jules Laforgue
Publisher : New York : New Directions
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0811209431

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Moral Tales by Jules Laforgue Pdf

Provides humorous parodies of the stories of Hamlet, Lohengrin, Salome, Perseus, and Pan, and includes information about the author's life and times

Author : Jean-François Marmontel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210021949308

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Moral Tales by Jean-François Marmontel Pdf

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1998-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191605215

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Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Yet, as well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Abandoning the criteria of characterization and plotting in favour of blurred boundaries between self and other, will and morality, identity and memory, Poe uses the Gothic to question the integrity of human existence. Indeed, Poe is less interested in solving puzzles or in moral retribution than in exposing the misconceptions that make things seem `mysterious' in the first place. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales, this new critical edition selects twenty-four tales and places the most popular - `The Fall of the House of Usher', `The Masque of the Red Death', `The Murders in the Rue Morgue; and `The Purloined Letter' - alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays and political satires. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Crabbe
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1967-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521094208

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Tales 1812 and Selected Poems by Crabbe Pdf

This selection of Crabbe's work includes the entire Tales of 1812, two-thirds of The Parish Register and nearly half of The Borough, besides other poems.

Author : Maria Edgeworth
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022498088

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Moral Tales by Maria Edgeworth Pdf

This collection of moral tales features stories by several notable authors, including Maria Edgeworth and Benson John Lossing. Each story offers a unique perspective on morality and ethics, and each is sure to engage and entertain readers of all ages. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William J. Bennett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1917 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781439126257

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The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett Pdf

Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history. William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.

Author : Kenneth A. Stackhouse
Publisher : Univ Publ Assn
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1988-03-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781461723738

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The Moral Tales by Kenneth A. Stackhouse Pdf

Now, for the first time, the stories of Spanish writer Leopoldo Alas have been translated into English. This is an important collection from a writer who is remembered as a master story-teller.

Author : George Watson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1698 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1971-07-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521079349

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The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800 by George Watson Pdf

More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 2 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.