The Journey To Le Repentir

Author : Mark A. McWatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1845230817

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The Journey to Le Repentir by Mark A. McWatt Pdf

Weaving together autobiography, historical narrative, postcolonial voices, and a deeply sensuous ecology of place, this bold and ambitious collection of poems explores four phases of life: childhood; adolescence and young manhood; maturity, and old age. Within each section an intersecting narrative sequence complements, expands, and runs counter to the main voice, creating a complex web of interconnecting themes that stretch throughout the entire work. Moving from the search for the fantastic El Dorado to the celebration of the powerful rivers of Guyana, these poems explore guilt, sexuality, identity, and independence in life and politics.

Author : Steve Connolly
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781525525957

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Journey Back To Watooka by Steve Connolly Pdf

Open Journey Back To Watooka and take a reading leap out of your ordinary world into one that is truly unique, remarkable and mesmerizing ... that of Guyana. Locate it and master your mind to the magniffcent wonders of rainforest ora, fauna and flying things. Follow the Demerara ‘river of wonder’ upstream to the pulsating heart of bauxite country ... to Linden ...and to Watooka. Understand more about Guyana’s precious bauxite resource, about its history and of how the country, working with Canada, had helped to win WWII by producing aluminium to construct almost 40% of Allied war planes. Learn about the history and colourful culture of the only English speaking country in South America and the only country in the Caribbean that is not an island. Discover its rich past before, during and a er slavery. Enjoy seemingly endless stories of amazing people of six races entwined with history and achievement, not only in the country but also around the world. Counting explorers, slaves, quoted notables, common folks, politicians, government and business VIPs, engineers, academics, clergy, authors/poets, Amerindians, social workers and others, over 800 names are given mention. Enjoy this reading journey ... this ’story of stories’ written by a master story teller. And, learn about the promising future for this third world country about to cross forth into a first world future.

Author : Amanda M. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781800348417

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Mapping the Amazon by Amanda M. Smith Pdf

An analysis of the political and ecological consequences of charting the Amazon River basin in narrative fiction, Mapping the Amazon examines how widely read novels from twentieth-century South America attempted to map the region for readers. Authors such as Jos� Eustasio Rivera, R�mulo Gallegos, Mario Vargas Llosa, C�sar Calvo, M�rcio Souza, and M�rio de Andrade traveled to the Amazonian regions of their respective countries and encountered firsthand a forest divided and despoiled by the spatial logic of extractivism. Writing against that logic, they fill their novels with geographic, human, and ecological realities omitted from official accounts of the region. Though the plots unfold after the height of the Amazonian rubber boom (1850-1920), the authors construct landscapes marked by that first large-scale exploitation of Amazonian biodiversity. The material practices of rubber extraction repeat in the stories told about the removal of other plants, seeds, and mineral from the forest as well as its conversion into farmland. The counter-discursive impulse of each novel comes into dialogue with various modernizing projects that carve Amazonia into cultural and economic spaces: border commissions, extractive infrastructure, school geography manuals, Indigenous education programs, and touristic propaganda. Even the novel maps studied have blind spots, though, and Mapping the Amazon considers the legacy of such unintentional omissions today.

Author : Mark McWatt,Hazel Simmons-McDonald
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781510410985

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A World of Poetry by Mark McWatt,Hazel Simmons-McDonald Pdf

Inspire students to enjoy poetry while helping them to prepare effectively for the CSEC® examination; ensure coverage of all prescribed poems for the revised CSEC® English A and English B syllabuses with an anthology that has been compiled with the approval of the Caribbean Examinations Council by Editors who have served as CSEC® English panel members. - Stimulate an interest in and enjoyment of poetry with a wide range of themes and subjects, a balance of well-known poems from the past and more recent works, as well as poems from the Caribbean and the rest of the world. - Support understanding with notes on each poem and questions to provoke discussion, and a useful checklist to help with poetry analysis. - Consolidate learning with practical guidance on how to tackle examination questions including examples of model answers for reference.

Author : Lynette Joseph-Bani
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452009063

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The Biblical Journey of Slavery by Lynette Joseph-Bani Pdf

This book tells the story of a family that began in ancient Mesopotamia about 5000 BCE, whose descendants are scattered to several nations, some of whom reside in the Americas. The journey undertaken by descendants of this family saw them through seven major world powers; where in, millions today has survived slavery. The Biblical Journey of Slavery takes the reader through thousands of years to show who were this family and their current dilemma of identity in the Western world. Members of this family are refered to as Africans of the Diaspora. The Text takes an overview of those who came to the West via the 'Atlantic Slave Trade'. Decades spent in search of identity by one descendant of the family, is the result of The Biblical journey of Slavery. The narrative provides a source of enlightenment for millions of displaced Africans who lost their identity, and illustrates the fulfillment of prophecies written over 3000 years ago. There are questions about the past that haunt members of Diaspora Africans; some of which are addressed in this journey. Diaspora Africans frustration, bewilderment and lack of comprehension have found many avenues of expression; one of these avenues is destructive anger against self and brother. The Bible has the answers to many questions that haunt Diaspora Africans because the Bible is a history book about African People. The prophet Moses and his wife were Black Africans; this information is found in the Bible, yet is unknown to the masses. Investigation on the characters of scripture will lead to the ancient cities of Mesopotamia/Middle East, and reveal that the early Bible Patriarchs from Mesopotamia, many of their descendants are found in remote villages of African nations and linked to Africans of the Western Diaspora. What is learned from this book, is the result of many years of research, and brings together information from various sources to answer puzzling questions in one concise volume. It represents a foundational guide to those who have been confused about the current dilemma of identity that the African Diaspora finds itself in today, either as observers or as members.

Author : Richard Moriah
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452040660

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Moriah's Journey by Richard Moriah Pdf

This book can be described as a clear, keeping it real and succint portrayal of the personal growth journey of an African American man seen through his eyes beginning with a recounting of real life experiences obtained while growing up in his ancestral home in Guyana. Readers then get to travel along on this interesting journey through his young adult and middle age years while sharing in his adventures and travels as an immigrant in Canada.

Author : S. G. Smith
Publisher : New Generation Publishing
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781787191754

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Phantasmagorias, the Journey Concludes by S. G. Smith Pdf

Phantasmagorias, the Journey Concludes; the fictitious story of Richard Chambers, an anti-hero in pursuit of happiness continues. He has the woman who will be his life. However, life is full of the unexpected, he once more suffers; the pain is unsurmountable. He beats his suffering through work, he forges a career. However, he is a different person, seeking constant sexual gratification. Women, with access to the pill, also seek to explore the wonders of sex. His quest, loving women continues. He breaks hearts, but still he believes in his honesty, he is simply sharing one of life's greatest pleasures. A third love enters his life but he fights it. He shall not be broken, he shall not fall in love, he resolutely refuses, he cannot face the thought of love, once more, turning its cruel back. He finally succumbs and becomes the happiest of men, in love, deeply in love.

Author : Loïc Guyon,Andrew Watts
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443857567

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Aller(s)-Retour(s) by Loïc Guyon,Andrew Watts Pdf

If the eighteenth century was the age of reason and enlightenment, the nineteenth century was undeniably the age of movement. This tumultuous period in French history bore witness to the rise and fall of countless political movements, from revolutions and “coups d’état”, to popular protests and the first workers’ strikes. It was an age of economic movements as France embraced the new world of finance and banking, and underwent its own industrial revolution. Social mobility increased as a dynamic commercial bourgeoisie began to challenge the system of aristocratic privilege that neither the 1789 Revolution nor the Napoleonic Empire had dismantled entirely. The era was one of artistic ferment, as Romanticism gave way to Realism, Naturalism, Impressionism, and Symbolism. Intellectual and philosophical movements, from Liberalism to Saint-Simonianism, sought both to reconcile the country with its past and construct the framework for a progressive, more harmonious future. Through seventeen thematic essays, Aller(s)-Retour(s) seeks to understand nineteenth-century France as a society in perpetual motion. Recognising the instability that is key to the very concept of movement, this volume explores how the intellectual shifts and cross-currents of the nineteenth century responded to, and impacted upon, each other. Finally, it asks why questions of motion and movement dominated this period, as every sphere of French life confronted its own extremes of progress and renewal, stagnancy and regression.

Author : Michel de Montaigne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000532668

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The Works of Michael de Montaigne, Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy by Michel de Montaigne Pdf

Author : Comtesse de Ségur
Publisher : 2Language Books
Page : 1526 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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New Fairy Tales by Comtesse de Ségur Pdf

New Fairy Tales: English & French · The English text has been translated from the French. · The French text has been re-worked. · Contains commentaries on some parts of the text. · Contains a summary of French grammar. · Contains a Translation Skills Test (with Grammar tips). · Can be read in ‘English to French’; ‘French to English’; ‘English’; or ‘French’. THIS EDITION: New Fairy Tales (in French, Nouveaux Contes de fées) is a classic French book written by Comtesse de Ségur. It contains a collection of five smaller stories. This volume includes an introductory section summarising the important aspects of French grammar. The digital edition also contains a translation skills test. (Includes verb conjugation and other grammar hints.) The dual-language text has been arranged into small bilingual snippets for quick and easy cross-referencing. The content is ideal for assisting the intermediate language learner to transition to foreign language only content. Also, if the content is too difficult, there is other material put out by 2Langauge Books that can help. The reader can choose between six options: Section 1: English to French Section 2: French to English Section 3: English Section 4: French Section 5: English to French Skills Test Section 6: French to English Skills Test The eventual aim is to read with a comfortable level of understanding only in the foreign language. If you are a beginner, read the native language snippet first. If you are at an intermediate level, read the foreign language snippet first. The advanced level is like the beginners level, except you have to try and figure out the foreign language text, instead of having it provided. One way to do this is to cover the foreign text snippet. In the digital edition, you can take an intermediate or advanced level skills test. Many basic language books offer some form of audio support. Internet services — primarily news based radio stations — offer podcasts. Audio from television is an additional resource, and can be formatted for use on various digital platforms. However, if audio is an important component of your interest in languages, electronic devices that support quality text-to-speech (TTS) will likely be appealing. With a library card, TTS technology (in a device that supports the relevant content), and the above mentioned resources (as digital content), an entire language learning system is available for not much more than a cup of coffee! There is no substantial financial outlay to get you started. Furthermore, there are no additional ongoing fees (and updates), and there are no expiry dates on ‘premium’ content and resources. (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books

Author : Hena Maes-Jelinek
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789401203210

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The Labyrinth of Universality by Hena Maes-Jelinek Pdf

Wilson Harris, many times nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a British writer of Guyanese origin, one of the most original novelists and critics of the twentieth century, and probably the first to use and interpret the aesthetically fruitful notion of cross-culturalism. Harris's insights into the profound symbiosis between history, culture and artistic expression were initially inspired by his encounters with Amerindians in the Guyanese rainforest interior, where he led many surveying expeditions. These encounters aroused his interest in pre-Columbian peoples, who figure prominently in many of his novels and stories. His perception of the Guyanese landscape is the source of his unique narrative rhetoric, richly metaphoric language, and philosophy of existence: i.e. the epistemological and phenomenological interrelatedness between man, animal life, and nature. The present study offers magisterial, in-depth interpretations of Harris's exhilaratingly complex and shape-shifting fictional worlds.

Author : Krzysztof Leśniewski
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647573496

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Man in Metanoiacal Dialogue with God by Krzysztof Leśniewski Pdf

This work is a theological analysis and interpretation of the Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete. The hermeneutic method used in the monograph consists in a comprehensive examination of key Greek concepts and phrases occurring in the analysed hymn in various contexts in which they occur, and on this basis creating a theological-existential synthesis. This method is based on the search for the spiritual and existential meaning of the most important terms and thus refers to the essential assumptions of patristic allegorical exegesis. The hermeneutic analysis of the content of the Great Canon in conjunction with the contextual analysis of the vocabulary used in it was considered the most appropriate, since it is the work of St Andrew of Crete can be compared to a poetic carpet woven from phrases from the Old and New Testament, which are combined with existential confessions and spiritual indications, expressed in Eastern Orthodox hesychastic terms.

Author : Selwyn R. Cudjoe
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781628467796

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Caribbean Visionary by Selwyn R. Cudjoe Pdf

Caribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880–1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator, and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, the book outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in an age of colonialism, imperialism, and indentureship. In this fascinating work, Selwyn R. Cudjoe examines Webber's emergence from the interior of Guyana to become a major presence in Caribbean politics. Caribbean Visionary examines Webber's insightful novel, Those That Be in Bondage, his travel writings, and his poetry. The book chronicles his formation of the West Indian Press Association, his work on British Guiana's constitution, and his championing of its people's causes. Cudjoe studies Webber's work with the British Guiana Labour Union to improve the conditions of the Guyanese working people and Webber's authorship of the Centenary History and Handbook of British Guiana. An important addition to Caribbean intellectual history, Caribbean Visionary is an indispensable work for scholars interested in the region's literature, political science, and economic thought. It is also an invaluable resource for those who wish to understand the genesis of contemporary Guyana and the English-speaking Caribbean.

Author : Laurence L. Bongie
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773572249

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From Rogue to Everyman by Laurence L. Bongie Pdf

Julie knew intimately the sights, sounds, and smells of the French capital, its Opera and playhouses, law courts, narrow dirty streets, hackney coaches, great houses, low taverns, and splendid public gardens. Working first as an informer and later as a police officer, he came to know only too well the activities of the capital's rakes, thieves, loan sharks, pickpockets, confidence men, blackmailers, crooked gamblers, and rowdy bullying soldiers, not to mention its twenty or thirty thousand prostitutes - all closely watched by as many as three thousand government spies and the eighteenth-century world's most invasive police network. Julie established close contacts with a number of the capital's leading "maquerelles" as well as their distinguished clients, and his underground news sheets, lifted mainly from secret vice squad reports, provided a restricted circle of wealthy subscribers with racy accounts of the town's sexual dalliances. His story ends in the dreaded Bastille. Extensive quotations from Julie's writings trace the moral itinerary of a clever, manipulating rogue, spirited liar, thief, poetaster, and libertine.

Author : Anita Obermeier
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004456143

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The History and Anatomy of Auctorial Self-Criticism in the European Middle Ages by Anita Obermeier Pdf

This study outlines the history and anatomy of the European apology tradition from the sixth century BCE to 1500 for the first time. The study examines the vernacular and Latin tales, lyrics, epics, and prose compositions of Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Spanish, and Welsh authors. Three different strands of the apology tradition can be proposed. The first and most pervasive strand features apologies to pagan deities and-later-to God. The second most important strand contains literary apologies made to an earthly audience, usually of women. A third strand occurs more rarely and contains apologies for varying literary offenses that are directed to a more general audience. The medieval theory of language privileges an imitation of the Christian master narrative and a hierarchical medieval view of authorship. These notions express a medieval philosophical concern about language and its role, and therefore the role of the author, in cosmic history. Despite the fact that women apologize for different purposes and reasons, their examples illustrate, on yet another level, the antifeminist subtext inherent in the entire apology tradition. Overall, the apology tradition characterized by interauctoriality, intertextuality, and intratextuality, enables self-critical authors to refer not only backward but also-primarily-forward, making the medieval apology a progressive strategy that engenders new literature. This study would be relevant to all medievalists, especially those interested in literature and the history of ideas.