Author: Holt Rinehart & WinstonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780030946356
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Compact Anthology of World Literature
Author: Laura GettyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781940771229
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
"The introductions in this anthology are meant to be just that: a basic overview of what students need to know before they begin reading, with topics that students can research further. An open access literature textbook cannot be a history book at the same time, but history is the great companion of literature: The more history students know, the easier it is for them to interpret literature. In an electronic age, with this text available to anyone with computer access around the world, it has never been more necessary to recognize and understand differences among nationalities and cultures. The literature in this anthology is foundational, in the sense that these works influenced the authors who followed them. A word to the instructor: The texts have been chosen with the idea that they can be compared and contrasted, using common themes. Rather than numerous (and therefore often random) choices of texts from various periods, these selected works are meant to make both teaching and learning easier. While cultural expectations are not universal, many of the themes found in these works are."--Open Textbook Library.
Aristocracy and the Modern World
Author: Ellis WassonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137040297
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Ellis Wasson offers one of the first comprehensive studies of the European ruling class during the 19th and 20th centuries. Distilling a wealth of recent research, Wasson analyses the role of aristocracy in modern times, focusing on the tensions that exist between egalitarian values and the way elites shape society. Wasson explodes myths and jettisons stereotypes in sweeping coverage that takes the story from the Congress of Vienna to Stalingrad. The study recounts the change from the genteel world of court balls to Café Society and finally on to Eurotrash. It also contrasts the paradox of continued aristocratic social power and cultural leadership with the gradual decline in their political authority. Aristocracy and the Modern World covers key topics, such as: - The fabulous wealth of the great magnates - The relationship between servants and masters - Interaction with the middle classes - Concepts of honour - Culture, recreation and gender - Local authority and national power. Lively and authoritative, the book reviews developments in Scandinavia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Italy and Spain as well as in Britain, Germany and Russia. It is essential reading for all those with an interest in modern European history.
Discipleship of the Mind
Author: James W. SirePublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 9780877849858
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Discussing worldview thinking, the foundations of knowledge and the relationship between knowing and doing, James W. Sire shows Christians how to honor God with their minds.
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Author: Lori Verstegen
Author: Michael MackLiterature Against Itself
Author: Gerald GraffPublisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN: 9781566630979
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first and still one of the best critiques of post-1960s cultural radicalism, analyzing why and how the defenders of literature have gone wrong. "A wonderfully trenchant and illuminating inquiry.--Virginia Quarterly Review.
Author: Malcolm Bradbury
Author: Louis Untermeyer