The Literature WorkbookRoutledge, 2002 M09 11 - 176 páginas The Literature Workbook is a practical introductory textbook for literary studies, which can be used either for independent study or as part of a taught class. Laying the ground for further study, The Literature Workbook introduces the beginning student to the essential analytic and interpretative skills that are needed for literary appreciation and evaluation. It also equips the teacher with practical tools and materials for use in seminars or when setting written assessments and projects. Arranged according to genre and chronology, the chapters acquaint the reader with a range of key figures in English literaure and encourage the reader to think about them in their historical and cultural contexts. Adopting a user-friendly case-study approach, each chapter contains * exercises and activities * discussion hints * project work * suggestions for further reading The Workbook also includes: * a glossary * a subject and name index. |
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... word ! ' by Edna St Vincent Millay , from Collected Poems , HarperCollins , copyright © 1923 , 1951 by Edna St Vincent Millay and Norma Millay Ellis , all rights reserved , reprinted by permission of Elizabeth Barnett , literary ...
... word ! ' by Edna St Vincent Millay , from Collected Poems , HarperCollins , copyright © 1923 , 1951 by Edna St Vincent Millay and Norma Millay Ellis , all rights reserved , reprinted by permission of Elizabeth Barnett , literary ...
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... , so we have added extensive notes that will help you to work out difficult words and ultimately - we hope to enjoy reading Elizabethan English . All the chapters conclude with sections that offer a chance Using this book.
... , so we have added extensive notes that will help you to work out difficult words and ultimately - we hope to enjoy reading Elizabethan English . All the chapters conclude with sections that offer a chance Using this book.
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... word on these texts ! A last comment before we embark on our study is that it will be successful only to the extent that it encourages you to read beyond the Workbook itself , to read the whole of the literary texts ( novels , plays ...
... word on these texts ! A last comment before we embark on our study is that it will be successful only to the extent that it encourages you to read beyond the Workbook itself , to read the whole of the literary texts ( novels , plays ...
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... words Christ addressed to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection ( see John 20:17 ) but they are also said to have been the motto which Caesar's deer wore in their collars to keep hunters away ; Cesars I ame echoes the gospel ' Render ...
... words Christ addressed to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection ( see John 20:17 ) but they are also said to have been the motto which Caesar's deer wore in their collars to keep hunters away ; Cesars I ame echoes the gospel ' Render ...
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... words which rhyme and the rhyming scheme was relatively easy to achieve , whereas English , instead , is a language which poses great difficulties to a poet looking for words which rhyme with each other , particularly for ' full ' rhyme ...
... words which rhyme and the rhyming scheme was relatively easy to achieve , whereas English , instead , is a language which poses great difficulties to a poet looking for words which rhyme with each other , particularly for ' full ' rhyme ...
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From the Elizabethan sonnet to the present | 23 |
Miltons When I Consider | 30 |
Shelleys Sonnet to England in 1819 | 36 |
same but different | 45 |
Activity and project work | 51 |
DEATH ON STAGE | 54 |
The artist as dreamer | 87 |
Characterization through dialogue | 93 |
Dialogue and wit | 99 |
Hard Times | 105 |
The two meanings of fancy | 111 |
LAUGHTER IN PATRIARCHY | 116 |
Colonial and patriarchal implications | 122 |
Lies of Silence | 129 |
Women welcoming death in The White Devil | 61 |
SHERIDANS SCHOOL FOR MARRIAGE | 68 |
Comedy and the confusion of identity | 74 |
DEGENERATE APEMEN OR HEROIC | 80 |
Activity and project work | 136 |
Index | 145 |
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