Adventures in World Literature
Author | : James Applegate |
Publisher | : Holt McDougal |
Total Pages | : 1068 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780153353956 |
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Author | : James Applegate |
Publisher | : Holt McDougal |
Total Pages | : 1068 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780153353956 |
Author | : Rewey Belle Inglis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1320 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Anthologies |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : Master Books |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780890512777 |
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 | : John Granger |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2009-07-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1101133139 |
Harry Potter. The name conjures up J.K. Rowling's wondrous world of magic that has captured the imaginations of millions on both the printed page and the silver screen with bestselling novels and blockbuster films. The true magic found in this children's fantasy series lies not only in its appeal to people of all ages but in its connection to the greater world of classic literature. Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures explores the literary landscape of themes and genres J.K. Rowling artfully wove throughout her novels-and the influential authors and stories that inspired her. From Jane Austen's Emma and Charles Dickens's class struggles, through the gothic romances of Dracula and Frankenstein and the detective mysteries of Dorothy L. Sayers, to the dramatic alchemy of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and William Shakespeare, Rowling cast a powerful spell with the great books of English literature that transformed the story of a young wizard into a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Author | : Judith Kay |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press ELT |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Adventures in Literature is a lower-level introduction to literature for ESL learners. The literature used is unique -- the authors draw on dialogue (mostly from short stories) to help less-proficient students develop an interest and understanding of literature. The authors whose work appears in this text include O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, George Orwell, Mona Gardner, James Thurber, Saki, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Colette, Alphonse Daudet, and Kate Chopin. Adventures in Literature includes a focus on vocabulary and a review of grammar. Each reading is accompanied by: pre-reading exercises grammar lessons vocabulary development exercises writing exercises discussion topics.
Author | : Wendy McClure |
Publisher | : Riverhead Books |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1594485682 |
A pioneer pilgrimage, a tribute to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a hilarious account of butter-churning obsession will make this a sure favorite.
Author | : David Damrosch |
Publisher | : Options for Teaching |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Alfred Lansing |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2014-04-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465058795 |
Experience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) 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. In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
Author | : Brian Doyle |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2017-03-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250100534 |
"An affectionate homage...a loving reconstruction of an era of storytelling now lost." —The New York Times "[A] triumph...If a writer is going to put on Stevenson’s voice, he’d better, as the poets say, 'bring it.' Reader, Doyle has brought it...Adventures is a tonic for our bitter times." —Washington Post The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco in the 19th century while waiting for his beloved’s divorce from her feckless husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady’s adventurous and globe-trotting husband—but he never got around to it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now Brian Doyle brings Stevenson’s untold tale to life, braiding the adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson, wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.
Author | : Matthew Beaumont |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 047069131X |
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