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On Writing Short Stories

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bailey, Tom, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, On Writing Short Stories ong>ofong>fers a fascinating introduction to writing fiction and ong>theong> short story by bringing togeong>theong>r 9 original ong>essaysong> by prong>ofong>essional writers and 30 exemplars ong>ofong> short fiction. ong>Theong> first part features original ong>essaysong> by well-known authors such as Francine Prose, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andre Dubus that take ong>theong> student through ong>theong> process ong>ofong> writing ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> focus on ong>theong> characteristics and craft ong>ofong> ong>theong> short story and its writer, and take ong>theong> student from ong>theong> workshopping process all ong>theong> way through ong>theong> experience ong>ofong> working with agents and publishers. ong>Theong> second part ong>ofong> ong>theong> text is an anthology ong>ofong> stories-many referred to in ong>theong> ong>essaysong>-that gives readers dynamic examples ong>ofong> technique brought to life. In this second edition, Bailey brings ong>theong> text up-to-date with new and revised ong>essaysong> and a freshened anthology that retains many ong>ofong> ong>theong> classics, but adds in new styles and diverse voices-from short short fiction to ong>theong> postcolonial writing ong>ofong> non-Western authors. In doing so, Bailey gives readers a broader scope ong>ofong> ong>theong> short fiction landscape. ong>Theong> first part ong>ofong> ong>theong> text now features Bailey's updated essay on ong>theong> elements ong>ofong> fiction, which incorporates many ong>ofong> ong>theong> nw stories in ong>theong> anthology. ong>Theong>re are also two new ong>essaysong> that expand on ong>theong> workshopping process: "Whose Story Is It? ong>Theong> Anonymous Workshop" by Antonya Nelson and "After ong>theong> Workshop: Transitional Drafts" by Robert Nelson. C. Michael Curtis also updates his essay on "Publishers and Publishing" from ong>theong> first edition, bringing in ong>theong> latest innovations in electronic and online publishing.

Critical Essays on Daniel Defoe: Daniel Defoe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lund, Roger D. / Bartels Emily, C., PUBLISHER: Twayne Publishers, ong>Theong> full range ong>ofong> literary traditions comes to life in ong>theong> Twayne Critical ong>Essaysong> Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical ong>essaysong> that represent ong>theong> full spectrum ong>ofong> controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. ong>Essaysong> include writings from ong>theong> author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from ong>theong> time ong>theong>y were writing, through ong>theong> present day. Each volume includes: -- An introduction providing ong>theong> reader with a lucid overview ong>ofong> criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches and sorting out ong>theong> schools ong>ofong> thought -- ong>Theong> most influential reviews and ong>theong> best reprinted scholarly ong>essaysong> -- A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by ong>theong> subject's contemporaries -- Original ong>essaysong>, new translations and revisions commissioned especially for ong>theong> series -- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments -- A bibliography ong>ofong> ong>theong> subject's writings and interviews -- A name and subject index

Cambridge and the Torres Strait: Centenary Essays on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Herle, Anita / Rouse, Sandra / Anita, Herle, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Torres Strait has an established place in ong>theong> history ong>ofong> anthropology because ong>ofong> its association with ong>theong> Cambridge University Expedition ong>ofong> organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event in ong>theong> formation ong>ofong> academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguistics, sociology and ethnomusicology. ong>Theong> nine interdisciplinary ong>essaysong> in this centenary volume ong>ofong>fer ways ong>ofong> looking at and situation ong>theong> Expedition's work in historical and intellectual debates. Central ong>theong>mes covered are ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> expedition members and ong>theong> Torres Strait Islanders: ong>theong> innovations associated with ong>theong> Expedition and ong>theong> Expedition's influence on ong>theong> development ong>ofong> anthropology and psychology. One hundred years on, ong>theong> results ong>ofong> ong>theong> Expedition have a contemporary relevance for anthropology and for ong>theong> Torres Strait Islanders.

Essays on Medieval German Literature and Iconography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pickering, F. P., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In making this selection ong>ofong> twelve ong>essaysong> spanning ong>theong> period , Prong>ofong>essor Pickering has borne in mind that many ong>ofong> his recent readers are not students ong>ofong> German, but ong>ofong> comparative literature, art, history or ong>theong>ology, and he has translated three ong>ofong> ong>theong> twelve for ong>theong> occasion. He has grouped ong>theong>m according to ong>theong>ir 'approach' and introduced each with reference to his oong>theong>r writings.

The Atlantic in Global History:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canizares-Esguerra, Jorge / Seeman, Erik R., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, This reader, composed ong>ofong> original ong>essaysong> by leading authors, expands ong>theong> category ong>ofong> ong>theong> Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically. It firmly places ong>theong> Atlantic within global history and ong>theong> coverage expands into ong>theong> nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> present events that formed ong>theong> nations and cultures ong>ofong> ong>theong> Atlantic region and show ong>theong>ir global roots and how ong>theong>y intertwine with non-Atlantic communities ong>ofong> ong>theong> world.

Collected Papers: Critical Essys and Collected Essays

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ryle, Gilbert, PUBLISHER: Thoemmes Press, Volume one consists ong>ofong> articles on figures as diverse as Plato and Heidegger, Wittgenstein and Jane Austen. Volume two contains articles on several issues in philosophical logic and ong>theong> philosophy ong>ofong> mind. ong>Ofong> particular interest are a number ong>ofong> papers on occurrent thoughts, a topic inadequately treated -- as Ryle was ong>theong> first to admit -- in his book ong>Theong> Concept ong>ofong> Mind.

Aspects of Malory

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Takamiya, Toshiyuki / Brewer, Derek, PUBLISHER: Boydell & Brewer, This volume ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> is aimed at advancing ong>theong> appreciation ong>ofong> Malory, an author who has always been enjoyed by ong>theong> common reader, but is still sometimes underestimated by ong>theong> critics. Despite an increasing number ong>ofong> articles on Malory, ong>theong>re is a need for a general survey ong>ofong> recent research, whichl> Aspects ong>ofong> Malory /l>provides. ong>Theong> volume opens with a note by ong>theong> late Prong>ofong>essor Vinaver on Malory's prose, and three ong>essaysong> on Malory's Englishness and his English sources, including an essay by P. J. C. Field which argues for an English raong>theong>r than a French origin for ong>theong> l>Tale ong>ofong> Gareth/l>. This is followed by two ong>essaysong> on Malory's French sources, by Jill Mann and Mary Hynes-Berry. ong>Theong>rence McCarthy re-exasmines ong>theong> sequence ong>ofong> ong>theong> tales, and three furong>theong>r ong>essaysong> look at ong>theong> scribal and textual tradition ong>ofong> Malory's work, in particular ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> Winchester MS, Caxton's printed version, and ong>theong> history ong>ofong> ong>theong> MS. Finally, Richard R. Griffith reconsiders ong>theong> authorship question, and proposes a long-forgotten Thomas Malory as ong>theong> most likely candidate. ong>Theong>re is a bibliography ong>ofong> recent research compiled by Prong>ofong>essor Takamiya.Full ong>ofong> sound scholarship'. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTVolume ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> aimed at advancing ong>theong> appreciation ong>ofong> Malory and providing a general survey ong>ofong> critical research; topics covered include Malory's sources, both French and English, ong>theong> scribal and texual tradition ong>ofong> his work, and ong>theong> question ong>ofong> authorship.

Social Ecology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guha, Ramachandra, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Social Ecology brings togeong>theong>r a selection ong>ofong> pioneering ong>essaysong> on a subject ong>ofong> increasing interest to sociologists and social anthropologists. With ong>theong> growing awareness ong>ofong> ong>theong> causes and consequences ong>ofong> environmental degradation, ong>theong> once neglected field ong>ofong> social ecology has assumed enormous ong>theong>oretical and practical importance. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> assembled in this anthology provide a state ong>ofong> ong>theong> art survey ong>ofong> ong>theong> field as well as an orientation to future research. As ong>theong> first such anthology ong>ofong> its kind, it provides a compact and analytically sophisticated overview ong>ofong> environment and society in contemporary India. It should be ong>ofong> great interest to administrators, activists, and development prong>ofong>essionals as well as students and scholars working in ong>theong> field.

The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayer, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> examines ong>theong> institutional framework in which monetary policy is made. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> consider two questions: How free is ong>theong> Fed to set monetary policy and to what extent do organizational problems affect ong>theong> choice ong>ofong> that monetary policy? Topics covered include ong>theong> Fed's response to movements on its goals, Congressional and presidential pressures on ong>theong> Fed, ong>theong> existence ong>ofong> political business cycles operating through monetary policy, and ong>theong> extent to which monetary policy may be explained by ong>theong> Fed's own interests. A final section examines ong>theong> claim that ong>theong> Federal Reserve follows countercyclical policy and evaluates its performance as a lender to banks both in normal times and as a lender ong>ofong> last resort.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Souong>theong>rn Illinois University Press, This synong>theong>sis ong>ofong> research into ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> humans and oong>theong>r social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence ong>ofong> ong>theong> perspectives ong>ofong> ong>theong> life sciences, social sciences, and physical sciences and longitudinally from that ong>ofong> ong>theong> most recent 60 million years, but emphasizing ong>theong> last 12 thousand years. From a political science perspective, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> focus on both individual and small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary ong>theong>ory, biosocial and psychobiological ong>theong>ory, ethology and primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, and ong>theong> philosophy ong>ofong> both life and social sciences. Introducing and concluding ong>theong> book are ong>essaysong> that discuss ong>theong> implications ong>ofong> biology and ong>theong> life sciences for ong>theong> study ong>ofong> political science. ong>Theong> oong>theong>rs center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study ong>ofong> human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary ong>theong>ory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, and ontogenetic); and ong>theong> evolution ong>ofong> human thinking.

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On ong>theong> Functions ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and ong>ofong> Each ong>ofong> Its Parts: With Observations on ong>theong> Possibility ong>ofong> Determining ong>theong> Instincts, Propensities, and Talents, or ong>theong> Moral and Intellectual Dispositions ong>ofong> Men and Animals, by ong>theong> Configuration ong>ofong> ong>theong> Brain and Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

Reader Of The Purple Sage: Essays On Western Writers And

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ann Ronald, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nevada Press, NA Acquista Ora

The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, ong>Theong> Presidency & ong>theong> Political System, now in an updated sixth edition, incorporates ong>theong> most recent research and scholarship on ong>theong> presidency. Each ong>ofong> ong>theong> 20 thought-provoking original ong>essaysong>, written by some ong>ofong> ong>theong> field's most prominent scholars, explores an important aspect ong>ofong> ong>theong> relationship between ong>theong> presidency and our political system.

Healing the Wounds Essays on the Reconstruction of Societies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marie Claire Foblets Trutz von Trotha, PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd, NA

The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stokes, Eric / Stokes, E. T., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se twelve ong>essaysong> explore ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> south Asian agrarian society and examine ong>theong> extent to which it changed during ong>theong> period ong>ofong> British rule. ong>Theong> central focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is directed to peasant agitation and violence and four ong>ofong> ong>theong> studies look at ong>theong> agrarian explosion that formed ong>theong> background to ong>theong> Mutiny. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> give a coherent historical treatment ong>ofong> ong>theong> Indian peasant world, and ong>theong> paperback edition ong>ofong> this successful book will be ong>ofong> interest to ong>theong> student ong>ofong> peasant studies and to ong>theong> sociologist as well as to development economists and agronomists generally.

Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the Middle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johnson, Dale L., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> in this volume expound a new ong>theong>oretical perspective on ong>theong> formation and function ong>ofong> ong>theong> middle class. Drawing on currents within Marxism, particularly Marxist structuralism, ong>theong> ong>essaysong> first re-examine ong>theong> basic tenets ong>ofong> class structure ong>theong>ory, ong>theong>n develop ong>theong>ir own approach and methodology. This approach is ong>theong>n applied to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> ong>theong> North American intermediate class. Why is it sometimes liberal and progressive, sometimes a social basis for right-wing reaction?...specialists in Marxist class ong>theong>ory will find it covers most recent developments in analysis and is constructively self-critical.' -- "Reviewing Sociology, Vol 3, Issue

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Magee, Bryan, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Theong> most comprehensive treatment in English ong>ofong> Schopenhauer's philosophy, this book presents a ong>briefong> biography ong>ofong> Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition ong>ofong> his thought, and a critical discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> problems to which it gives rise and its influence on a wide range ong>ofong> philosophers and artists, particularly Wagner and Wittgenstein.

Rome and Constantinople: Essays in the Dialogue of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barringer, Robert, PUBLISHER: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, A collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> from ong>theong> exchange between Orthodox and Roman Catholic ong>theong>ologians in Canada.

The Poetics of Derek Walcott: Intertextual Perspectives

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davis, Gregson, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> collected in this issue ong>ofong>fer complementary critical perspectives on ong>theong> mature lyric work ong>ofong> Derek Walcott, ong>theong> acclaimed Nobel laureate from ong>theong> Caribbean island ong>ofong> St. Lucia. ong>Theong> centerpiece ong>ofong> ong>theong> ensemble is a previously unpublished essay in which Walcott's reflections on poetics illuminate his project in ong>theong> masterpiece, "Omeros." Oong>theong>r contributions by literary scholars in North America and ong>theong> Caribbean focus on fundamental dimensions ong>ofong> Walcott's craft and on such ong>theong>matic preoccupations as ong>theong> intersection ong>ofong> pictorial and verbal modes ong>ofong> representation, ong>theong> deployment ong>ofong> nuanced intertextual strategies (especially in relation to ong>theong> Greco-Roman canon), ong>theong> invention ong>ofong> a viable artistic identity in a postcolonial intercultural milieu, and ong>theong> psychosocial modeling ong>ofong> ong>theong> process ong>ofong> literary apprenticeship. "Contributors. "Edward Baugh, Peter Burian, Gregson Davis, Carol Dougherty, Joseph Farrell, Judith Harris, Timothy Hong>ofong>meister, Derek Walcott

L'amore fatale

Ian McEwan A ong>briefong> meeting on ong>theong> afternoon ong>ofong> a ballooning accident changes ong>theong> lives ong>ofong> two men, threatening one man's rationalism, relationship with his wife, and his own life. (cod. I_)

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, ong>Ofong> Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus had migrated to Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Roman Antiquities" and teaching ong>theong> art ong>ofong> rhetoric and literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work and in his teaching, was to re-establish ong>theong> classical Attic standards ong>ofong> purity, invention and taste in order to reassert ong>theong> primacy ong>ofong> Greek as ong>theong> literary language ong>ofong> ong>theong> Mediterranean world. He advocated ong>theong> minute study ong>ofong> ong>theong> styles ong>ofong> ong>theong> finest prose authors ong>ofong> ong>theong> fifth and fourth century BCE, especially ong>theong> Attic orators. His critical ong>essaysong> on ong>theong>se and on ong>theong> historian Thucydides represent an important development from ong>theong> somewhat mechanical techniques ong>ofong> rhetorical handbooks to a more sensitive criticism ong>ofong> individual authors. Illustrating his analysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number ong>ofong> important fragments ong>ofong> Lysias and Isaeus. ong>Theong> ong>essaysong> on those two orators and on Isocrates, Demosong>theong>nes and Thucydides comprise Volume I ong>ofong> this edition. Volume II contains three letters to his students; a short essay on ong>theong> orator Dinarchus; and his finest work, ong>theong> essay "On Literary Composition, " which combines rhetoric, grammar and criticism in a manner unique in ancient literature. ong>Theong> Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition ong>ofong> "Roman Antiquities, " by Dionysius ong>ofong> Halicarnassus, a history from earliest times to 264 BCE.

New Essays on Wise Blood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kreyling, Michael / Elliot, Emory / Kreyling, Michael, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong>se new critical ong>essaysong> on Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's explosive first novel, not only question our understanding ong>ofong> ong>theong> "Souong>theong>rn Gothic," but launch a new inquiry into ong>theong> nature and history ong>ofong> O'Connor's critical reputation. Perceived as a "classic" American writer despite ong>theong> double setbacks ong>ofong> being a woman and a twentieth-century author, O'Connor continues to speak with striking clarity and disturbing vision to successive generations.

Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, : The Ford

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Langford, Paul, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Theong> common view ong>ofong> eighteenth-century politics is one ong>ofong> aristocratic dominance coexisting with plebeian ong>vitalityong>. Langford explores ong>theong> terrain which lay between ong>theong> high ground ong>ofong> elite rule and ong>theong> low ground ong>ofong> popular politics, ong>ofong>fering a major reassessment ong>ofong> ong>theong> place ong>ofong> ong>theong> propertied class.

The Church in Colonial Latin America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwaller, John F. / Schwaller, John Frederick, PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is a collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> that include classic articles and pieces based on more modern research. Containing ong>essaysong> that explore ong>theong> Catholic Church's active social and political influence, this volume provides ong>theong> background necessary for students to grasp ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church in Latin America. This text also presents a comprehensive, analytic, and descriptive history ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church and its development during ong>theong> colonial period. From ong>theong> evangelization ong>ofong> ong>theong> New World by Spanish missionaries to ong>theong> active influence ong>ofong> ong>theong> Catholic Church on Latin American culture, this book ong>ofong>fers a complete picture ong>ofong> ong>theong> Church in colonial Latin America. ong>Theong> Church in Colonial Latin America is ideal for courses in ong>theong> colonial period in Latin American history, as well as courses in religion, church history, and missionary history.

The Century of Bach and Mozart: Perspectives on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Sean / Kelly, Thomas Forrest, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Department ong>ofong> Music, For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as towering representatives ong>ofong> European music ong>ofong> ong>theong> eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesong>theong>tic trends ong>ofong> ong>theong> period. Research on ong>theong>ir compositions continues in many ways to shape our broader understanding ong>ofong> eighteenth-century musical thought and its contexts. This collection ong>ofong> ong>essaysong> by leading authorities in ong>theong> field ong>ofong>fers a variety ong>ofong> new perspectives on ong>theong> two composers, as well as some ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir important contemporaries, Haydn in particular. Addressing topics as diverse as ong>theong> historiography ong>ofong> eighteenth-century music, concepts ong>ofong> time and musical form, ong>theong> idea ong>ofong> ong>theong> musical work and its relation to publishing practices, compositional process, and performance practice, ong>theong>se ong>essaysong> togeong>theong>r constitute a major contribution to eighteenth-century studies. This book had its origin in a conference that took place at ong>theong> Music Department ong>ofong> Harvard University on September , to honor Prong>ofong>essor Christoph Wolff, Adams University Prong>ofong>essor at Harvard University.

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