A Student's Guide to Literature
A Student's Guide to Literature

Author: R. V. Young

Publisher: ISI Books

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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In a time of mass culture and pulp fiction, can great literature still be discerned, much less defended? Why is literature so compelling? What should we read? Literary critic R. V. Young addresses these timely issues in this guide to Western literature and poetry. He demonstrates that literature liberates the mind from cultural and temporal provincialism by expanding our intellectual and emotional horizons. Learn how great fiction and poetry are integral to a liberal education, and more than that, learn to love the classic works of literature again—or for the first time.

English Literature
English Literature

Author: Martin Stephen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-30

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1317876377

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Now appearing in its third edition, Martin Stephen's classic text and course companion to English literature has been thoroughly revised and updated, taking account of the changes which have occurred in the subject since publication of the second edition.

Literature
Literature

Author: Louis Markos

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2012-06-30

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1433531453

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Enjoying poetry and novels can seem irrelevant and out of touch in a world of texting, tweeting, and blogging. But even in this technological age literature matters. Seasoned professor Louis Markos invites us into the great literary conversation that has been taking place throughout the ages and illuminates the wisdom to be found therein. He offers both a guide to studying and understanding literature, especially poetry, and an inspiring look at what it means to think like poets and view the world through literary eyes. This book holds out a truth for all: that the understanding and appreciation of literature draws us closer to God, his Word, and his work in the world.

A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education
A Student's Guide to Academic and Professional Writing in Education

Author: Katie O. Arosteguy

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2019-06-07

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0807761230

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This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers. It provides clear and helpful advice for responding to the varying contexts, audiences, and purposes that arise in four written categories in education: classroom, research, credential, and stakeholder writing. The book moves from academic to professional writing and chapters include a discussion of relevant genres, mentor texts with salient features identified, visual aids, and exercises that ask students to apply their understanding of the concepts. Readers learn about the scholarly and qualitative research processes prevalent in the field of education and are encouraged to use writing to facilitate change that improves teaching and learning conditions. Book Features: · Presents a rhetorical approach to writing in education. · Includes detailed student samples for each of the four major categories of writing. · Articulates writing as a core intellectual responsibility of teachers. · Details the library and qualitative research process using examples from education. · Includes many user-friendly features, such as reflection questions and writing prompts.

A Student's Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Student's Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald

Author: Eva Weisbrod

Publisher: Enslow Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780766022027

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, chronicler of the "Jazz Age," is one of the finest writers in the history of American literature. As both a leading participant and an observer of the times he described, he captured the spirit of an era perhaps as no other writer, before or since, ever has. Today, Fitzgerald's novels, stories, and essays are nearly all recognized as American classics. His novel The Great Gatsby is often described as the "Great American Novel." In this Student's Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald, the career of this literary giant is examined, offering accessible insight for young readers. Each work is placed in historical and biographical context, with special emphasis on Fitzgerald's curriculum-related works such as The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and The Beautiful and Damned, along with several of his short stories and other works. Book jacket.

A Student's Guide to Robert Frost
A Student's Guide to Robert Frost

Author: Connie Ann Kirk

Publisher: Enslow Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780766024342

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Robert Frost was the most popular poet of the 20th century. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times and was awarded the position of Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress (a position later called Poet Laureate of the United States). Poems are put into historical and biographical context, including Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Road Not Taken, The Gift Outright, and Fire and Ice.

A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning
A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning

Author: James V. Schall

Publisher: ISI Books

Published: 2019-06-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781882926534

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A Georgetown professor’s look at the subjects one needs to study for a truly well-rounded education. A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach to study currently dominating higher education. Freshly conveying the excitement of learning from the acknowledged masters of intellectual life, this guide is also an excellent blueprint for building one’s own library of books that matter.

A Student's Guide to the Study of History
A Student's Guide to the Study of History

Author: John Lukacs

Publisher: ISI Books

Published: 2000-07-01

Total Pages: 60

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To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past—to remain ignorant of the deeds and writings of previous generations—is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. In this brief but indispensable guide, the eminent historian John Lukacs shows you what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why you should study history.

A Student's Guide to
A Student's Guide to

Author: Ralph M. McInerny

Publisher: ISI Books

Published: 1999-11

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical overview of a particular discipline, explains the central ideas of each subject, and evaluates the works of thinkers whose ideas have shaped our world. They will aid students seeking to make better decisions about their course of study as well as general readers who wish to supplement their education. All who treasure the world of ideas and liberal learning will be motivated by these original and stimulating.

A Student's Guide to African American Literature, 1760 to the Present
A Student's Guide to African American Literature, 1760 to the Present

Author: Lovalerie King

Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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A Students' Guide to African American Literature, 1760 to the Present is designed to assist college students (and others) who are relative novices to the study of African American literature. Focusing on the prose tradition (from early autobiographical narratives to contemporary fiction), the author highlights themes, issues, and motifs peculiar to, and recurring in, African American literature, while providing students with more specific information on a number of key texts. Each chapter comes with suggestions for assignments and a selected bibliography for further research. The book also contains an appendix, which contains six student essays, as well as a useful glossary.