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Tristram Shandy (Routledge Revivals)
by Max ByrdMax Byrd’s lucidly written and compelling volume aims to provide a scholarly introduction to one of the most puzzling pieces of eighteenth-century literature, and a stimulus to critical thought and discussion. Laurence Sterne – an eccentric and largely unsuccessful clergyman - was forty-six when he sat down in January of 1759 to being his literary masterpiece. Aside from his sermons, only two of which had ever been published, Sterne had little more to do with the literary life than any other respectable provincial clergyman. His explosion into the history of English literature occurred not only without preparation, but also without apparent aptitude. Tristram Shandy, first published in 1985, sketches Sterne’s life and literary antecedents, closely analysing key passages of his great satire and concluding with the critical history and bibliography. It will thus be of use to all students of eighteenth-century English literature.
Tristram Shandy (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
by SparkNotesTristram Shandy (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Laurence Sterne Making the reading experience fun! Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis *Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols *A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers
Triumph Revisited: Historians Battle for the Vietnam War
by Andrew WiestMore than thirty years later, the Vietnam War still stands as one of the most controversial events in the history of the United States, and historians have so far failed to come up with a definitive narrative of the wartime experience. With competing viewpoints already in play, Mark Moyar’s recent revisionist approach in Triumph Forsaken has created heated debate over who "owns" the history of America’s war in Vietnam. Triumph Revisited: Historians Battle for the Vietnam War collects critiques of Triumph Forsaken from both sides of this debate, written by an array of Vietnam scholars, cataloguing arguments about how the war should be remembered, how history may be reconstructed, and by whom. A lively introduction and conclusion by editors Andrew Wiest and Michael Doidge provide context and balance to the essays, as well as Moyar’s responses, giving students and scholars of the Vietnam era a glimpse into how history is constructed and reconstructed.
Troilus and Cressida (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)
by William ShakespeareA tragedy of jealousy and betrayal as well as a satire of the consequences of greed and lust, this drama unfolds amid the violent desperation of the Trojan War. After seven years of bloodshed, few illusions remain about the glory of war. The fate of two young lovers - Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Cressida, the fickle daughter of a traitorous priest - is intertwined with the exploits of Ulysses, Achilles, and other immortal figures of classical mythology.Based in part on Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Shakespeare's work offers a darker and more cynical vision than its predecessor. Comic, tragic, and ironic by turns, the drama shifts between the intimacy of the central romance to the broader perspective of the armies' pointless skirmishes. Frequently regarded as the most modern of Shakespeare's dramas, the play debunks heroic ideals and delivers a powerful statement about the futility of war.
Troilus and Cressida (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)
by SparkNotesTroilus and Cressida (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by William Shakespeare Making the reading experience fun! Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis *Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols *A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers
Troilus and Cressida (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare Anthony B. DawsonLargely neglected during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Troilus and Cressida has recently been proven popular on the stage as well as in studies. In this edition, Dawson views the play from a performance perspective--through commentary as well as in a detailed section on stage history featured in the introduction. His textual choices are often surprising but based on thoughtful analysis.
Troilus and Criseyde: "The Book of Troilus" by Geoffrey Chaucer
by Geoffrey Chaucer B.A. WindeattThis edition presents all of the surviving manuscripts, together with textual apparatus and commentary. The poem is also presented in parallel with its principal source, Boccaccio's "Filostrato", enabling the reader to compare the two poems in charting the evolution and achievement of Chaucer's "Troilus". This edition has been revised and corrected in order to make the text fully accessible to the reader unfamiliar with Chaucer's work. An introduction discusses the text, metre and sources of "Troilus" and assesses the literary importance of Chaucer's translation method.
Tropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof (Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)
by Michael SlaterTropes and the Literary-Scientific Revolution: Forms of Proof argues that the rise of mechanical science in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on both language and literature. To the extent that new ideas about things were accompanied by new attitudes toward words, what we commonly regard as the “scientific revolution” inevitably bore literary dimensions as well. Literary tropes and forms underwent tremendous reassessment in the seventeenth century, and early modern science was shaped just as powerfully by contest over the place of literary figures, from personification and metaphor to anamorphosis and allegory. In their rejection of teleological explanations of natural motion, for instance, early modern philosophers often disputed the value of personification, a figural projection of interiority onto what was becoming increasingly a mechanical world. And allegory—a dominant mode of literature from the late Middle Ages until well into the Renaissance—became “the vice of those times,” as Thomas Rymer described it in 1674. This book shows that its acute devaluation was possible only in conjunction with a distinctively modern physics. Analyzing writings by Sidney, Shakespeare, Bacon, Jonson, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Hobbes, Descartes, and more, it asserts that the scientific revolution was a literary phenomenon, just as the literary revolution was also a scientific one.
Tropes of Engagement: Chaucer’s Italian Poetics of Intertextuality
by Leah SchwebelWhile scholars have long explored connections between Chaucer and Boccaccio, relatively few have asked why Chaucer makes such a habit of obscuring the influence of his favourite vernacular author. Tropes of Engagement asks the question of what motivated Chaucer to camouflage his debt to his most prominent, yet never named, Italian source: Giovanni Boccaccio. Leah Schwebel boldly claims that when Chaucer erases Boccaccio, he is mimicking strategies of translation practiced by his classical and continental predecessors. Tracing popular narratives from antiquity to the late Middle Ages, including the Knight’s Tale, the Clerk’s Tale, the Monk’s Tale, Troilus and Criseyde, and Lydgate’s Fall of Princes and Troy Book, Schwebel argues that authorial erasure, invention, and manipulation are recognizable literary tropes of engagement that poets employ to suggest their connection to, and place within, a broader authorial tradition. Combining an attention to the cultural, historical, and material circumstances surrounding literary production with a mode of source study that looks beyond discernable influence, Tropes of Engagement recognizes authors self-consciously erasing and misreading each other as part of a process of mutual and self-promotion.
Tropes, Parables, Performatives: Essays on Twentieth-Century Literature
by J. Hillis MillerTropes, Parables, Performatives collects J. Hillis Miller's essays on seven major twentieth-century authors: Lawrence, Kafka, Stevens, Williams, Woolf, Hardy, and Conrad. For all their evident differences, these essays from early to late explore a single intuition about literature, which may be framed by three words: "trope," "parable," and "performative. " Throughout these essays Miller is fascinated with the tropological dimension of literary language, with the way figures of speech turn aside the telling of a story or the presentation of a literary theme. The exploration of this turning leads to the recognition that all works of literature are parabolic, "thrown beside" their real meaning. They tell one story but call forth something else. Miller further agrees that all parables are fundamentally performative. They do not merely name something or give knowledge, but rather use words to make something happen, to get the reader from here to there. Each essay here attempts to formulate what, in a given case, the reader perfomatively enters by way of parabolic trope.
Trophies Bright Surprises (Grade #3)
by HarcourtThis intervention reader contains a collection of enjoyable reading treasures.
Trophies Practice Book: Grade 1, Volume 2
by HarcourtA great book for children to improve their pronunciation and reading skills. It also contains stories with colorful pictures.
Trophies Writer’s Companion: Support and Practice for Writing, Grade 4 (Harcourt School Publishers Trophies)
by Harcourt School PublishersWriting is a way of sharing your ideas. Of course, you share ideas when you talk with others, too. When you write, however, you end up with a lasting record. Writing captures your thoughts just as a photograph captures your appearance. This book will help you put your thoughts into writing. It will give you the skills, strategies, tips, and models you need to write easily and effectively. Would also be an excellent tool for those parents homeschooling their children.
Trophies, Grade 5: Take Flight
by Harcourt School Publishers StaffIngrid was down by the lakefront one day when she saw Sam and Travis emerge from the brush. Same swung a tackle box and held their two fishing poles. Travis grasped a line with a fish on it.
Trophies: Banner Days
by Harcourt School Publishers StaffIn Banner Days, all days are great days for reading. You will read about people and story characters who use their imaginations, travel to faraway places, and work with their neighbors to solve problems.
Trophies: Grade 2, Volume 1
by HarcourtThis book provides reinforcement exercises for each lesson in the Student's Book.
Trophies: Grade 5
by Isabel L. Beck Roger C. Farr Dorothy S. StricklandA Harcourt Reading/Language Arts textbook.
Trophies: Language Handbook
by Harcourt School Publishers StaffMany people think writing is difficult. They do not realize that it is easy to become a better writer! This handbook will give you the skills, strategies, tips, and models you need to become the best writer you can be. Let's start with an overview of writing and writing strategies.
Trophies: On Your Mark
by HarcourtAre you ready? You are about to travel on an exciting path. You may be surprised at how much you learn on the way. In On Your Mark, the stories, poems, and articles will take you to many exciting places. Some places are in the past, some are in outer space, and some are at the center of the earth! You will meet many unusual characters and read about interesting facts. Some stories might even make you laugh out loud.