Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on «the odyssey of reading.» Provides valuable insights into why and …
Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on «the odyssey of reading.» Provides valuable insights into why and …
Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on «the odyssey of reading.» Provides valuable insights into why and …
Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on «the odyssey of reading.» Provides valuable insights into why and …
Предлагаемая монография – первое исследование истории музыкального искусства чувашского народа от древности до становления национального композиторского искусства. Семь очерков последовательно освещают этапы более двухтысячелетней исторической эволюции. Автор опирается на оригинальные источники, по отношению к ранним периодам использует также метод теоретической реконструкции. Книга адресована чит…
Настоящая монография посвящена исследованию творческого наследия И.Э. Грабаря. В ней рассматривается его малоизвестный собственный опыт архитектурного проектирования и анализируется ряд его научных работ, оказавших существенное влияние на отечественную историко-архитектурную школу. Выявленные документы существенно корректируют сложившиеся представления на некоторые из его открытий в области истори…
«Я буду иметь честь говорить присутствующим о формах фантастического у Гоголя. Гоголь – реалист и сам по себе и как глава целой школы реалистов, шедших непосредственно по его стопам: Достоевского, Писемского, Островского. Покажется поэтому несколько странным, почему я говорю о Гоголе как творце фантастического. Это надо пояснить. Цель моей речи по преимуществу теоретическая, а Гоголь дает только п…
«Я помню Достоевского в его последние годы. Много народу бегало к нему тогда в Кузнечный переулок, точь-в-точь как еще недавно досужие велосипедисты разыскивали на Аутке Чехова, как ездят и теперь то в Ясную Поляну, то к Кронштадтскому протоиерею. По недостатку литературного честолюбия я избежал в свое время соблазна смотреть на обои великих людей, и мне удалось сберечь иллюзию поэта-звезды, хотя,…
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction …
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction …
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction …
Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the field. Evaluates the state of the ‘serious literary’ novel and novel criticism Prominent treatment is paid to the ‘internationalization’ of the novel in English Offers a manifesto on contemporary fiction …
This book introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. Explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero Investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education Considers the role of rhetoric since the end of antiquity. Includes a …
This book introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. Explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero Investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education Considers the role of rhetoric since the end of antiquity. Includes a …