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   Peter Widdowson

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  1999
Subjects:   Literature
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Understanding Children's Literature: Key Essays from the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Book by Peter Hunt; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Children's Literature--History And Criticism, Children--Books And Reading
Understanding Childrens Literature Understanding Childrens Literature Edited by Peter Hunt Key essays from the International Companion Encyclopedia of Childrens Literature London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge...
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Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, Literature
APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND AMERICA IN LITERATURE BY GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY NEW YORK HARCOURT...INC. CONTENTS APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE I. First Principles...
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Hazlitt on English Literature: An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature
Book by Jacob Zeitlin; Oxford University Press, 1913
Subjects: English Literature--History And Criticism
HAZLITT ON ENGLISH LITERATURE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE BY JACOB ZEITLIN, PH.D. ASSOCIATE IN...should prove helpful in the college teaching of literature. There is no great critic who by his readableness...
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Un-Disciplining Literature: Literature, Law, and Culture
Book by Kostas Myrsiades, Linda Myrsiades; Peter Lang, 1999
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, Culture And Law, English Literature--History And Criticism, Law And Literature, Law In Literature, Legal Stories--History And Criticism, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Knowledge--Law
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Conquest as Literature, Literature as Conquest: T. E. Lawrence's Artistic Campaign in Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Journal article by Carola M. Kaplan; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 37, 1995
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
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Literature and War, Beirut 1993-1995: Three Case Studies
Journal article by Mona Takieddine Amyuni; World Literature Today, Vol. 73, 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
Literature and War, Beirut 1993-1995: Three Case Studies Unstable...point." 2 Similarly, my commitment to a study of the literature of what I have called "Wounded Beirut" 3 springs from...native of Lebanon, holds a doctorate in comparative literature from the Sorbonne and is an associate professor with...
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Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
Australian Literature Since Patrick White By PETER...Whites efforts, all forms of Australian literature gained a surprising degree of popular...writer to ensure that his national literature would not only be central to syllabuses...
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Journal article by Tahir Qahhar, William Dirks; World Literature Today, Vol. 70, 1996
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
UZBEKISTAN Uzbek Literature By TAHIR QAHHAR Today more than...Russians were the young nation; Russian literature and history began a mere three...and epic songs from Uzbek folk literature was published, and currently a 100...
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Using Literature as a Context for Teaching Vocabulary: This Research Investigated the Use of Literature as a Context for Teaching Unfamiliar Vocabulary to High School Students. Two Methods of Instruction Were Compared
Journal article by Lisbeth Dixon-Krauss; Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 45, 2001
Subjects: High school teachers--Technique, Literature--Study and teaching, Vocabulary--Study and teaching
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The Art of Literature and the Science of Literature: The Delight We Get from Detecting Patterns in Books, and...paid to enjoy the frissons of fiction by investigating literature as a form of history or moral education. And since the...
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World Literature in 1928
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World Literature in 1928. by Sarah Ruden...of the Columbia University Course in Literature came to Africa, eventually to appear...selections to the beginning university literature courses in my own life. I not only...
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Multicultural Literature as a Context for Problem Solving: Children and Parents Learning Together
Magazine article by Marilyn E. Strutchens; Teaching Children Mathematics, Vol. 8, April 2002
Subjects: Literature, Mathematics--Study and teaching, Multiculturalism, Parent and child--Study and teaching, Parent-child relations--Study and teaching, Problem solving--Study and teaching, Teaching--Methods
Multicultural Literature as a Context for Problem Solving: Children and Parents...embedded in the social and cultural contexts provided by literature, childrens multicultural literature is the perfect medium for including culture-related...
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Performance Literature: Noted Authors Delight IRA Conferees during Readers Theatre Symposium
Magazine article; Reading Today, Vol. 21, June 2004
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Performance Literature: Noted Authors Delight IRA Conferees during Readers Theatre Symposium. Imagine hearing Sharon Creech perform portions of...
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Literature Night
Magazine article by Richard Brookhiser; National Review, Vol. 55, November 24, 2003
Subjects: Poetry readings--Personal narratives
Literature Night. by Richard Brookhiser WE are in a slot beneath a Greenwich Village restaurant. The walls are painted...are professionals. They have to have day jobs, to be sure--no one below the pay grade of John Updike makes a living at literature--but they also take their avocation seriously, as do the fifty people in the audience who have braved the rain that pasted...
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Barren Lives without Literature; Reading Great Books Offers the Promise of Knowledge
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 28, 2003
Barren lives without literature; Reading great books offers the...WASHINGTON TIMES Once upon a time, Literature, with the capital L, was "la creme...of many different subjects, but literature offered the promise of knowledge...
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Teachers Call for Reform of English Literature A-Level
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 20, 2005
Teachers Call for Reform of English Literature A-Level. Byline: By TIM ROSS English literature may need to be ditched as a free-standing...published a report arguing that English literature A-level must be reformed. Sixth-formers...
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English Professor Puts Literature on a Leash
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 13, 1999
English professor puts literature on a leash Sonja Barisic...occasionally offers a course on dogs in literature, from Homers "Odyssey" to the Sherlock...of the leading experts on dogs in literature. "Its a serious study of the relationship...
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Celebrating Alfred Kazin; How Provocative Critic Felt American Literature in His Bones
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 12, 2003
...How provocative critic felt American literature in his bones. Byline: William...be heavy with current professors of literature, and the combative tone is worth noting...then unfashionable subject, American literature," writes Kazin at the beginning of the...
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For the First Time since the War Welsh Writing Is Attracting the Attention It Deserves. We Now Value Our Literature
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 20, 2005
Subjects: Finch, Peter
...Attention It Deserves. We Now Value Our Literature. As the Western Mail continues...were needed, of how we now value our literature. But it wasnt always like this...your garret. Wales was dominated by literature from over the border - Biggles, book...
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English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ENGLISH LITERATURE literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British...the English language acquired much of its modern form. For the literature of previous linguistic periods, see the articles on Anglo-Saxon...
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Russian Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RUSSIAN LITERATURE literary works mainly produced in the historic area of...and after the 17th cent. in the Russian language. Early Literature Russian literature was first produced after the introduction of Christianity...
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American Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AMERICAN LITERATURE literature in English produced in what is now the United States of America. Colonial Literature American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of...
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Children's Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHILDRENS LITERATURE writing whose primary audience is children...illustration . The Beginnings of Childrens Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as childrens literature was first meant for adults. Among this ancient...
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Latin Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LATIN LITERATURE the literature of ancient Rome and of that written in Latin in later eras...native poetry of the Romans and Latins before the rise of a literature. The history of the Roman Empire is fundamental to the fabric...
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