British and Western Literature

British and Western Literature
Author: G. Robert Carlsen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages: 808
Release: 1979
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780070098718

A thematically arranged anthology of poems, short stories, plays, and novellas from western literature for the twelfth-grade reader.

Making England Western

Making England Western
Author: Saree Makdisi
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0226923150

The central argument of Edward Said’s Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. Saree Makdisi directly challenges that premise in Making England Western, identifying the convergence between the British Empire’s civilizing mission abroad and a parallel mission within England itself, and pointing to Romanticism as one of the key sites of resistance to the imperial culture in Britain after 1815. Makdisi argues that there existed places and populations in both England and the colonies that were thought of in similar terms—for example, there were sites in England that might as well have been Arabia, and English people to whom the idea of the freeborn Englishman did not extend. The boundaries between “us” and “them” began to take form during the Romantic period, when England became a desirable Occidental space, connected with but superior to distant lands. Delving into the works of Wordsworth, Austen, Byron, Dickens, and others to trace an arc of celebration, ambivalence, and criticism influenced by these imperial dynamics, Makdisi demonstrates the extent to which Romanticism offered both hopes for and warnings against future developments in Occidentalism. Revealing that Romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue, Making England Western is an exciting contribution to the study of both British literature and colonialism.

Foundations of Western Literature

Foundations of Western Literature
Author: Meredith Curtis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2016-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781535554770

Are you ready for a journey back in time? Let's discover the authors and writings from the foundation of Western Literature, as well as reading some great historical fiction and fairy tales. The foundations of Western Literature include Hebrew, Greek, Roman, and modern works. Starting with the Book of Genesis from the HOLY BIBLE, we will time travel through history by reading classic literature that has stood the test of time from Creation to the Middle Ages. Writing assignments help students to present ideas and information in an engaging way through sentences, paragraphs, paraphrases, thesis statements, essays, blog posts, paraphrases, and writing their own fairy tale. Use this course in a book club, family, or co-op setting. You will need to purchase the following books: The Book of Genesis from THE HOLY BIBLE (can be downloaded free online) Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick Hittite Warrior by Joann Williamson The Iliad for Boys & Girls by A.J. Church (both can be downloaded free online) The Odyssey for Boys & Girls by A.J. Church (both can be downloaded free online) Aesop's Fables by Aesop (can be downloaded free online) The Aeneid for Boys & Girls by A.J. Church (both can be downloaded free online) The Gospel of Matthew from THE HOLY BIBLE (can be downloaded free online) Lantern Bearer by Rosemary Sutcliff The Book of Acts from THE HOLY BIBLE (can be downloaded free online) Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard City of God by St. Augustine (can be downloaded free online) The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (can be downloaded free online) Tales from the Arabian Nights (can be downloaded free online) Grimm's Fairy Tales compiled by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (can be downloaded free online) Collection Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (can be downloaded free online) D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire & Edgar Parin D'aulaire The Following Writings are Included in this Foundations of Western Literature Book The Holy Bible: "David & Goliath," "Prodigal Son," & "The Sower and the Seed"

A History of Western Literature

A History of Western Literature
Author: J. M. Cohen
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0202361853

This book begins in a narrow territory, strictly Western, and extends with the passage of time to include the poetry, plays, novels, and works of speculation of the great authors of the past and present from Russia to Mexico. his objective is to tell the whole story of Western writing in languages other than English from the twelfth-century Chanson de Roland to Evtushenko's poetry of the 1960s. Cohen not only presents a factual account of historical growth. The book reflects the author's own judgments and valuations, arrived at in the course of almost forty years' reading in the main European languages. A work of original critism, A History of Western Literature immediately became a standard reference when first published. In this new edition, the author has included revisions covering the most important recent writers and their work. "Especially for American or British readers who want to explore under sensible guidance the main lines of Western letters, this carefully wrought handbook is indispensable."--Library Journal. "Considering Mr. Cohen's vast scope, his achievement is commendable. The information he presents is accurate. His style is surprisingly readable...."--Modern Language Journal. J. M. Cohen (1903-1989) was a widely known critic and a translator of French and Spanish literature. He was born in London and graduated from Cambridge University. His versions of Don Quixote, Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Rousseau's Confessions are recognized as among the finest modern translations.

The Western Canon

The Western Canon
Author: Harold Bloom
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 751
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0547546483

The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a “heroically brave, formidably learned” defense of the great works of literature that comprise the traditional Western Canon. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the essential writers of the western literary tradition (The New York Times Book Review). Placing William Shakespeare at the “center of the canon,” Bloom examines the literary contributions of Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Pablo Neruda, and many others. Bloom's book, much-discussed and praised in publications as diverse as The Economist and Entertainment Weekly, offers a dazzling display of erudition and passion. “An impressive work…deeply, rightly passionate about the great books of the past.”—Michel Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800

Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800
Author: Patrick Sims-Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2005-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521673426

Describes the early conversion to Christianity of the pagan peoples of an area stretching from Stratford-upon-Avon to Offa's Dyke.

The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature

The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature
Author: Dean Sluyter
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1608687708

HOW THE LITERATURE WE LOVE CONVEYS THE AWAKENING WE SEEK Suppose we could read Hemingway as haiku . . . learn mindfulness from Virginia Woolf and liberation from Frederick Douglass . . . see Dickinson and Whitman as buddhas of poetry, and Huck Finn and Gatsby as seekers of the infinite . . . discover enlightenment teachings in Macbeth, The Catcher in the Rye, Moby-Dick, and The Bluest Eye. Some of us were lucky enough to have one passionate, funny, inspiring English teacher who helped us fall in love with books. Add a lifetime of teaching Dharma — authentic, traditional approaches to meditation and awakening — and you get award-winning author Dean Sluyter. With droll humor and irreverent wisdom, he unpacks the Dharma of more than twenty major writers, from William Blake to Dr. Seuss, inspiring readers to deepen their own spiritual life and see literature in a fresh, new way: as a path of awakening.

Promiscuity in Western Literature

Promiscuity in Western Literature
Author: Peter Stoneley
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020
Genre: LITERARY CRITICISM
ISBN: 9780367228361

"Promiscuity in Western Literature capitalises on the fact that literature gives us deep and varied resources for reflecting on this controversial aspect of human behaviour. Drawing on authors from Homer to Margaret Atwood, it explores recurrent ideas and scenarios: Why does the literature of promiscuity evoke ideas of the animal? Why does it so often turn upon the image of the "excessive" woman? How and why does promiscuity feature in comic writing? How does the emergence of the modern city change representations of promiscuity? And, in the present day, what impact have ecological concerns had on the way writers depict promiscuity?"--