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Book A Poem on the Battle of Waterloo

Download or read book A Poem on the Battle of Waterloo written by William Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The field of Waterloo  a poem

Download or read book The field of Waterloo a poem written by sir Walter Scott (bart.) and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Waterloo Teeth

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  • Author : John C. Whale
  • Publisher : Northern House
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9781847771117
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Waterloo Teeth written by John C. Whale and published by Northern House. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the capacity to articulate the pain and pleasure of lived experiences, this poetry collection is inspired by history and its aftermath. Touching upon the French Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, and the Peterloo Massacre, this compilation expresses interest in sharing in the lives of others across time and culture while simultaneously challenging common prejudices.

Book A Working Girl Can t Win

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  • Author : Deborah Garrison
  • Publisher : Modern Library
  • Release : 2009-02-19
  • ISBN : 0307493393
  • Pages : 81 pages

Download or read book A Working Girl Can t Win written by Deborah Garrison and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deborah Garrison, whose work as an editor and writer has enlivened the pages of The New Yorker for more than a decade, evokes the characters and events of her everyday life with intense feeling and, more important, conjures up the universal dilemmas and pleasures of a young woman trying to come to terms with love and work.

Book Serious Concerns

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  • Author : Wendy Cope
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2009-10-29
  • ISBN : 0571254527
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Serious Concerns written by Wendy Cope and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, went straight into the bestseller lists. Its successor, Serious Concerns has proved even more popular, addressing such topics as 'Bloody Men', 'Men and Their Boring Arguments', 'Two Cures for Love', 'Kindness to Animals' and 'Tumps' (Typically Useless Male Poets).

Book The Longest Afternoon

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  • Author : Brendan Simms
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2015-02-10
  • ISBN : 0465039944
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book The Longest Afternoon written by Brendan Simms and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the prizewinning author of Europe, a riveting account of the heroic Second Light Battalion, which held the line at Waterloo, defeating Napoleon and changing the course of history. In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe-Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington on the other. With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be decided by the Second Light Battalion, King's German Legion, which was given the deceptively simple task of defending the Haye Sainte farmhouse, a crucial crossroads on the way to Brussels. In The Longest Afternoon, Brendan Simms captures the chaos of Waterloo in a minute-by-minute account that reveals how these 400-odd riflemen successfully beat back wave after wave of French infantry. The battalion suffered terrible casualties, but their fighting spirit and refusal to retreat ultimately decided the most influential battle in European history.

Book A History of Romantic Literature

Download or read book A History of Romantic Literature written by Frederick Burwick and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical Narrative Offers Introduction to Romanticism by Placing Key Figures in Overall Social Context Going beyond the general literary survey, A History of Romantic Literature examines the literatures of sensibility and intensity as well as the aesthetic dimensions of horror and terror, sublimity and ecstasy, by providing a richly integrated account of shared themes, interests, innovations, rivalries and disputes among the writers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Drawing from the assemblage theory, Prof. Burwick maintains that the literature of the period is inseparable from prevailing economic conditions and ongoing political and religious turmoil, as well as developments in physics, astronomy, music and art. Thus, rather than deal with authors as if they worked in isolation from society, he identifies and describes their interactions with their communities and with one another, as well as their responses to current events. By connecting seemingly scattered and random events such as the bank crisis of 1825, he weaves the coincidental into a coherent narrative of the networking that informed the rise and progress of Romanticism. Notable features of the book include: A strong narrative structure divided into four major chronological periods: Revolution, 1789-1798; Napoleonic Wars, 1799-1815; Riots, 1815-1820; Reform, 1821-1832 Thorough coverage of major and minor figures and institutions of the Romantic movement (including Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Montague and the Bluestockings, Lord Byron, John Keats, Letitia Elizabeth Landon etc.) Emphasis on the influence of social networks among authors, such as informal dinners and teas, clubs, salons and more formal institutions With its extensive coverage and insightful analysis set within a lively historical narrative, History of Romantic Literature is highly recommended for courses on British Romanticism at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It will also prove a highly useful reference for advanced scholars pursuing their own research.

Book Historical Fiction  Novels  Plays  Poems   Memoranda for a Class Catalogue

Download or read book Historical Fiction Novels Plays Poems Memoranda for a Class Catalogue written by BOSTON, Massachusetts. Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Monthly Review  Or  New Literary Journal

Download or read book Monthly Review Or New Literary Journal written by Ralph Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Midlife Action Figure

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  • Author : Chris Banks
  • Publisher : ECW Press
  • Release : 2019-09-24
  • ISBN : 1773054090
  • Pages : 95 pages

Download or read book Midlife Action Figure written by Chris Banks and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banks’s stunning new collection, exploring bold frontiers “Poetry is an act of mischief,” Theodore Roethke famously once said, and Chris Banks takes this as his credo in Midlife Action Figure. His subject matter ranges from the familiar to the surreal, taking readers through poems that are both wondrous and strange, heartfelt and humorous, controlled and impatient. Whether calling a tree “an anthology of leaves” or describing time as “a Fisher-Price View-Master of ‘first kisses’ and ‘no return’ policies,” Banks approaches writing as if anything might make for alarming, strange, and dizzying verse. Banks knits together wit with wildly inventive imagery as he follows his poems outside convention where they play with stolen matches. Capable of both deep introspection and the quick turn of phrase, he places his tongue firmly in his cheek as he looks for a measure of human wonder in this intermission between TED Talks and the apocalypse. Midlife Action Figure is a tour de force for anyone looking for that rare book that is as exciting as it is provocative, showcasing both pathos and humor, while it explores what it means to be alive in the early 21st century.

Book From Enlightenment to Romanticism

Download or read book From Enlightenment to Romanticism written by Ian L. Donnachie and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of two anthologies designed to form an interdisciplinary exploration of the changes and transitions in European culture between 1780 and 1830. The collection of extracts in this anthology provide primary and secondary sources on industry and changing landscapes, new forms of knowledge, new conceptions of art and the artist, and the exotic and the Oriental. Each selection is accompanied by a detailed introduction explaining the context and significance of the sources. Extracts in the anthology stimulate questions rather than providing reassuring answers, but provide vital insights to the major events, movements, and personalities of the time. This volume provides an invaluable resource for all students of European culture in the period. A companion volume offers readings on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, and slavery, religion and reform.

Book The Monthly Review  Or  Literary Journal

Download or read book The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley

Download or read book The Poems of Phillis Wheatley written by Phillis Wheatley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Book Sonnet s Shakespeare

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  • Author : Sonnet L'Abbe
  • Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
  • Release : 2019-08-20
  • ISBN : 0771073100
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Sonnet s Shakespeare written by Sonnet L'Abbe and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award-winning poet Sonnet L'Abbé returns with her third collection, in which a mixed-race woman decomposes her inheritance of Shakespeare by breaking open the sonnet and inventing an entirely new poetic form. DOROTHY LIVESAY POETRY PRIZE FINALIST RAYMOND SOUSTER AWARD FINALIST How can poetry grapple with how some cultures assume the place of others? How can English-speaking writers use the English language to challenge the legacy of colonial literary values? In Sonnet's Shakespeare, one young, half-dougla (mixed South Asian and Black) poet tries to use "the master's tools" on the Bard's "house," attempting to dismantle his monumental place in her pysche and in the poetic canon. In a defiant act of literary patricide and a feat of painstaking poetic labour, Sonnet L'Abbé works with the pages of Shakespeare's sonnets as a space she will inhabit, as a place of power she will occupy. Letter by letter, she sits her own language down into the white spaces of Shakespeare's poems, until she overwhelms the original text and effectively erases Shakespeare's voice by subsuming his words into hers. In each of the 154 dense new poems of Sonnet's Shakespeare sits one "aggrocultured" Shakespearean sonnet--displaced, spoken over, but never entirely silenced. L'Abbé invented the process of Sonnet's Shakespeare to find a way to sing from a body that knows both oppression and privilege. She uses the procedural techniques of Oulipian constraint and erasure poetries to harness the raw energies of her hyperconfessional, trauma-forged lyric voice. This is an artist's magnum opus and mixed-race girlboy's diary; the voice of a settler on stolen Indigenous territories, a sexual assault survivor, a lover of Sylvia Plath and Public Enemy. Touching on such themes as gender identity, pop music, nationhood, video games, and the search for interracial love, this book is a poetic achievement of undeniable scope and significance.

Book Selected Poetry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Victor Hugo
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780415940757
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Selected Poetry written by Victor Hugo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Testament of War

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  • Author : A. D. Harvey
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2018-06-15
  • ISBN : 1445678284
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Testament of War written by A. D. Harvey and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The purple testament of bleeding war’ Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III, Scene 3, l. 93 Simply the best single-volume analysis of the art and literature of the Great War

Book Masterpieces of Ancient and Modern Literature

Download or read book Masterpieces of Ancient and Modern Literature written by Harry Thurston Peck and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: