The Sketch Book Of Geoffrey Crayon Gent Classic Reprint

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332726448
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent written by Washington Irving and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent: Together With Abbotsford and Other Selections From the Writings of Washington Irving A word should be added in regard to the use of the Topics for Study which follow the text. They are in no sense outlines or analyses of the contents Of' the essays; outlines should be prepared by the students themselves under the guidance of the instructor, for an analysis furnished, or sug gested, usually proves a substitute for individual work. The topics for study hold, however, a close relation with outline or analysis; and the detailed study of special topics should guide each one through his own work to an understanding Of the plan of the essay and an appreciation of the literary means employed to give it orderly arrangement and charm. The teacher in his own preparation for the classroom will parallel the preliminary work of the editor; after which the study topics will serve as tests of the work planned and will suggest questions for discussion. They should also aid pupils in the preparation Of lessons by stimulating alert attention and interest in the reading of the text, and by emphasizing points of significance in the content or the literary form of the essay under consideration. The use of the technical terms of narrative art has been avoided where possible. The pupils for whom this edition is designed are reading for the sake of the literature itself, and they slip, too easily, on the least excuse, into the formalities of text-book distinctions, without appreciation of the mean ing intended. Literature should be opened to their under standings as a storehouse of treasures to be enjoyed at will; as a foreign land wherein one wanders with friendly and companionable guides; as a return to past ages, and a min gling in vanished scenes, recreated by the magic pen of the man of letters. Unless these topics for study, arranged in seeming routine for the classroom, contribute to this end, they will fail of the result to further which they have been written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.