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Goldengrove ; Unleaving

Author : Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher : Corgi Books
ISBN 13 : 9780552996556
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Goldengrove ; Unleaving written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Corgi Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once a year cousins Madge and Paul visit Goldengrove, their grandmother's idyllic Cornish home. But one year as Summer turns to Autumn and as they are drawn from childhood to maturity, their seemingly indomitable grandmother turns to Winter, and the precious moments of innocence begin to be leached away... Years later Madge, now living at Goldengrove, reflects on her own grandchildren and the events and revelations which disturbed the tranquill idyll that was her childhood. With wisdom and understanding, Jill Paton Walsh creates memorable mood-music for the ebb and flow, calm and storm of changing lives and in so doing has formed a lasting tale of innocence and beauty. An extremely good story, marvellously told. As the story gathers momentum, the deeply understood characters, the golden atmosphere, the small change of everyday pleasures and ageless tragedies are all put over with such newly seen immediacy and such controlled mastery that the reader is carried along like a surf rider on the crest of a wave, knowing it must soon break' Times Literary Supplement 'Written with an intensity of feeling and care, with a Woolf-like awareness of the instant's sensation: a story

Goldengrove

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062329030
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Goldengrove written by Francine Prose and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With a dazzling mix of directness and metaphor, Prose captures the centrifugal and isolating force of grief. . . . “[Goldengrove is] a moving meditation on how, out of the painful passing of innocence and youth, sexuality and identity can miraculously emerge.” — Los Angeles Times An emotionally powerful novel about adolescent love and loss from Francine Prose, the New York Times bestselling author of Reading Like a Writer and A Changed Man. After the sudden death of her beloved older sister, thirteen-year-old Nico finds her life on New England's idyllic Mirror Lake irrevocably altered. Left alone to grope toward understanding, she falls into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's boyfriend. Over one haunted summer, Nico faces that life-changing moment when children realize their parents can no longer help them as she experiences the mystery of loss and recovery. Still, for all the darkness at its heart, Goldengrove is radiant with the lightness of summer and charged by the restless sexual tension of adolescence.

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Author : Gerard Manley Hopkins
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141397853
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book As Kingfishers Catch Fire written by Gerard Manley Hopkins and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'O let them be left, wildness and wet' As Kingfishers Catch Fire is a selection of Gerard Manley Hopkins' incomparably brilliant poetry, ranging from the ecstasy of 'The Windhover' and 'Pied Beauty' to the heart-wrenching despair of the 'sonnets of desolation'. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). Hopkins' Poems and Prose is available in Penguin Classics.

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Author : Paul L. Mariani
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780670020317
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Gerard Manley Hopkins written by Paul L. Mariani and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the writing life of the nineteenth-century English poet documents his experiences as a Jesuit priest, his struggles with depression, and the spiritual journey that informed his beliefs. 12,500 first printing.

Style

Author : Richard A. Lanham
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
ISBN 13 : 1589882555
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Style written by Richard A. Lanham and published by Paul Dry Books. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A necessary manual for those interested in the perpetuation, and the possibilities, of good English prose.”—Harper’s Magazine “[Lanham’s] style is notable for its audacity, liveliness, and grace.”—The Times Literary Supplement “The most applicably provocative book on the subject of prose style available. Imperative reading for all teachers and students of writing.”—Choice This humorous and accessible classic on style calls for the return of wordplay and delight to writing instruction. Richard Lanham argues that many tomes on writing, with their trio of platitudes—clarity, plainness, sincerity—lie “upon the spirit like wet cardboard.” "People seldom write to be clear. They have designs on their fellow men. Pure prose is as rare as pure virtue, and for the same reasons…The Books [Lanham’s term for misguided composition textbooks], written for a man and world yet unfallen, depict a ludicrous process like this: 'I have an idea. I want to present this gift to my fellow man. I fix this thought clearly in mind. I follow the rules. Out comes a prose that gift-wraps thought in transparent paper.' If this sounds like a travesty, it’s because it is one. Yet it dominates prose instruction in America."—from Chapter 1

Goldengrove

Author : Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher : Sunburst
ISBN 13 : 9780374425876
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Goldengrove written by Jill Paton Walsh and published by Sunburst. This book was released on 1985-09-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expecting the usual carefree and happy summer with her cousin Paul at their grandmother's seaside home, Madge finds this summer to be different from all the others.

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544179013
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (441 download)

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G.M. Hopkins' Poetry Preaches the Word of God

Author : Dr A. Antony
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1684946085
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book G.M. Hopkins' Poetry Preaches the Word of God written by Dr A. Antony and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, G.M. Hopkins’ Poetry Preaches the Word of God, begins with an account of the relation between art and religion in general and art and literature in particular. This is followed by five chapters; the first four of them are a discussion on the four divisions of the Bible and an attempt to classify Hopkins’ poetry under these four biblical divisions. This is followed by the conclusion that the poetry of Hopkins attempts to preach the Bible to effect the conversion of the readers, particularly the people of England to the Catholic Church.

Doubtful Sounds

Author : Bill Manhire
Publisher : Victoria University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780864733702
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Doubtful Sounds written by Bill Manhire and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Manhire takes the books and poems he loves out of the pupil and lecture hall and returns them to their readers. In these pages unlikely people rub shoulders - Ralph Hotere and Philip Larkin, Sylivia Plath and James K. Baxter, Maurice Gee and Laura Ranger - Then along the way Manhire investigates why the world's best poems sound like dirty songs, tell outrageous lies, and thrive on their own mistakes. These essays and interviews will not tell you what to think, but they will probably inspire you to do your own thinking.

Poem Central

Author : Shirley McPhillips
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1571109633
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Poem Central written by Shirley McPhillips and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Hoagland, Harper's, April 2013 In Poem Central: Word Journeys with Readers and Writers, Shirley McPhillips helps us better understand the central role poetry can play in our personal lives and in the life of our classrooms.

Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning

Author : Philip Kennicott
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393635376
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning written by Philip Kennicott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize–winning critic’s “lyrical and haunting” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker) reflection on the meaning and emotional impact of a Bach masterwork. As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn’t seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. For him, Bach’s music held the elements of both joy and despair, life and its inevitable end. He spent the next five years trying to learn one of the composer’s greatest keyboard masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. In Counterpoint, he recounts his efforts to rise to the challenge, and to fight through his grief by coming to terms with his memories of a difficult, complicated childhood. He describes the joys of mastering some of the piano pieces, the frustrations that plague his understanding of others, the technical challenges they pose, and the surpassing beauty of the melodies, harmonies, and counterpoint that distinguish them. While exploring Bach’s compositions he sketches a cultural history of playing the piano in the twentieth century. And he raises two questions that become increasingly interrelated, not unlike a contrapuntal passage in one of the variations itself: What does it mean to know a piece of music? What does it mean to know another human being?

The Giant Book of Poetry

Author : William Roetzheim
Publisher : Level4Press Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780976800125
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Giant Book of Poetry written by William Roetzheim and published by Level4Press Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner or finalist in the 'Best Books' National Book Award Poetry Anthology of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction. Over 750 pages of poetry spanning from 4,000 BC up to the present day and including a broad cross-section of global poetry. Footnotes for each poem specify each poem's form, define unusual or archaic words, and include notes about interpretation. Multiple indexes, including an index by subject, simplify finding exactly the right poem for any situation. The poems were specifically selected to appeal to readers new to poetry, but even experienced poetry readers will find new and enjoyable poems. The poems from the book are also available on audio CD.

Written for Children

Author : John Rowe Townsend
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461731046
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Written for Children written by John Rowe Townsend and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of children's literature from its origins through the beginnings of the multimedia revolution. In effortless and entertaining style, Townsend, a world-renowned authority in the field, examines the changing attitudes toward children and their literature and analyzes the various strands that make up this important field. While examining many well-known American classics, Townsend also looks at British works that American audiences may have overlooked. With illustrations and bibliography.

About Turns

Author : Maggie Rainey-Smith
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 1775531473
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book About Turns written by Maggie Rainey-Smith and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel, with its humorous insights into New Zealand women and their allegiances, will have you and your friends laughing in unison. Irene has a secret. It slips out inadvertently during book club when the wine has been flowing too freely. Her teenage years as a marching girl are not something she had wanted her friend Ferrida to know about. She’s always wanted Ferrida’s approval, for her friendship is as important and fraught as the one with Paula, when they marched together all those years ago. But friends don’t necessarily march to the same beat, and Irene finds it hard to keep step.

A Poetics of Orthodoxy

Author : Benjamin P. Myers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532695489
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book A Poetics of Orthodoxy written by Benjamin P. Myers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes one poem better than another? Do Christians have an obligation to strive for excellence in the arts? While orthodox Christians are generally quick to affirm the existence of absolute truth and absolute goodness, even many within the church fall prey to the postmodern delusion that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." This book argues that Christian doctrine in fact gives us a solid basis on which to make aesthetic judgments about poetry in particular and about the arts more generally. The faith once and for all delivered unto the saints is remarkable in its combined emphasis on embodied particularity and meaningful transcendence. This unique combination makes it the perfect starting place for art that speaks to who we are as creatures made for eternity.

Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club)

Author : Susan Cain
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0451499794
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Bittersweet (Oprah's Book Club) written by Susan Cain and published by Crown. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • The author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet explores the power of the bittersweet personality, revealing a misunderstood side of mental health and creativity while offering a roadmap to facing heartbreak in order to live life to the fullest. “Bittersweet has the power to transform the way you see your life and the world.”—OPRAH “Grabs you by the heart and doesn’t let go.”—BRENÉ BROWN, author of Atlas of the Heart “Susan Cain has described and validated my existence once again!”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed “The perfect cure for toxic positivity.”—ADAM GRANT, author of Think Again LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, Mashable Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy at the beauty of the world. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death—bitter and sweet—are forever paired. If you’ve ever wondered why you like sad music . . . If you find comfort or inspiration in a rainy day . . . If you react intensely to music, art, nature, and beauty . . . Then you probably identify with the bittersweet state of mind. With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection, and transcendence. Cain shows how a bittersweet state of mind is the quiet force that helps us transcend our personal and collective pain, whether from a death or breakup, addiction or illness. If we don’t acknowledge our own heartache, she says, we can end up inflicting it on others via abuse, domination, or neglect. But if we realize that all humans know—or will know—loss and suffering, we can turn toward one another. At a time of profound discord and personal anxiety, Bittersweet brings us together in deep and unexpected ways.

The Frugal Chariot

Author : Francis L. Fennell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666785407
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book The Frugal Chariot written by Francis L. Fennell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love poetry, this book is about you and for you. It doesn't matter whether you are a scholar or a lover of beautiful poetry, this book brings everyone together by responding to a current crisis: the falling interest in and support for the humanities, especially poetry. This book argues that the most fruitful place to begin to reinvigorate literary reading, and thus the humanities, is with the close and careful attention to the experience of non-academic readers. This book explores their experiences, listening carefully to what they have to say, how they--you!--respond to poetry, why you love it. The book shows, in other words, at least a partial cure for that falling interest in the humanities which gets so much attention in newspapers and on TV. The book employs the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and lets him supply the illustrative material. Hopkins is one of the seven most-read poets in the English language, but you do not have to know Hopkins well to understand the revolutionary approach to poetry and literary study that this book offers.