Year 12 English | |[pic] Poetry Resource Booklet THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE Preface The Spirit of the Age Within this anthology is a selection of poetry from a range of historical periods‚ geographical locations‚ cultural origins and artistic movements. The poets and poems that have been chosen provide readers with an insight into their worlds and experiences‚ and the ‘spirit of the age’ in which they lived. Poets speak as individuals about intensely personal
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NAME DATE PERIOD ESSAY DBQ: Effects of Imperialism AP WORLD HISTORY Document-Based Question: Effects of Imperialism Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1- 13 (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all or all but
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English 2323 25 July 2011 Religion of the Victorian Era: Faith in Crisis “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair.”(Charles Dickens‚ A Tale of Two Cities) The Victorians had a society comparable to ours with an explosion of ideas and innovation. Today our American society is famous for being a “melting pot.” Each individual has a different background where they
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7. The European countries that had a major presence in Asia were Britain‚ France‚ the Netherlands‚ Russia‚ and the United States. The territory that the British controlled was India where it was first under control of the British East India Company and then Parliament with the Raj‚ and they also had Malaya‚ the French had French Indochina that consisted of Laos and Cambodia‚ the Netherlands had the Dutch East Indies including Java‚ New Guinea‚ and Sumatra‚ Russia had influence over outer Mongolia
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Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton‚ Georgia on December 9‚ 1845 to single mother Mary Ann Harris. His father deserted the family shortly after Harris’s birth. They were never married‚ and his illegitimate birth haunted Harris for his life. A local doctor named Dr. Andrew Reid befriended Mary Ann Harris and her young son. He allowed them to live in a small cottage behind his mansion. Mary Ann Harris encouraged her son to read extensively‚ especially Oliver Goldsmith’s Vicar of Wakefield.
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Robert Wilson Lynd From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Robert Wilson Lynd (Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn‚ 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer‚ an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist. Contents [hide] 1 Life and career 2 Activism 3 Family 4 Works 5 Robert Lynd’s Anthology of Modern Poetry (1939) 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Sources 9 External links Life and career[edit] He was born in Belfast and educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution‚ studying at
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Progressive Era‚ Industrial City The employers of the industrial city took advantage of the growth of population‚ and exploited the migration of immigrants moving to the cities looking for work‚ along with the fact that there were no regulations to keep the businesses in check at the same time the growth of the city was so fast and the lack of education on sanitation‚ life for the immigrant was dirty and difficult. For example; in New York City 1870-1920‚ population grew from 942‚292 to 5‚620‚040
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Determining what exactly separates a short story from longer fictional formats is problematic. A classic definition of a short story is that one should be able to read it in one sitting‚ a point most notably made in Edgar Allan Poe’s essay "Thomas Le Moineau (Le Moile)" (1846). Interpreting this standard nowadays is problematic‚ since the expected length of "one sitting" may now be briefer than it was in Poe’s era. Other definitions place the maximum word count of the short story at anywhere from
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The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize
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Edgenuity Remediation Content Selection Twelfth Grade Literature Semester A: 1. Literary Text: Anglo-Saxon and Old English Period A. Anglo-Saxon‚ Old English‚ and Beowulf Lecture: Timeline Lecture: Historical Period Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part I Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part II Epic: from Beowulf‚ Part III Informational: Heroes and Society Topic Test B. Ancient Greece: Homer - The Iliad; Anglo-Saxon Poetry Epic: from Book 22: The Death of Hector part 1 Lecture: Introduction Poem: The Seafarer Poem: The
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