The Rise of the English Novel English literature has a long and colorful history. From the masterfully written old English tales of Chaucer to the countless Shakespearian dramas to the poetic verses of Tennyson‚ England has produced some of the richest treasures of the literary world. Not until the eighteenth century‚ however‚ did a type of literature develop that completely broke the traditions of the past and opened the door to a whole new generation of writers. This new genre was appropriately
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SLAVERY & THE MAKING OF AMERICA (PBS‚ DVD) Each episode is contained on its own DVD; there is a brief intro before the start of each transcript. Times are approximate; PBS provided the transcript‚ but the times and highlighting has been added by the reviewer. There are some remarkable scenes and commentary in the first three episodes. For the last one‚ the compelling road of Robert Smalls is the focus‚ if you are looking for an angle on Civil War/Reconstruction. If you want to show some historians’
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some considerable time. A double red form of H. rosa-sinensis was illustrated and described by Van Reede in 1678‚ and a double red and other forms were introduced to England by Philip Miller‚ curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden‚ London as early as 1731‚ under the name of H. javanica‚ indicating them to be natives of Java. Cook and other Pacific explorers found the double red form cultivated in several island groups. This form is still common in all parts of the world where hibiscus are grown. The
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Poetic Drama /Verse Drama of Modern age Poetic Drama Eliot’s plays attempt to revitalize verse drama and usually treat the same themes as in his poetry. They include Murder in the Cathedral (1935)‚ dealing with the final hours of Thomas à Becket; The Family Reunion (1939); The Cocktail Party (1950); The Confidential Clerk (1954); and The Elder Statesman (1959)..(1) Indeed‚ Eliot hoped that the study and critical reception of early modern verse drama would shape the production of modernist
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Bottom of Form Lampooning the Enlightenment Jonathan Swift was born in Ireland in 1667‚ at the beginning of what is called the Enlightenment‚ or the so-called Age of Reason. Because the Enlightenment was essentially a reaction to the bloody religious wars of the previous century‚ it unapologetically exalted human reason over religious faith; it took on an especially low view of Christianity. "AS A CHRISTIAN‚ SWIFT HAD A LOW VIEW OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT." But as a Christian himself‚ Swift
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Chapter III: Eighteenth Century English Literature LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT (18th century) The 17th century was one of the most stormy periods of English history. The growing contradictions between the new class‚ the bourgeoisie‚ and the old forces of feudalism brought about the English Bourgeois Revolution in the 1640s. As a result of the revolution the king was dethroned and beheaded and England was proclaimed a republic. Though very soon monarchy was restored‚ the position of
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Baroque music From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about Wikipedia •Jump to: navigation‚ search History of European art music Early Medieval (500 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Common practice Baroque (1600 – 1760) Classical (1730 – 1820) Romantic (1815 – 1910) Modern and contemporary 20th century classical (1900 – 2000) Contemporary classical (1975 – present) Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music
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------------------------------------------------- English literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia William Shakespeare English literature is the literature written in the English language‚ including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example‚ Robert Burns was Scottish‚ James Joyce was Irish‚ Joseph Conrad was Polish‚ Dylan Thomas was Welsh‚ Thomas Pynchon is American‚ V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad‚ and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian‚ but all
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Punctuation The word punctuation has been derived from the word ‘punctum‚ a point’ which means the right use of putting in points or stops in writing. Students and readers need to fully comprehend the correct usage of punctuation in writing: To put oral communication in writing‚ To mark the emphasis of the ideas for the clarity of sense in writing. To convey the variation in tone of the speakers in writing. To distinguish between the ideas of spoken language. Definition Punctuation can
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The Earth as a Planet It is important to look at the Earth in its context as only one of the nine planets which make up the solar system. This is an introduction to the Solar System‚ its formation‚ and composition‚ with special emphasis on the "terrestrial" or "inner" planets. I take a kind of historical approach‚ noting the patterns and regularities observed‚ for example‚ by Tycho Brahe‚ described by Johannes Kepler‚ and explained by Sir Isaac Newton. Laplace and even the philosopher Immanuel
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