Peter Widdowson‚ who has died of cancer aged 66‚ played an important role in revitalising the study of English literature through a long career inhigher education‚ all of it spent in the old polytechnics and new universities - latterly at the University of Gloucestershire. He was an important voice in the debates about "theory" in the 1970s and 80s‚ and was an internationally renowned Thomas Hardy scholar. Peter was born in Coventry and took pleasure in describing himself as a war baby. An only
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Conduct a search for US trademark registrations and applications owned by Liz Claiborne. This can be done online at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website‚ www.uspto.gov. You want to look for the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)‚ and conduct a basic search. [8 pts] a. Is the C2.0 mark listed? b. If so‚ what is the current status: LIVE or DEAD? c. What was the filing date? d. What was the date of first use in interstate commerce? e. What
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individuality and sending Tessie Hutchinson to her death. That of gender is also involved in this story. The society is male-dominated‚ and the women are even submissive to their young male children. The central conflict of this story would be when Tess Hutchinson disagrees with the result of the lottery. To summarize the plot‚ the villagers of a small town gather together in the square on June 27‚ a beautiful day‚ for the town lottery. In other towns‚ the lottery takes longer‚ but there are only
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I’d Know You Anywhere‚ Laura Lippman Laura Lippman‚ an accomplished author in the crime fiction genre‚ strikes gold with her stand-alone novel I’d Know You Anywhere‚ loosely based off of real events. For the first section of the novel‚ Lippman flawlessly switches the setting from present time‚ mainly in Maryland to 1985 with almost every chapter. Eliza Benedict‚ the main character‚ frequently refers to 1985 as “the summer she was fifteen”. To her‚ it is much easier than saying “that time I
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truthfully and without artistic license‚ even if that view is dark‚ sordid and macabre. The world was introduced to working class heroes and tragic heroins like Carmen – a cigarette factory worker – in Bizet’s opera Carmen and Tess Durbeyfield – a country milkmaid – in Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles. The Realists wished to turn away from their forebears Romanticised ideals and present the truth of the world in all forms of art. Similarly‚ half a century later‚ the next generation of artists and writers
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-"Summary of the Film"- Jose Protasio "Pepe" Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda or known "Jose Rizal" was a Filipino writer who wrote a novels. His novels are all about for the Spaniards that living in the Philippines and to brighten the minds of all Filipinos from the harshly doings of the Spaniards. Jose Rizal take a Course of Doctor in University Of Sto. Tomas and continued his studies in Europe. When he was a child his first teacher was his mother "Teodora Alonso". Dr. Jose Rizal was intelligent
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during their summer vacation and the villagers have begun assembling in the square to hold a lottery‚ so it’s unclear exactly what the prize of this lottery is going to be and this mystery persists throughout the story. Until the end of the story‚ Tess Hutchinson is stoned
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these authors exhibits the interest and influence they have on today’s society. Even though many of these authors are outstanding‚ there is one that surpasses the rest: Thomas Hardy. Today Hardy is famous for his novels Return of the Native and Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Hardy wrote many novels and volumes of poetry over his 50-year literary career. Hardy life has a huge
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Horses of the Night - First Stage Notes • Vanessa was 6 years old‚ and Shallow Creek was a very cold environment o "No leaves grew...breath of seals and polar bears snuffled out steamily and turned to ice" - IMAGERY • Chris was fifteen when Vanessa met him • "...let him stay at the Brick House." significance? • "...high low-sweeping spruce trees shutting out the sun with their dusky out-fanned branches." (pg 283) - IMAGERY • "At last the front screen door was hurled open and Grandfather Connor
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As June poses as a girl from a poor sector‚ she is injured in a fight. Coincidentally‚ the person she is after comes to her rescue‚ and Day’s companion‚ Tess‚ takes care of June. June soon realizes that the person she is with is indeed Day. A plan is then set up to capture Day‚ without him being able to flee. Soldiers are sent and surround Day’s home. Day attempts to stealthily evacuate his family from
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