![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A culture's canon is an evolving consensus of individual canons. It consists of those writers all other writers have to know and by whom they measure themselves. Norman Fruman of The New York Times wrote that " The Western Canon is a heroically brave, formidably learned and often unbearably sad response to the present state of the humanities." īloom's canon is in many ways mine. īloom defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon: Bloom later disowned the list, saying that it was written at his editor's insistence and distracted from the book's intention. The Western Canon includes four appendices listing works that Bloom at the time considered canonical, stretching from the earliest scriptures to Tony Kushner's Angels in America. ![]() The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the author defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon.īloom argues against what he calls the "school of resentment", which includes feminist literary criticism, Marxist literary criticism, Lacanians, New Historicism, Deconstructionists, and semioticians. ![]()
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![]() Ranging from Aristotle, Schopenhauer, and John Stuart Mill to Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as drawing on Setiya's own experience, Midlife combines imaginative ideas, surprising insights, and practical advice. And you will learn what it would mean to live in the present, how it could solve your midlife crisis, and why meditation helps. ![]() You will be introduced to philosophical consolations for mortality. You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you made a mistake. How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive. ![]() ![]() Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Praunheim has created over 40 films, almost all controversial, as befits the "senior member of the Berlin school of underground filmmaking. Moerover "Rosa" means "Pink" and he choiose it also to remember the pink triangle that homosexuals had to wear in Nazi concentration camps. This "bad boy of the German gay scene" took a female name in 1967 when he began directing, in a reversal of the habit of female writers in centuries past, who often took male names in order to get their works published. Praunheim is a film and stage director, as well as a writer. Last update of this page: February 12 th 2002īorn in Riga, Latvia, as Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitsky, he grew up in Praunheim, a suburb of Frankfurt. Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Rosa von Praunheim ![]() ![]() She writes paranormal romance novels under the pesudonym of Regan Hastings. And once, Ann Carberry even wrote a Victorian historical which she absolutely loved doing. As Sarah Hart, she wrote one really spectacular western paranormal that is still one of her favorites. As Kathleen Kane, she wrote not only Americana romances, but western paranormal romances as well. As Ann Carberry, she wrote western historical romances. Over the years, she’s written under lots of different names and she prefers the term ‘pseudonym’ to ‘alias’. Under her own name, Maureen Child writes short contemporary novels-books she loves to write because of their fast pace and condensed story telling, she is also writing funny, contemporary paranormal romances. When she’s at home, she is kept busy with her two grown children and a somewhat confused golden retriever named Abbey. ![]() She and her husband enjoy traveling, usually taking road trips with her parents. Maureen Child was born 28 September 1951 in California, USA. ![]() ![]() ![]() Among the people waiting is a courier with a package you need to sign for. The fax machine looks jammed again, and we're expecting an important document. Entering the office, you hear the phone is ringing and see the message light is blinking. Two clients want immediate help with grant applications - you know those artists, they just can't wait! - and a third wants to use our library, which isn't open till noon. When you arrive at work to open the arts resource centre, several people are already at the door. 'Ryan, pretend it's a rough morning for a sec. Luckily for me, none of this surfaced during the interview. Without question, my organizational skills were as sharp as my vision, and I had no office experience to speak of. “Cash was running low, so I'd applied for a job as an administrative assistant for a nonprofit arts group. ![]() ![]() ![]() If Vicious was reminiscent of Frankenstein( unintentionally, on Schwab’s part), the story of two men who create monsters in themselves and each other, and then hunt each other to the ends of the Earth to vanquish that villainy, then Vengeful is X-Men: a fight for the future of EOs as a species, one defined by two differing opinions from within the EO community of what that future should look like. Sydney is struggling with her part in Victor’s condition, as well as the isolation that comes from being an 18-year-old stuck in a 13-year-old girl’s body. Eli has been locked inside of a cell at ExtraOrdinary Observation and Neutralization (EON), an organization set up to catch and contain EOs. Victor is suffering from the increasingly-serious side effects of having been brought back from the proper dead. ![]() Vengeful picks up five years after the events of Vicious, and those years have not been kind to this world’s central characters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twenty-five years earlier, Ruby Reyes, known as the Ice Queen, was convicted of a similar murder in a trial that riveted Canada in the early nineties. With the unwanted media attention now surrounding her, it's only a matter of time before someone from her long hidden past recognizes her and destroys the new life she's worked so hard to build, along with any chance of a future. ![]() But as bad as this looks, it's not what worries her the most. When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom-covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the bathtub behind her-she knows she'll be charged with murder. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy her future. Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Hillier jams her foot on the accelerator and never lets up." - New York Times Book Review ![]() "Propulsive and chilling." - People Magazine ![]() ![]() ![]() In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves. First published 25 October 2002 996 The Duchess of Malfi 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions. You are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal ![]() Offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy, first presented circa 1613. Institution ( see List), you should be able to access the LE onĬampus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing ![]() ![]() ![]() Many questions are often asked by his adoring public. 1) The earth is flat and 2) You should never eat a banana when it's not ripe. He did, however, learn a couple of things. ![]() During these travels, Elias met and spoke to many interesting people, choosing to ignore all of them. Later, he time travelled back to the present and went on a series of trips to many foreign and distant lands. It is believed the fumes from the chimneys did so much damage to Elias that it was a miracle he ever ate a cupcake again. ![]() How he got to be in a tulip is not really clear, nor is it clear how he got out of the tulip and years later wrote the smash hit musical, 'Love be a Stranger', which was an international flop.Īfter that success, he went on to work as a 19th century Victorian chimney sweep where he was then inspired to write the acclaimed series of books entitled 'Duke & Michel'. What is relevant is that he arose out of a tulip that was growing in some old granny's garden in Camberwell. His date of birth is not really relevant anyway. Elias Zapple was not born in 1922, as some would have you believe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MY TWO CENTS : In Confetti Girl, López masterfully blends serious middle school issues, like friendships and first kisses, with the even more serious issues middle schoolers face, such as the death of one parent and the paralyzing grief of the other. Even though her house is crammed full of her dad’s books, she’s having trouble figuring out some big questions, like why her father keeps retreating into his reading, why her best friend is changing their old rules, and, most of all, why her mother had to die last year. Like colors in cascarones, Lina’s life is a rainbow of people, interests, and unexpected changes. DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: Apolonia “Lina” Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who is looking for answers. ![]() |