What constitutes "bad" language? Is it slang? Curse words? In this academic volume, Battistella, a professor of English, examines language's relationship to social conditions and constraints and argues for relativism in looking at language. He maintains that hard-nosed, traditional ideas about what is "good" and what is "bad" are open to debate, and that labeling English as either "good" or "bad" is simplistic and unnecessary. Battistella suggests "how we might think more productively about language.
Albert Einstein did not impress his first teachers. They found him a dreamy child without an especially promising future. But some time in his early years he developed what he called "wonder" about the world. Later in life, he remembered two instances from his childhood--his fascination at age five with a compass and his introduction to the lucidity and certainty of geometry--that may have been the first signs of what was to come.
Perhaps the most famous treatment of the themes of Enslavement And Emancipation is in the 'Book of Exodus', but the two themes continue to be prominent in great literature today. This title examines the themes of enslavement and emancipation in 'Beloved', 'The Death of Ivan Ilych', the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 'A Room of One's Own', and many other notable works. Featuring original essays and excerpts from previously published critical analyses, this addition to the Bloom's Literary Themes series gives students valuable insight into the title's subject theme.
Informative text provides a general introduction to the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers for those researchers and graduate students who are working in fields where these numbers have found applications. DLC: Golden section.
Transformation in the form of rebirth and renewal has long been a central theme in literature. This volume explores this theme as found in 'Crime and Punishment', 'Heart of Darkness', 'The Tempest', 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', and many more works. Rebirth and Renewal provides about 20 explanatory essays and critical analyses from which students studying literature can gain valuable insights.
