Fictions of British Decadence is a fresh account of the emergence, development, and legacy of fiction written in the era of Oscar Wilde. It examines a broad range of texts by a diverse array of Decadent writers, from familiar figures such as Ernest Dowson and John Davidson to lesser-known innovators such as Arthur Machen and M.P. Shiel. MacLeod fills a large gap in understanding the movement that helped negotiate transition from the Victorian triple-decker to experimental Modernist fiction.
The world-wide reform movement has now been in process for thirty years and it is therefore perhaps an appropriate point to consider its implications for the work of teachers thus far and to ponder on the future. It would be widely agreed that the reform movement in general, and in relation to teachers work in particular, has brought advantages and disadvantages. It has stimulated teacher development and increased the accountability of teachers to clients including the state as client.
The Modernist movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries constituted a literary and cultural revolution.Modernism's importance is undeniable,from its break with realism to its influence on postmodernism. Modernism combines a comprehensive introduction to the movement with original analyses of key Modernist texts.As the writer traces the Modernist movement from its roots and through its various branches,he tackles such issues as gender,class,race and sexuality,offering an account which is critically informed and engaging throughout. This essential guide takes the reader from the who's who and what's what of Modernism to an advanced understanding of this crucial cultural movement.
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This book, in first-person story format, includes the 26 Brain Gym movements and simple instructions for how to perform them correctly. The book reaches out to all with the message that movement and learning are necessary companions. Every page contains high-energy illustrations of activities recommended for people of all ages. Included are specific routines of movement for specific skills such as reading comprehension and hand-eye coordination.
There has been recent controversy in the African American community about youth and their lack of appreciation for the gains of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This stellar biography is a superb introduction to the foremost leader of the civil rights movement. The story and historical context will be eye-opening for students and a good refresher for others who are too young to have remembered the events. In a gripping narrative style, the biography traces the young Martin, the son and grandson of formidable preachers, to his calling as a minister too, but one who would take on the entrenched racism of the South, and North, through a nonviolent movement that changed the course of American history.
