A practical guide for translators in all languages, including information on all areas of translation and extensive indices of dictionaries, translation work sources, education programs, translation on the Internet, and more.
Writing at University offers guidance on how to develop the writing you have to do at university along with a greater understanding of what is involved in this complex activity. Writing is seen as a tool for learning as well as a product to be assessed. The importance of what you yourself can bring as a writer to your academic writing is stressed throughout the book.
The book looks at an array of writing projects, including essays, reports and dissertations, and analyzes what is expected of each form of assignment. The authors provide examples of student writing and reflections on writing by both tutors and students.
This edition includes new sections on:
Making an argument and persuading your reader
Using sources creatively
Avoiding plagiarism
Writing online
Further sources of information about academic writing
Writing at University is an essential resource for all college and university students, including postgraduates, who wish to develop their academic writing. It will also be an invaluable aid for tutors in supporting their students.
Using
archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating
current scholarly theories this volume will serve as an excellent
companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the
Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed.
Detailed
enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a
readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most
interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the
Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines.
Jennifer
Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many
languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores,
in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these
cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in
local cult titles and rituals.
Including an introductory chapter
on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book
will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion. (Amazon.com)
Who was Cleopatra? Who is Cleopatra? Viewed as both goddess and monster even in her own lifetime, she has become through the ages saint and sinner, heroine and victim, femme fatale and star-crossed lover, black and white. A protean figure, Cleopatra defies categorization.
Cleopatra's life story, gleaned from contemporary sources, is powerfully intriguing: Married four times, she seduced two of the most powerful men in Rome (Julius Caesar and Marc Antony), became the sole ruler of Egypt, gained legendary status for her lavish banquets, and chose to die rather than endure disgrace as the prisoner of Octavian, Caesar's heir.
This fascinating sourcebook documents what we know of the historical figure and also shows how she has evolved through the lens of interpretation. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, the volume consists of a series of readings about Cleopatra--historical, literary, and documentary--extending from ancient times to the twentieth century, from the European Romantics to the Afro centrists, and from Middle English to modern Arabic.
In her introductions to the readings, Prudence J. Jones provides helpful information about the sources, placing them in historical and cultural context. She includes passages both familiar and unfamiliar, some not easily found in translation. Suitable for classroom use, Cleopatra: A Sourcebook reveals a multitude of Cleopatras, raising as many questions as it answers about one of history's most captivating figures.
Writing at University offers guidance on how to develop the writing you have to do at university along with a greater understanding of what is involved in this complex activity. Writing is seen as a tool for learning as well as a product to be assessed. The importance of what you yourself can bring as a writer to your academic writing is stressed throughout the book.
The book looks at an array of writing projects, including essays, reports and dissertations, and analyzes what is expected of each form of assignment. The authors provide examples of student writing and reflections on writing by both tutors and students.
This edition includes new sections on:
Making an argument and persuading your reader
Using sources creatively
Avoiding plagiarism
Writing online
Further sources of information about academic writing
Writing at University is an essential resource for all college and university students, including postgraduates, who wish to develop their academic writing. It will also be an invaluable aid for tutors in supporting their students.
