Reorienting the Renaissance: Cultural Exchanges with the East
This book explores how the Renaissance entailed a global exchange of goods, skills and ideas between East and West. In chapters ranging from Ottoman history to Venetian publishing, from portraits of St George to Arab philosophy ... the authors interrogate what all too often may seem to be settled certainties.
Authors such as Gish Jen, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chang-rae Lee, Ha Jin, Amy Tan, and Maxine Hong Kingston are among the established authors and newly emerging voices profiled in Asian-American Writers. This new volume also discusses their acclaimed works to assist students studying these authors and their writings
Something about the Author (SATA) is an ongoing reference series that examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators of books for children and young people. SATA includes not only well known writers and artists but also less prominent individuals whose works are just coming to be recognized. You'll find SATA informative and entertaining, whether you are a student, a librarian, an English teacher, a parent, or simply an adult who enjoys children's literature.
Now in an updated third edition, English Teaching in the Secondary School is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of teaching English. Presenting an informed view of current educational policy, the authors provide advice to help students creatively and independently interpret government initiatives and incorporate them in their teaching practice. With practical ideas for use in the classroom, extensive discussion of theory and opportunities for reflection and critical thought, the authors guide students through the whole process of English teaching in the secondary school.
In this collection, the work of many of Britain's most central authors, reaching back to Old English Literature and some of its most revered texts, such as Beowulf, is presented. Twenty-two of the most studied and most popular writers in British literature are reexamined in this second retrospective supplement to the BRITISH WRITERS Series. Authors covered include Jane Austen, Chaucer, Dickens, T. S. Eliot, Tom Stoppard, Oscar Wilde and others.
