This book describes the emergence of ecological understanding among the English Romantic poets, arguing that this new holistic paradigm offered a conceptual and ideological basis for American environmentalism.
Thomas Hardy: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Poets)
Despite thinking of himself as a poet and abandoning prose fiction later in his career, Thomas Hardy is considered one of the crucial novelists of the last three decades of the 19th century. This volume concerns several of his best novels, including Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, and Jude the Obscure. Critical analysis is offered by numerous authorities on the subject.
This booklet is intended primarily as an entry point for discussion with the students you advise. I do not pretend to represent what you, as advisor, expect or what your program requires. Instead, you will find, throughout the booklet I urge the student to talk with you and your colleagues about the particular emphases and expectations of your discipline, subdiscipline, department and program. The information in this booklet is offered as a way to start the discussion.
The third edition of this lively and stimulating book offers and enlightening new approach to effective study. Without minimizing the importance of good organization and hard work, the author stresses throughout that study can and must be fun. To experience the real benefits to be gained from study requires a positive, self-directed approach. The advice offered in this book will help the student find and adopt the study methods most suited to his/her needs.
Flesch showed us how to make language both simple and persuasive. He caught the public's attention with his own snappy, forceful style. It was in the debate over phonics that he demonstrated the full force of plain language.
Stepping out of his role as a scientist, he became an educator and teacher. He offered practical rules for more readable writing. His own writing was a peerless example of the skill he was trying to teach.
Flesch showed us how to make language both simple and persuasive. He caught the public's attention with his own snappy, forceful style. It was in the debate over phonics that he demonstrated the full force of plain language.
