• The PM series was developed to ensure that children would have positive experiences and enjoy reading from the first moment they are exposed to books
• Over 700 different titles covering fantasy, history, fiction, folktales, verse, song, and informational text
• Sentence structure, choice of words, and introduction of high frequency words have been carefully chosen
• The PM series was developed to ensure that children would have positive experiences and enjoy reading from the first moment they are exposed to books
• Over 700 different titles covering fantasy, history, fiction, folktales, verse, song, and informational text
• Sentence structure, choice of words, and introduction of high frequency words have been carefully chosen
Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of philosophy.
The focus of this dissertation is the refinement of comparative metrical analysis, i.e. the comparison of related poetic forms with the goal to reconstruct the form of their common origin. By attempting the reconstruction of early medieval poetry, we can hope to gain a sense of the form of the oral poetic tradition prior to the introduction of writing into these literary cultures. However, the application of the Comparative Method of historical linguistics must be refined before it can be applied to poetic forms. This study uses three case studies to highlight the deficiencies in the Comparative Method as applied to poetry. These case studies, the first on the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European verse form, the second a comparison of metrical anomalies in Old English and Old Saxon verse, and the third a comparison of an Old Norse verse form, known as the dróttkvætt, with certain metrical constructions in Old English and Old Saxon.
This volume replaces the traditional image of George Herbert as meditative recluse with a portrait of the poet as engaged throughout his life with the religion, politics and society of his time. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, Herbert appears as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle, and committed to nationalistic Protestantism.
