The function of language that will be focused on in this book is how it is used in the creation of literary texts. That said, many students find writing about the language of literature difficult. It is one thing to comment on what was written about, quite another to write about how it was written. This book will help you to analyse literary texts by looking at the ways in which language has been used in their formation.
Containing a synopsis of national bases of jurisdication (one of the first of its kind) international law is presented here through litigation. Legal procedures determine what the law is. The great variety of procedures which determine international law including diplomatic means are comprehensively examined. This perspective is original and helps to explain foreign policy expediences and conflicting prescriptive rules. Written as an academic study the book is also meant to benefit those practising in the field.
The Facts On File Companion to Classical Drama was written for those without any previous introduction to classical studies or the ancient Greek or Latin language.
In this book, classical drama is taken to refer primarily to plays. Written by Greek and Roman authors. Understanding classical drama is a daunting task. Of the thousands of plays written during this period, only about 85 survive in more or less complete form, and though we know the names of some 300 classical playwrights, the surviving 85 plays can be attributed to only eight writers: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca.
A Companion to American Fiction 1865 - 1914 (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
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A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. An exceptionally broad-ranging Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century, contains 29 essays written by top scholars in the field. Each essay presents a synthesis of the best scholarly perspectives and offers an original perspective of its own.
This book presents perspectives on children's thinking in school mathematics and explores ways in which learning may be facilitated when
teachers are invited to share the depth of analysis provided by research.
It is written by teachers who have enjoyed the opportunity to reflect on some aspect of mathematics learning and to develop some expertise in a given area. It is written for teachers, students and interested parents to introduce them to topics of relevance in Mathematics Education today.
