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In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British
Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive
light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship,
the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and
includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The
anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide
connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout
to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It
includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in
each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the
literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes
for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an
unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials.
Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview
Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader
in the field.The full anthology comprises six bound volumes,
together with an extensive website component; the latter has been
edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high
standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is
accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one
or more of the bound volumes. In the revised third edition of this
volume, the term 'Anglo-Saxon' has been removed from our editorial
apparatus - a change made in response to recent scholarly work that
has drawn attention to the term's historical and current usage by
white supremacists. We have also taken the opportunity to implement
a small number of additional improvements. We have also taken the
opportunity to implement a small number of additional improvements;
the pagination, however, remains the same.
Increasingly, writing handbooks are seen as over-produced and
overpriced. One stands out: The Broadview Guide to Writing
continues to be produced in black, white, and shades of grey, on
plain paper, and to sell for half the price of its fancier-looking
competitors. What does change and stay up-to-date is the book's
contents. For the sixth edition the coverage of MLA, APA, Chicago,
and CBE styles of documentation has been substantially expanded as
well as updated. Also expanded is coverage of formulating academic
arguments; of writing and critical thinking; of writing about
literature, of writing about science; of paragraphing; of how to
integrate quoted material into one's own work; and of balance and
parallelism. The online materials-including the selection of
interactive exercises-will also be expanded considerably.
The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing presents essential material
from the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are key
grammatical points, a glossary of usage, advice on various forms of
academic writing, coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics,
and helpful advice on how to research academic papers. MLA, APA,
and Chicago styles of citation and documentation are covered, and
each has been revised to include the latest updates. A companion
website provides a wealth of interactive exercises, information on
the CSE style of citation and documentation, and much more.
In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British
Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive
light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship,
the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and
includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The
anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide
connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout
to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It
includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in
each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the
literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes
for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an
unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials.
Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview
Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader
in the field.The full anthology comprises six bound volumes,
together with an extensive website component; the latter has been
edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high
standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is
accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one
or more of the bound volumes. The two-volume Broadview Anthology of
British Literature, Concise Edition provides an attractive
alternative to the full six-volume anthology. Though much more
compact, the concise edition nevertheless provides instructors with
substantial choice, offering both a strong selection of canonical
authors and a sampling of lesser-known works. With an unparalleled
number of illustrations and contextual materials, accessible and
engaging introductions, and full explanatory annotations, the
concise edition of this acclaimed Broadview anthology provides
focused yet wide-ranging coverage for British literature survey
courses. Among the works now included for the first time in the
concise edition are Chaucer's The Prioress's Tale; the York
Crucifixion play; more poems from Sidney's Astrophil and Stella; an
expanded section of writings by Elizabeth I, more poems by Lady
Mary Wroth, and an expanded selection of work by Margaret
Cavendish. The literatures of Ireland, Gaelic Scotland, and Wales
are now much better represented, and a selection of work by
Laboring Class Poets is now included. There are also new contextual
materials-including a substantial section on "Transatlantic
Currents." In the case of several authors and texts (among them The
Four Branches of the Mabinogi, Julian of Norwich, Sir Thomas
Malory, and Phillis Wheatley), the new edition will incorporate
substantial improvements that have been made in the new editions of
the period volumes published in recent years. As before, the
Concise edition includes a substantial website component, providing
instructors with a great degree of flexibility. For the first time,
a selection of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales will be available online
in facing-column format (with versions in modern English included
opposite the original text).
LePan challenges the assumption that everybody thinks in the same
way by examining a particular mental faculty - expectation. He
concludes that certain forms of expectation did not exist in the
minds of most medieval people, any more than they do in children or
adults in many primitive societies.
Increasingly, writing handbooks are seen as over-produced and
overpriced. One stands out: The Broadview Guide to Writing is
published in an elegant but simple format, and sells for roughly
half the price of its fancier-looking competitors. That does not
change with the new edition; what does change and stay up-to-date
is the content of the book. The seventh Canadian edition brings a
substantial re-organization of the contents under three headings:
Writing Processes, Writing Mechanics, and Writing Contexts.
Coverage of the MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of documentation
has been substantially revised to reflect the most recent updates,
including the 2020 APA and 2021 MLA changes. As in earlier
editions, the Broadview Guide offers wide ranging coverage of
academic argument; of writing and critical thinking; and of writing
about literature. Coverage of personal and informal writing is
included for the first time-as is a sample literary essay in MLA
style (in addition to the sample MLA interdisciplinary essay). The
'How to be Good with Words' chapter (on issues of gender, race,
religion etc.) has been extensively revised, as has the material on
electronic etiquette.
The third edition of the Victorian Era volume of The Broadview
Anthology of British Literature includes a number of changes and
new additions, including the complete texts of In Memoriam A.H.H.,
The Importance of Being Earnest, Carmilla, and Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as Contexts sections on 'Work and
Poverty,' 'Women in Society,' 'Sexuality in the Victorian Era,'
'Nature and the Environment,' 'The New Woman,' and 'Britain,
Empire, and a Wider World.' The third edition also offers expanded
representation of writers of color, including Mary Prince, Mary
Seacole, Toru Dutt, Mary Ann Shadd, and Rabindranath Tagore.
In recent decades the contested areas of English usage have grown
both larger and more numerous. We may argue rather less frequently
than was once the case over issues of grammar and usage. But we
argue more frequently than ever overwhether to use man or humanity,
fisher or fisherman; whether to say Indians or Native Peoples (or
First Nations, or Chippewa or Cree or Snuneymuxw, as the case may
be); whether to speak of a person being disabled, or challenged, or
differently abled; whether it's acceptable to say that's so gay.
These are all issues that some would lump together as controversies
of political correctness (itself in some ways a problematic
expression). Certainly they are all issues that involve ethics as
well as the conventions of grammar or of English usage - though
they are often intimately intertwined with those conventions. This
volume offers a concise and user-friendly guide to these large
issues. Can we use language in ways that avoid giving expression to
prejudices embedded within it? Can the words we use help us point a
way towards a better world? Can we take these issues with
appropriate seriousness while remaining open-minded - and still
retaining our sense of humor? To all these questions this little
book answers yes, while offering clear-headed discussions of many
of the key issues.
In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British
Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive
light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship,
the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and
includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The
anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide
connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout
to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It
includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in
each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the
literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes
for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an
unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials.
Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview
Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader
in the field. The full anthology comprises six bound volumes,
together with an extensive website component; the latter has been
edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high
standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is
accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one
or more of the bound volumes. For the third edition of this volume
a considerable number of changes have been made. Newly prepared,
for example, is a substantial selection from Baldassare
Castiglione's The Courtier, presented in Thomas Hoby's influential
early modern English translation. Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy
is another major addition. Also new to the anthology are excerpts
from Thomas Dekker's plague pamphlets. We have considerably
expanded our representation of Elizabeth I's writings and speeches,
as well as providing several more cantos from Edmund Spenser's
Faerie Queene and adding selections from Sir Philip Sidney's
Arcadia. We have broadened our coverage, too, to include
substantial selections of Irish, Gaelic Scottish, and Welsh
literature. (Perhaps most notable of the numerous authors in this
section are two extraordinary Welsh poets, Dafydd ap Gwilym and
Gwerful Mechain.) Mary Sidney Herbert's writings now appear in the
bound book instead of on the companion website. Margaret Cavendish,
previously included in volume 3 of the full anthology, will now
also be included in this volume; we have added a number of her
poems, with an emphasis on those with scientific themes. The
edition features two new Contexts sections: a sampling of "Tudor
and Stuart Humor," and a section on "Levellers, Diggers, Ranters,
and Covenanters." New materials on emblem books and on manuscript
culture have also been added to the "Culture: A Portfolio" contexts
section. There are many additions the website component as
well-including Thomas Deloney's Jack of Newbury also published as a
stand-alone BABL edition). We are also expanding our online
selection of transatlantic material, with the inclusion of writings
by John Smith, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet.
Probing the question: "Are we ready to accept a human-ape hybrid in
our midst?" What if humans were able to reproduce with other great
apes? What would the hybrid offspring look like? Act like? Think
like? And how would humans respond? Would such creatures be allowed
to live among us? Or would they be put under a microscope in a zoo
or research facility? Lucinda Gerson is an outspoken, free-spirited
working-class single mother. Lively and unpredictable, she's the
sort of person you might call "one of a kind." Her child Bonbon is
quite literally one of a kind. When Lucinda spends the money she
has inherited from an uncle on a trip to visit her anthropologist
sister in the Congo, she comes back pregnant. Lucy and Bonbon is
the story of mother and child, and of the controversy that swirls
around them over the course of the child's first fourteen years. It
is a story of freedom and captivity, of love and friendship, of
borders and of border crossings, and of what it means to be a human
animal.
These volumes provide an overview of British literature in its
social and historical context from the Anglo-Saxon period through
to the twenty-first century. They trace literary developments and
touch on key developments in the history of the language of print
culture. Additionally, they provide essential background for those
unfamiliar with the unfolding of British political, social,
economic, and cultural history during each of the six periods into
which the study of British literature is commonly divided. The
material for British Literature: A Historical Overview has been
drawn from the general introductions to the six volumes of the
acclaimed Broadview Anthology of British Literature.
This volume is ideally suited for use as a companion volume in
survey courses where the instructor has decided against using a
large anthology. It provides an overview of British literature in
its social and historical context from the age of Romanticism
through to the twentieth century and beyond. It traces literary
developments in all genres, and touches as well on key developments
in the history of the language and the history of print culture. It
also provides essential historical background for those unfamiliar
with the unfolding of British political, social, economic, and
cultural history during these periods. Included are a wide variety
of illustrations, 24 of which are color plates. The material for
British Literature: A Historical Overview has been drawn from the
general introductions to the six volumes of the acclaimed Broadview
Anthology of British Literature. A Historical Overview, Volume A is
also available; this covers the medieval period through the
eighteenth century.
In all six of its volumes The Broadview Anthology of British
Literature presents British literature in a truly distinctive
light. Fully grounded in sound literary and historical scholarship,
the anthology takes a fresh approach to many canonical authors, and
includes a wide selection of work by lesser-known writers. The
anthology also provides wide-ranging coverage of the worldwide
connections of British literature, and it pays attention throughout
to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. It
includes comprehensive introductions to each period, providing in
each case an overview of the historical and cultural as well as the
literary background. It features accessible and engaging headnotes
for all authors, extensive explanatory annotations, and an
unparalleled number of illustrations and contextual materials.
Innovative, authoritative and comprehensive, The Broadview
Anthology of British Literature has established itself as a leader
in the field. The full anthology comprises six bound volumes,
together with an extensive website component; the latter has been
edited, annotated, and designed according to the same high
standards as the bound book component of the anthology, and is
accessible by using the passcode obtained with the purchase of one
or more of the bound volumes. Intended for courses that focus on
poetry during the Romantic period, this volume includes all the
poetry selections from Volume 4 of The Broadview Anthology of
British Literature, along with a number of works newly edited for
this volume. The Age of Romanticism: Poetry maintains the Broadview
Anthology of British Literature's characteristic balance of
canonical favorites and lesser-known gems, featuring a breadth of
poetry from William Blake to Phyllis Wheatley, from Ebenezer
Elliott to Felicia Hemans. "Contexts" sections provide valuable
background on cultural matters such as "The Natural and the
Sublime" and "The Abolition of Slavery," while the companion
website offers a wealth of additional resources and primary works.
Longer works newly prepared for the bound book include Byron's
Manfred and The Giaour, Keats's Hyperion, and substantial
selections from Wordsworth's fourteen-book Prelude; authors newly
added for this volume include Hannah Cowley, Hannah More, Ann
Yearsley, Robert Southey, and Thomas Moore.
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Manfred (Paperback)
George Gordon Lord Byron; Edited by Joe Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, Isobel Grundy, …
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A quintessential depiction of the Byronic hero, Byron's poetic
drama Manfred centers on the interior sufferings of its
psychologically tortured title character, who is haunted by the
death of his forbidden lover. A radically autonomous figure,
Manfred rejects help from other human beings, refuses Christian
absolution, and disdains dark supernatural entities far more
powerful than he is. Despite (or perhaps in part also because of)
scandalous associations between the work and Byron's own tumultuous
personal life, it was a considerable success from the start-and
soon became far more than merely successful; Manfred exerted a
powerful shaping force on the Romantic sensibility for decades
after Byron's death. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature
edition of Manfred is accompanied by a substantial selection of
contextual materials including Byron's original draft of the play's
conclusion; influences on the poem, such as Paradise Lost, Goethe's
Faust, and Vathek; examples of the Byronic hero from the poet's
other writings; a selection of contemporary reviews; and an excerpt
from Man-Fred, a dramatic parody in which the protagonist is
reimagined as a chimney-sweep.
The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a concise volume
presenting essential material from the full Broadview Guide to
Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points; a
glossary of usage; advice on various forms of academic writing;
coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on
how to research academic papers; and much more. Four commonly-used
styles of citation and documentation are covered-MLA, APA, Chicago,
and CSE. The revised fourth edition includes full coverage of the
2016 MLA Style changes.
"Even the most useful reference guides are not always, well, shall
we say, riveting. A refreshing exception is the new Broadview Guide
to Writing, which is smart, helpful, and even fun to read." -Gerald
Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, authors of They Say / I Say: The Moves
That Matter in Academic Writing Key Features -A coil-bound
reference text suitable for a range of introductory composition and
writing courses -Divided into three sections: Writing Processes
(including Research, Argumentation, and Style) Writing Mechanics
(Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation) Writing Contexts (Writing in
different academic disciplines, Forms and conventions, and
citation) -Comprehensive treatment of citation style guides, with
2016 MLA style updates -Expanded treatment of research methods,
argument structures, and writing in the workplace -A unique section
on "How to Be Good With Words"-issues of gender, race, class,
religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc. -Expanded coverage
for those whose native language is not English -All-new chapter on
reading images -Extensive companion website featuring interactive
exercises Increasingly, writing handbooks are seen as over-produced
and overpriced. One stands out: The Broadview Guide to Writing is
published in an elegant but simple format, and sells for roughly
half the price of its fancier-looking competitors. That does not
change with the new edition; what does change and stay up-to-date
is the content of the book. The sixth edition brings a substantial
re-organization of the contents under three headings: Writing
Processes, Writing Mechanics, and Writing Contexts. Coverage of
APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of documentation has been
substantially expanded, and the MLA section has now been fully
revised to take into account all the 2016 changes. Also expanded is
coverage of academic argument; of writing and critical thinking; of
writing about literature, of paragraphing; of how to integrate
quoted material into one's own work; of balance and parallelism;
and of issues of gender, race, religion etc. in writing. The
chapter "Seeing and Meaning: Reading (and Writing About) Visual
Images" is entirely new to the sixth edition.
The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a concise volume
presenting essential material from the full Broadview Guide to
Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points; a
glossary of usage; advice on various forms of academic writing;
coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on
how to research academic papers; and much more. For the fourth
edition the coverage of APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of
documentation has been substantially expanded; the MLA section has
now been fully revised to take into account all the 2016 changes.
Also expanded is coverage of academic argument; of writing and
critical thinking; of writing about literature, and of issues in
writing related to gender, race, class, religion sexual
orientation, etc.|The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing is a
concise volume presenting essential material from the full
Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are summaries of key
grammatical points; a glossary of usage; advice on various forms of
academic writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics;
helpful advice on how to research academic papers; and much more.
For the fourth edition the coverage of APA, Chicago, and CSE styles
of documentation has been substantially expanded; the MLA section
has now been fully revised to take into account all the 2016
changes. Also expanded is coverage of academic argument; of writing
and critical thinking; of writing about literature, and of issues
in writing related to gender, race, class, religion sexual
orientation, etc.
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Utopia (Paperback)
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This volume includes the full text of More's 1516 classic, Utopia,
together with a wide range of background contextual materials. For
this edition the G.C. Richards translation has been substantially
revised and modernized by William P. Weaver of Baylor University.
As with other volumes in this series, the text and annotations in
this edition are taken from The Broadview Anthology of British
Literature, acclaimed as "the new standard" in the field.
Appendices include illustrations from early editions; relevant
passages from the Bible and from Plato; excerpts from More's 1534
Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation that have been cited for
their alleged relevance to the debate over whether or not More
himself espoused the "communist" principles of the Utopia he
imagined.
Why are the plots of Shakespeare and his contemporaries so
different from those of his predecessors? This book argues that the
answer is in part that certain forms of expectation were largely
undeveloped in the medieval period. More broadly, it suggests that
many of the causal and temporal thought processes that are second
nature to us operated very differently or had not been developed in
the minds of most medieval people. And conversely, it suggests that
other mental faculties (such as the ability to respond to some of
the elemental appeal of poetry) may have become dulled by the
post-renaissance rationalist emphasis in our culture. In addition
to drawing on a broad range of etymological and literary evidence
(from the 10th century Gnomic verses to 16th-century drama) the
book delves into medieval history, and draws many anthropological
parallels. This is a significant study in the nature of narrative
and an important investigation into the mental and cultural worlds
of Shakespeare and his predecessors.
The ESL edition of Common Errors in English offers a comprehensive
survey of the sorts of difficulties second language learners most
often experience with English-and provides real help to students in
overcoming them. The body of the book is organized according to
grammatical categories, covering such topics as Verb Tense
difficulties; Word Order Problems; Negation; Gerunds and Direct
Objects; Singular and Plural Difficulties; and Direct and Indirect
Speech. Included as well is a comprehensive section on usage and
meaning, and a list of words commonly misspelled. The authors take
care to avoid the harshly prescriptive; the book is informed
throughout by a sympathetic understanding both of the difficulties
that face every ESL student and of the particular problems faced by
individuals from different linguistic backgrounds as they learn the
peculiarities of English grammar and usage. The book includes a
generous selection of exercises informed by these principles, and
an accompanying answer key. Common Errors in English: ESL Edition
will be an invaluable reference text for second language learners
at a wide variety of levels.
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