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From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in
1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion
of South Korea, William Crawford Woodsâs family has fought in
nearly every American war of the twentieth century. Drawing on his
familyâs letters, journals, official records, and other artifacts
found in his grandmotherâs attic, Woods has revived their
storiesâaccounts of his grandfather, who served in the Philippine
War and World War I; of his uncle, who rose from a West Point cadet
to staff command in the 11th Airborne and died in action in the
Battle of Manila in World War II; and of his own father, who
transformed himself from a sedentary lawyer into a soldier and a
spy. To lighten the dramatic and emotional load of his familyâs
service, Woods occasionally calls on memories of his own time in
the army, which he calls âbrief, bloodless, and largely
comic.âWoods fortifies this work of nonfiction with his skills as
a novelist, crafting dramatic scenes and engaging dialog, offering
far more than operational battlefield stories. He explores the
wider impact of war, as we learn of his grandfatherâs struggles
with his wifeâs patrician parents; his uncleâs involvement with
Cy Caldwell, a superstar aviator of the 1930s; and his fatherâs
swift ascent from civilian to counterspy. Stand in the Fire is both
an engrossing chronicle of a family who served in every American
conflict from the Philippine War to the Cold War and a profoundly
personal window into a familyâs patriotic inheritance. This
intimately documented history vividly conveys successive
generationsâ personal calls to serve, tells the stories of their
paths to selfhood through military experience, and reflects on how
they found fulfillment and adventure in their service, as well as
evasion of the domestic scene. Woods has skillfully created a
memoir about the construction of memory forged in military service
and American masculinity. Stand in the Fire is a powerful
exploration of the love between fathers and sons and an attempt to
honor family valor. âI became aware of a debt to my ancestors I
felt I could discharge by writing this book,â Woods writes. âIt
was a way of keeping faith with those ancestors.â
Doing Corpus Linguistics offers a practical step-by-step
introduction to corpus linguistics, making use of widely available
corpora and of a register analysis-based theoretical framework to
provide students in Applied Linguistics and TESOL with the
understanding and skills necessary to meaningfully analyze corpora
and carry out successful corpus-based research. Divided into three
parts - Introduction to Doing Corpus Linguistics and Register
Analysis; Searches in Available Corpora; and Building Your Own
Corpus, Analyzing Your Quantitative Results, and Making Sense of
Data - the book emphasizes hands-on experience with performing
language analysis research and in interpreting findings in a
meaningful and engaging way. Readers are given multiple
opportunities to analyze and apply language data by completing
smaller tasks and corpus projects using publicly available corpora.
The book also takes readers through the process of building a
specialized corpus designed to answer a specific research question
and provides detailed information on completing a final research
project that includes both a written paper and an oral presentation
of their specific research projects. Doing Corpus Linguistics
provides students in applied linguistics and TESOL with the
opportunity to gain proficiency in the technical and interpretive
aspects of corpus research and to encourage them to participate in
the growing field of corpus linguistics.
Doing Corpus Linguistics offers a practical step-by-step
introduction to corpus linguistics, making use of widely available
corpora and of a register analysis-based theoretical framework to
provide students in Applied Linguistics and TESOL with the
understanding and skills necessary to meaningfully analyze corpora
and carry out successful corpus-based research. Divided into three
parts - Introduction to Doing Corpus Linguistics and Register
Analysis; Searches in Available Corpora; and Building Your Own
Corpus, Analyzing Your Quantitative Results, and Making Sense of
Data - the book emphasizes hands-on experience with performing
language analysis research and in interpreting findings in a
meaningful and engaging way. Readers are given multiple
opportunities to analyze and apply language data by completing
smaller tasks and corpus projects using publicly available corpora.
The book also takes readers through the process of building a
specialized corpus designed to answer a specific research question
and provides detailed information on completing a final research
project that includes both a written paper and an oral presentation
of their specific research projects. Doing Corpus Linguistics
provides students in applied linguistics and TESOL with the
opportunity to gain proficiency in the technical and interpretive
aspects of corpus research and to encourage them to participate in
the growing field of corpus linguistics.
Alexander Lindsay (1812 80) was the head of an aristocratic family
who owned vast coalfields in Lancashire, generating enormous
wealth. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent
the majority of his time travelling in Italy, collecting, and
writing on a variety of subjects, including art, the Indo-Aryan
race and the Etruscans. This important work, published in three
volumes in 1847, surveys Christian painting and sculpture.
Addressing Romance literature of the Middle Ages, iconography and
legends of the saints, the book's historical narrative is infused
with the author's strong moral approach to the subject. Volume 1
covers philosophical method, Christian symbolism and mythology,
Roman art, and Byzantine art, which Lindsay sees as having
stimulated the Western revival. Though derided by John Ruskin, the
work strongly influenced aristocratic collecting, and remains
relevant to readers interested in the Victorian construction of
morals and artistic taste.
Alexander Lindsay (1812 80) was the head of an aristocratic family
who owned vast coalfields in Lancashire, generating enormous
wealth. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent
the majority of his time travelling in Italy, collecting, and
writing on a variety of subjects, including art, the Indo-Aryan
race and the Etruscans. This important work, published in three
volumes in 1847, surveys Christian painting and sculpture.
Addressing Romance literature of the Middle Ages, iconography and
legends of the saints, the book's historical narrative is infused
with the author's strong moral approach to the subject. Volume 2
covers Gothic architecture; the art of the Lombards; Pisano and
Giotto, and their schools and followers. Though derided by John
Ruskin, the work strongly influenced aristocratic collecting, and
remains relevant to readers interested in the Victorian
construction of morals and artistic taste.
Alexander Lindsay (1812 80) was the head of an aristocratic family
who owned vast coalfields in Lancashire, generating enormous
wealth. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he spent
the majority of his time travelling in Italy, collecting, and
writing on a variety of subjects, including art, the Indo-Aryan
race and the Etruscans. This important work, published in three
volumes in 1847, surveys Christian painting and sculpture.
Addressing Romance literature of the Middle Ages, iconography and
legends of the saints, the book's historical narrative is infused
with the author's strong moral approach to the subject. Volume 3
covers the schools of Siena, Florence and Bologna, then moves north
to look at Cologne, D rer, and Cranach, the Van Eycks and the
Netherlandish School. Though derided by John Ruskin, the work
strongly influenced aristocratic collecting, and remains relevant
to readers interested in the Victorian construction of morals and
artistic taste.
As the author of more than two dozen novels and hundreds of short
stories, as well as essays, reviews, and columns, Ramsey Campbell
is one of the most prolific writers in the field of horror
literature. The consistently high level of quality in his work has
resulted in every major award that weird fiction has to offer,
including the Grand Master Award of the World Horror Convention,
the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association,
and the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild.
Strangely, though, relatively little criticism has been written
about Campbell. In Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern
Master of Horror, Gary William Crawford has assembled a collection
of articles that examine the work of one of weird fiction's most
revered writers. These essays looks at a number of elements that
characterize Campbell's stories and novels, including comparisons
to H.P. Lovecraft, who was an early inspiration; Campbell's modern
variations of Gothic fiction; his concept of evil; religious
subtext in his fiction; and how adversities Campbell has faced have
shaped his life and his work. In all, these essays pay homage to
Campbell's painstaking craftsmanship and show that there is much to
be mined in his fiction. Because Campbell is so important in the
genre of horror literature, this book serves as a much needed
affirmation of his work. It will be of interest to scholars of
supernatural fiction in general, but also to devoted fans of this
major figure in weird fiction.
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