Author: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, British
Languages : en
Pages : 758

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Author: Jon Adams
Publisher: Green Mountain Computing
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 133

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Author: Algernon Graves
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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Author: Erica Fudge
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252091337
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Animals, as Lévi-Strauss wrote, are good to think with. This collection addresses and reassesses the variety of ways in which animals were used and thought about in Renaissance culture, challenging contemporary as well as historic views of the boundaries and hierarchies humans presume the natural world to contain. Taking as its starting point the popularity of speaking animals in sixteenth-century literature and ending with the decline of the imperial Ménagerie during the French Revolution, Renaissance Beasts uses the lens of human-animal relationships to view issues as diverse as human status and power, diet, civilization and the political life, religion and anthropocentrism, spectacle and entertainment, language, science and skepticism, and domestic and courtly cultures. Within these pages scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss numerous kinds of texts--literary, dramatic, philosophical, religious, political--by writers including Calvin, Montaigne, Sidney, Shakespeare, Descartes, Boyle, and Locke. Through analysis of these and other writers, Renaissance Beasts uncovers new and arresting interpretations of Renaissance culture and the broader social assumptions glimpsed through views on matters such as pet ownership and meat consumption. Renaissance Beasts is certainly about animals, but of the many species discussed, it is ultimately humankind that comes under the greatest scrutiny.

Author: Shannon R. Becker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000077985
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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French for Reading and Translation is a comprehensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary for those who want to learn to read and understand French, either to conduct academic research or to experience French literature in its original form. Rather than explaining every grammatical concept in tedious detail, the book gives easy-to-follow explanations followed by abundant examples and opportunities to see the language in use. It encourages readers to learn vocabulary by showing them how to break it down and how to recognize related words. It gives learners the opportunity to use various reading strategies as they apply this newfound knowledge to the French passages provided. An engaging guide that will help readers decode the intricacies of the French language, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers consulting French sources.

Author: Wallace Collection (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Describes in detail 151 paintings and 60 drawings. Focuses on British, Italian, German and Spanish work.

Author: Wallace Collection (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Author: Sylvia Honnor
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 0174402724
Category : French language
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Section 1 provides a detailed teaching plan to help teachers with lesson preparation. Section 1 also offers notes about the National Curriculum, the QCA Scheme of Work for Key Stage 3, the National Literacy Strategy, the Scottish Guidelines, and the Curriculum in Northern Ireland. Section 2 gives details of a wide range of games and practice activities for use in pairs, groups or as a class. Section 3 provides unit by unit suggestions for teaching with the materials. The "Teacher's Book" also incorporates all the transcripts of the recorded material.

Author: June E. Rives
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1633388514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141

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In “Paris Perfect”, Book 1, our heroine’s life seemed a dream. She had left Texas to move to Paris, her soul place, after the suicide of her fiancé and the death of her adored mother. She met the man of her dreams and adopted a protégé, talented young artist, Madeleine Junot. Abandoned at 5, she was working as a prostitute. In a happy set of circumstances, Punkin and Madeleine discovered that Jean Aumont, Punkin’s lover, is the father Madeleine never knew. Jean and Punkin marry in a lavish ceremony amidst the vineyards of the Aumont Estate in Bordeaux. As “Peril in Paris” opens, Madeleine has killed her pimp Marcel on the Metro, and is in prison. Marcel’s repeated threats to both Madeleine and Punkin have been kept from Jean. Jean blames Punkin for all their troubles, and she flees to the US into the comforting arms of her best friend Suzie Gilmore. She is not in America long, when she realizes she must return to France to hold her family together. The grand estate is having a bad harvest and the matriarch of the family, Giselle, is dying. Madeleine, released into the custody of her parents, falls in love with a neighboring estate owner, Antoine de Monniere, her father’s oldest friend and 30 years her senior. The Aumonts discover that he is cheating on their daughter. Too late- Madeleine is pregnant. What will Madeleine do about the baby? Will she be sent to prison for life? And, has Antoine’s temper gotten the best of him with tragic consequences for the de Monnieres and the Aumonts? Punkin must persevere amidst death, murder and infidelity. Reviews- “Paris Perfect” “Absolutely spellbinding. I should be out exploring Paris but hold up reading June’s steamy thriller....” “Great book! Kept me entertained and guessing the entire time. Can’t wait to read the sequel.” “Paris Perfect is more than catnip for Francophiles; romantics, as well as those who enjoy a gripping plot, will love this book...”

Author:
Publisher: TheBookEdition
ISBN: 2957603403
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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