Journeys Through American LiteratureUniversity of Michigan Press, 2000 - 232 Seiten Journeys through American Literature, a more modern version of the classic text Journeys through Literature, introduces students to the best of nineteenth- and twentieth- century American literature while enhancing their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. A section from The House on Mango Street has been added to this edition. Chapters include an overview of the literary period and genre, biographical sketches of the author, and descriptions of the literary period or tradition to which the author belongs. Exercises and activities improve language skills and critical-thinking skills, with the focus on the student's response to the reading. Overall, the text provides a framework for the interpretation of prose and poetry and emphasizes collaborative learning so that students become more independent, critical thinkers. |
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... poetry became less structured and more diverse . Old - fashioned poetic diction was usually avoided , and most poets wrote as Wordsworth had suggested , in the real language of common people . The prime example of this natural style is ...
... poetry became less structured and more diverse . Old - fashioned poetic diction was usually avoided , and most poets wrote as Wordsworth had suggested , in the real language of common people . The prime example of this natural style is ...
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... poets helped promote his poetry , he became increasingly well - known abroad and influential as a spokesperson for democracy and freedom . In 1871 , Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote a poem , from England , " To Walt Whitman in America ...
... poets helped promote his poetry , he became increasingly well - known abroad and influential as a spokesperson for democracy and freedom . In 1871 , Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote a poem , from England , " To Walt Whitman in America ...
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... poetry ; the most common feet in English poetry are iambic and trochaic . The number of feet in a line of poetry determines the description of its length : three feet = trimeter ; four feet = tetrameter ; five feet = pentameter . Emily ...
... poetry ; the most common feet in English poetry are iambic and trochaic . The number of feet in a line of poetry determines the description of its length : three feet = trimeter ; four feet = tetrameter ; five feet = pentameter . Emily ...
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Romanticism | 111 |
The Novel | 141 |
Diversity | 177 |
Urheberrecht | |
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