National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
In this stunning volume of epic breadth, Michael Schmidt connects the lives and works of more than 300 poets over the last 700 years--spanning distant shores from Scotland to Australia to the Caribbean, all sharing the English language.
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A dazzling literary exploration by acclaimed poet and critic Michael Schmidt," The First Poets "brings to life for the general reader the great Greek poets who gave our poetic tradition its first bearings and whose works have had an enduring influence on our literature and our imagination.
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The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Geographically and culturally boundless, with contributions from Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, India, the Caribbean, and Southern Africa; influenced by great novelists working in other languages; and e[...]
Wir leben in einer Zeit der Ungleichzeitigkeit: Während wir technologisch im 21. Jahrhundert stehen, sind unsere Weltbilder mehrheitlich noch von Jahrtausende alten Mythen geprägt. Diese Kombination von höchstem technischen Know-how und naivstem Kinderglauben könnte auf Dauer fatale Kons[...]
Lilla grisen och hennes bästa kompis igelkotten tycker att livet är så kul, det kunde inte bli bättre. Livet leker för dem, tills vännerna en dag upptäcker ett besynnerligt plakat som någon har klistrat upp på deras husvägg:
"Om du inte känner Gud, är det något som fattas fö[...]
Designing application and middleware software to run in concurrent and networked environments is a significant challenge to software developers. The patterns catalogued in this second volume of Pattern--Oriented Software Architectures (POSA) form the basis of a pattern language that addresses issues[...]
This compact resource is intended to aid students in developing strong writing skills and to help them prepare for their academic and professional pursuits. The authors approach writing as a series of skills to be applied at each stage of the writing process: generating ideas, developing and plannin[...]
Research increasingly questions the safety and efficacy of antibiotics in treating ear infections in small children. This timely guide explores the underlying causes of the problem and suggests new strategies. the author discusses diet, homeopathic care, and children's vitamin absorption process. th[...]
Science deeply challenges classical descriptions of the human person as free and as spirit. This survey of contemporary neuroscience and evolutionary biology explores why these challenges have arisen. At the same time it finds in the religious dimension of human existence powerful resources for spea[...]
Completely revised to reflect the developments in this fast-changing field, this new edition features 35 % new content. It retains the interdisciplinary approach that elegantly combines the chemistry and engineering involved to describe the conception and improvement of chromatographic processes. It[...]
Paintings and Related Works 19802011.