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Ladies' Greek: Ladies` Greek
by Yopie PrinsIn Ladies' Greek, Yopie Prins illuminates a culture of female classical literacy that emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century, during the formation of women's colleges on both sides of the Atlantic. Why did Victorian women of letters desire to learn ancient Greek, a "dead" language writ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Victorian Sappho
by Yopie PrinsWhat is Sappho, except a name? Although the Greek archaic lyrics attributed to Sappho of Lesbos survive only in fragments, she has been invoked for many centuries as the original woman poet, singing at the origins of a Western lyric tradition. Victorian Sappho traces the emergence of this idealized ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
Critical Rhythm: The Poetics of a Literary Life Form (Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics)
by Jonathan Culler • Haun Saussy • Meredith Martin • Derek Attridge • Virginia Jackson • David Nowell Smith • Yopie Prins • Ben Glaser • Simon Jarvis • Tom Cable • Natalie Gerber • Ewan JonesRhythm constitutes an untapped resource for understanding poetry, making legible a range of ways poetry affects us that cannot be parsed through the traditional resources of poetic theory.Rhythm has rich but also problematic roots in nineteenth-century notions of primitive, oral, communal, and somet... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
How to Create Kind Schools: 12 extraordinary projects making schools happier and helping every child fit in
by Henry Winkler • Anthony Horowitz • Friends • Michael Sheen • Jamie Oliver • Families • The Prince's Trust • Jack Jacobs • Charlie Condou • Diversity Role Models • Nocturn Dance • Achievement For All • Youth Dance England • Baroness Janet Whitaker • Jenny Hulme • Linda Jasper • David Martin Domoney • Jane Asher • 2faced Dance • Beat • Kidscape Claude Knights • The National Autistic Society • Ade Adepitan • Kidscape • Dance United • Carers Trust • Nspcc • David Charles Manners • Thrive • Jill Halfpenny • The Mentoring • Befriending Foundation • TravellersCelebrating the 30th Anniversary of Kidscape, the national charity that works to challenge and prevent bullying, this book offers readers an insight into a collection of innovative projects currently running in schools to promote inclusion, tolerance and kindness.<P><P> From a gay role model to a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015