Wordsworth sees his poetry as the “metrical arrangement” of the “real language of men,” and he believes that its subject matter should be drawn from “common life.” The function of poetry is to reveal the “essential passions” underlying experience and to guide the reader into those habits of mind that enable him to perceive the inherent beauty in nature and everyday life.Īnother purpose of the preface is to define the qualities that make a poet, and defend the new poetic forms in Lyrical Ballads from criticism. The crucial differences have to do with language and subject. In so doing, the Preface articulates how the poetry of the Romantics broke with the classical tradition of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century poetry. Wordsworth’s purpose is to explain the aesthetic concepts behind his poetry (and, to a lesser extent, that of Coleridge).
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He vividly portrays the insecurity, obsession with minutiae, and narcissistic penchant for gambling that led Hitler to overrule his subordinates and then blame them for his failures. Hitler is an essential historical biography with unsettling resonance in contemporary times. Now, Volker Ullrich, author of Hitler: Ascent 18891939, offers fascinating new insight into Hitler’s character and personality. Focusing on the personality behind the policies, Ullrich creates a vivid portrait of a man and his megalomania, political skill, and horrifying worldview. Drawing on previously unseen papers and new scholarly research, Ullrich charts Hitler's life from his childhood through his experiences in the First World War and his subsequent rise as a far-right leader. Volker Ullrich's Hitler, the first in a two-volume biography, has changed the way scholars and laypeople alike understand the man who has become the personification of evil. “ fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country - and, in Hitler’s case, lead to an unimaginable nightmare for the world.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This landmark biography of Hitler puts an emphasis on the man himself: his personality, his temperament, and his beliefs. Another editor is willing to take a look at the manuscript, but the acquisitions board has decided to pass on my book. On Friday I learned that the editor who agreed to acquire The Deep has since left the imprint. I’ve been listed as a Nevisian author so the first thing I’ll have to do is break that down… Francis College tomorrow afternoon for the WORD Caribbean Book Festival. Right now I want to get my voice back so I can read at tomorrow’s festival and plead my case for greater diversity when I meet with my publisher on Tuesday… I’m not sure how/if that’s going to work out, but I’ll keep you posted. That would put this first draft of Judah’s Tale at 85K words. I’m hopeful that between naps and coughing fits, I’ll be able to write at least 1500 words today and tomorrow. I had one day of fun on Thursday, but I’ve been housebound otherwise and that’s led to increased productivity: last week I wrote 4500 words and so far this week I’ve written 6000 words. Last week I was out and about every single day, but since waking with a sore throat on Monday, I’ve pretty much been out of commission. The only good thing about having a summer cold during a heat wave is that it keeps me at home, which is where I get most of my writing done. His book of fables deals mostly with Nature. Aird suggests that these are the two forces that shape the world. It highlights, in part, the interaction of Nature and Human Nature. Loon Laughter is written as a collection of fables. He presently lives on the Niagara Escarpment in the village of Inglewood. Aird has worked as a forester and forest scientist in Quebec and later as a professor of forest conservation policy in the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto. He grew up on a farm on the shores of the Ottawa River in Hudson. It presents a suite of images of people and nature interacting in the Canadian landscape.” It is refreshing to read such a text about Canadian landscape and by a Canadian. In his Preface, Paul Aird tells us that Loon Laughter is a “book of fables and tales written about Canada’s wild plants and animals, from an ecological perspective. Third, Daniel Keyes pictures the experience and the struggle to achieve self- actualization by the major character. Second, Daniel Keyes views that self- actualized person is fulfillment in doing the best. Firstly, literary works and psychological phenomena therefore have the same object, human being. The result of the research demonstrates the following conclusions. The method of the data collection is descriptive analysis. The primary data source is the novel Flowers for Algernon itself and the secondary data sources are the other sources related to the analysis such as the author’s biography, books of literary theory of the object and issue. The data sources consist of primary data and secondary data sources. The object of the research is a science fictional novel entitled Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keyes., in analyzing Flowers for Algernon novel, the writer uses qualitative method and humanistic psychology approach. The aim of the study is to show the human needs and emotional intelligence of Charlie Gordon in reaching his self- actualization. The study is focused on whole needs of the major character from humanistic psychological perspective. DANIEL KEYES’ FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON (1966):ĭepartment of English Education, Muhammadiyah University Other titles in the series include Assassin's Creed: Forsaken, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Fans of the game will love these stories. Bitter blood-feuds rage between the warring political families of Italy.įollowing the murder of his father and brothers, Ezio Auditore di Firenze is entrusted with an ancient Codex, the key to a conspiracy that goes back to the centuries-old conflict between the shadowy Templar Knights and the elite Order of Assassins.Įzio must avenge the deaths of his kinsmen and in doing so fulfil his destiny, and live by the laws of the Assassin's Creed.Īssassin's Creed: Renaissance is based on the phenomenally successful gaming series. The Year of Our Lord 1476 - the Renaissance: culture and art flourish alongside the bloodiest corruption and violence. 'I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. Assassin's Creed: Renaissance is the thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the game series. At the heart of his narrative, however, are vivid accounts of how A-10s accomplished their tank-busting missions and then some once the battle was joined. ``Warthog'') as a means of supporting ground troops with massive firepower, he moves into anecdotal vignettes detailing the ways in which so-called ``hog drivers'' and their commanders whiled away the weary hours of the calm before the storm in Saudi Arabia's inhospitable clime. Setting the stage with an informative briefing on how, in the 70's, the Air Force developed the A-10 (a.k.a. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat. A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built-as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. The series stars a job-hopping, mystery-solving nurse in the Nancy Drew mold, named Cherry Ames. The series generated a few spin-off items, including a Parker Brothers board game some titles have been reprinted. Cherry Ames original editions are prized by collectors and fans. During World War II, the series encouraged girls to become nurses as a way to aid the war effort. Wells also created the Vicki Barr series. Helen Wells (1910-1986) wrote volumes #1-7 and #17-27, and Julie Campbell Tatham (1908-1999), the creator of Trixie Belden, wrote volumes #8-16. Springer Publishing (reprints, 2005-2007)Ĭherry Ames is the central character in a series of 27 mystery novels with hospital settings published by Grosset & Dunlap between 19. Cover of reprint of Cherry Ames, Student Nurse (1943), the first Cherry Ames book Initially, Cauchon says that it is his religious obligation that motivates his desire to bring Joan to justice. People themselves might not be inherently villainous, but their obligation to uphold institutional power allows for the corruption of their ideals. In general, Shaw suggests, authority figures like Cauchon make decisions based on what will enable their institutions to remain in power rather than on the ethical frameworks their institutions promote. While Cauchon’s spirituality is a major driving force in his condemnation of Joan-and what allows him to see such a condemnation as ethically just-his ties to the Catholic Church and the desire for it to remain in power give his intentions a political aspect, effectively corrupting the integrity of his spiritual reasons for trying Joan. Peter Cauchon, the Bishop of Beauvais and a French ally to the English, for example, condemns Joan and the heresy she commits against the Catholic Church, arguing that he has a religious obligation to save Joan’s soul from damnation. To Shaw, such interpretations oversimplify Joan’s story and don’t try to understand the institutional structures that informed Joan’s and her accusers’ ethical frameworks and, subsequently, influenced their actions. In Saint Joan, Shaw takes issue with previous adaptations of the Joan of Arc narrative that situate Joan as the undeniable heroine and her accusers as inarguable villains. Oftentimes, in our transaction-based world, when we indulge our curiosity, we’re viewed as “slow”. To listen to their voices, I dug deep into open source data, reading hundreds of complaint narratives, making observations, forming questions, looking for patterns, searching for answers. Like Leonardo roaming the countryside, or the streets of Florence or Milan, listening to and watching the people, my own intense curiosity fueled my study of consumers, and in particular, consumer complaints and dissatisfaction. Then our curiosity drives questions: Why is this happening? What is causing this? How could we do things differently? To change, what would we have to know? How can we figure all this out? What do we want to learn? He’s curious about everything-and he’s always collecting data.Īs data analysts, we start our work with a set of observations about the data and how to use it. Get the master of arithmetic to show you how to square a triangleĪsk Benedetto Potinari by what means they go on ice in Flanders Get Messer Fazio to show you about proportion Walter Isaacson believes that Leonardo’s “distinguishing and most inspiring trait was his intense curiosity.”Ĭonsider a to-do list sample from Leonardo’s Notebooks: “I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand,” Leonardo writes in his notebooks. |