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Books : Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( J ) : Johnson, Charles
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One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African-American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring -- Andrew Hawkins, whose life becomes Oxherding Tale.
Through sexual escapades, picaresque adventures, and philosophical inquiry, Hawkins navigates white and black worlds and comments wryly on human nature along the way. Told with pure genius, Oxherding Tale is a deliciously funny, bitterly ironic account of slavery, racism, and the human spirit; and it reveals the author as a great talent with even greater humanity.
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Contents: The Defense of Poesy by Sir Philip Sidney. On Shakespeare; On Bacon by Ben Jonson. Of Agriculture by Abraham Cowley. The Vision of Mirza; Westminster Abbey by Joseph Addison. The Spectator Club by Sir Richard Steele. Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation; A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding; A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet; On the Death of Esther Johnson (Stella) by Jonathan Swift. The Shortest Way With the Dissenters; The Education of Women by Daniel Defoe. Life of Addison by Samuel Johnson. Of the Standard of Taste by David Hume. Fallacies of Anti-reformers by Sydney Smith. On Posey or Art by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Of Persons One Would Wish to Have Seen by William Hazlitt. Deaths of Little Children; On the Realities of Imagination by Leigh Hunt. On the Tragedies of Shakespeare by Charles Lamb. Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow by Thomas De Quincey. A Defense of Poetry by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Machiavelli by Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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Story Summary: 1992 Newbery Medal winner. When Marty finds a lost beagle, he tries to hide it from his family and its real owner, a man known to mistreat his hunting dogs. Marty struggles with his conscience as he tries to keep Shiloh a secret and faces some difficult choices as he learns about the consequences of dishonesty.Looking for more than activity sheets or a who-did-what series of questions? Want to dig into the essence of the novel? This study guide provides easy-to-use, reproducible lessons on literary terms, comprehension and analysis, critical thinking, related scriptural principles, vocabulary, and activities, plus a complete answer key. Examines issues from a Christian perspective. Excellent for private schools and home study. Also an excellent reference for public school teachers, but biblical references may have to be removed.
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The epic of Son-Jara (also known as Sunjata or Sundiata) celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali and is still widely recited among Mandekan-speaking peoples of West Africa today. As performed by griots, or professional bards, it embodies deeply rooted aspects of Mande cosmology and worldview. This edition of the epic presents the full, linear Mandekan text side by side with John William Johnson's important English translation. Fully annotated and explained, the text provides historical and contextual frameworks for understanding this African epic. A complete recitation of the epic by Jeli fa-Digi Sisòkò recorded in the town of Kita, Mali, is sold separately. This powerful text and inspiring performance show why the epic of Son-Jara has taken its place among the world's greatest epics.
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Poetry. Plastic comb binding.
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A large collection of Hmong oral liturature gathered directly from primary sources. Contains both Hmong and English translations.
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Story Summary: 1992 Newbery Medal winner. When Marty finds a lost beagle, he tries to hide it from his family and its real owner, a man known to mistreat his hunting dogs. Marty struggles with his conscience as he tries to keep Shiloh a secret and faces some difficult choices as he learns about the consequences of dishonesty.Looking for more than activity sheets or a who-did-what series of questions? Want to dig into the essence of the novel? This study guide provides easy-to-use, reproducible lessons on literary terms, comprehension and analysis, critical thinking, related scriptural principles, vocabulary, and activities, plus a complete answer key. Examines issues from a Christian perspective. Excellent for private schools and home study. Also an excellent reference for public school teachers, but biblical references may have to be removed.
This CD-ROM version of the study guide contains an interactive .pdf file in which the student can enter his or her answers and save a copy of the file. No papers piling up! The CD contains the interactive study guide file, a full answer key file, and an instructional ReadMe file. The study guide file also may be printed for handouts. Using the CD, teachers may make student copies of the file for student use or may print out the pages they wish to use for handouts. (Files may not be posted on any website for student retrieval.) P
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