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Genocide in Contemporary Children’s and Young Adult Literature true By:Jane Gangi Published on 2014-03-14 by Routledge This book studies children’s and young adult literature of genocide since 1945, considering issues of representation and using postcolonial theory to provide both literary analysis and implications for educating the young. Many of the authors visited accurately and authentically portray the genocide about which they write; others perpetuate stereotypes or otherwise distort, demean, or oversimplify. In this focus on young people’s literature of specific genocides, Gangi profiles and critiques works on the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979); the Iraqi Kurds (1988); the Maya of Guatemala (1981-1983); Bosnia, Kosovo, and Srebrenica (1990s); Rwanda (1994); and Darfur (2003-present). In addition to critical analysis, each chapter also provides historical background based on the work of prominent genocide scholars. To conduct research for the book, Gangi traveled to Bosnia, enga...

The Western Canon true By:Harold Bloom Published on 2014-06-17 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon. He argues against ideology in literary criticism; he laments the loss of intellectual and aesthetic standards; he deplores multiculturalism, Marxism, feminism, neoconservatism, Afro-centrism, and the New Historicism. This Book was ranked at 17 by Google Books for keyword Common Core. Book ID of The Western Canon's Books is zIOuAwAAQBAJ, Book which was written byHarold Bloomhave ETAG "wI5YFg4Rjt4" Book which was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt since 2014-06-17 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780547546483 and ISBN 10 Code is 0547546483 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "578 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryLiterary Criticism Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Sta...

Special Section, Shakespeare and the Bonds of Service false By:Graham Bradshaw,T. G. Bishop,Michael Neill Published on 2005-01-01 by Ashgate Publishing Company In this issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook, the special section focuses on 'Shakespeare and the Bonds of Service.' The guest editor for the section is Michael Neill, Professor of English at the University of Auckland and author of Issues of Death: Mortality and Identity in English Renaissance Tragedy. The essays in this section consider the resonance of both the theory and practice of service in early modern English society and drama.The Shakespearean International Yearbook continues to provide an annual survey of important issues and developments in contemporary Shakespeare studies. Representing international perspectives on Shakespeare studies, contributors to this issue come from the US, Canada and the UK, Japan and India, New Zealand and South Africa. They appraise or reappraise current thinking about...