Focusing on the Sequence of Sonnets about the River Duddon, this volume explores William Wordsworth's reflections on nature and artistry. Published in 1820, it marked his first significant commercial success at age 50, alongside "Vaudracour and Julia" and a travel guide. The Duddon Sonnets, often overlooked today, offer a captivating portrayal of the river's journey from the Central Fells of Cumbria to the Irish Sea, showcasing Wordsworth's mastery of the sonnet form and his deep connection to the landscape.
Celebrating two decades of Rodney Jones' poetry, this collection showcases one hundred selected works that highlight his masterful storytelling and distinctive Southern voice. Among these, twenty-four poems are newly published, offering fresh insights into his evolving craft. The anthology reflects the depth and range of his poetic journey, inviting readers to explore the themes and experiences that define his acclaimed body of work.
Rodney Jones's latest collection showcases a vibrant blend of satire and ode, interweaving themes of football, feminism, and family with a distinctly Southern voice. Celebrated for his emotional depth, Jones explores diverse subjects like DDT, crows, and perpetual-motion machines, all while maintaining a playful yet poignant tone. His use of Alabama dialect enriches the poems, allowing regional language to shine through as he balances humor with heartfelt reflection, making this work a dynamic exploration of contemporary life and culture.
Rodney Jones' collection of poems explores the complexities of the American South, intertwining themes of art, politics, poverty, and privilege. With a keen eye for detail, he captures the intensity of life, reflecting on everything from the harsh realities of the earth to the intricacies of human experience. His work reveals a deep appreciation for the diverse aspects of existence, making it both engaging and thought-provoking.
Assuming no prior knowledge, the books in this series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained
As the most successful comic dramatist at the court of Louis XIV, Molière was certainly known to his London counterparts. During his early acting years in a touring troupe, the English theatres had been closed by the Civil Wars, but after 1660 viable plays were in great demand, and Molière was translated almost at once. Dryden, Behn, Fielding and many others took him up. All the same, his plays only began to be printed in English as immutable classics from around 1732 when a landmark edition was published in parallel text. Even then, English writers felt able to offer other translations that were free in their handling of the source material. The result, as Jones shows in her ground-breaking study, was a rich diversity of translation practices, and an influx both of new vocabulary and new cultural currents. She ranges from theories of plot formation, translation, and prosody to an analysis of lexical terms evoking contentious social themes: marital discord, religious hypocrisy, the medical profession, and social pretension. Suzanne Jones is a researcher in seventeenth-century French drama, and a Teaching Fellow in French at Durham University.
An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to
sociolinguistics in a real-world context, addressing contemporary social
problems such as racism, inequality, political conflict, belonging and issues
around gender and sexuality. Each chapter includes exercises for hands-on
practice, and ideas for small-scale research projects.
