Perhaps the most popular of all canonical American authors, Mark Twain is famous for creating works that satirize American formations of race and empire. Drawing on legal scholarship, comparative ethnic studies, and transnational and American studies, this book engages with Twain's best-known novels such as Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn.
Improvising Gender, Place, Nation in American Literature
At a moment in which America seems simultaneously more closed and more open to change than ever before, Sons and Daughters of Self-Made Men: Improvising Gender, Place, Nation in American Literature re-examines a defining national discourse. Exploring the dilemmas of U.S. subjects positioned as inheritors-and thus as children-of the archetypal ......
From Tierra del Fuego to the Land of the Midnight Sun
Between 1850 and 1920 women's travel and travel writing underwent an explosion. It was an exciting period in the history of travel, a golden age. While transportation had improved, mass tourism had not yet robbed journeys of their aura of adventure. Although British women were at the forefront of this movement, a number of intrepid Spanish women ......
Describes Spanish language and its differences from English. This book offers coverage that ranges from pronunciation and grammar to word meaning, language use, and social and dialectical variation. It brings out the ways in which insights into the two languages have evolved as scholars have built on the work and research of others in the field.
Practical ideas and advice for teaching English to children to engage an
Structuring Fun for Young Learners in the ELT Classroom is a textbook full of lesson ideas, exercises and tips for teaching English as a foreign language to young learners.
From the founder of the internationally known Benchmark School, this book presents a proven approach for helping struggling students become fully engaged readers, learners, thinkers, and problem solvers. It includes quick-reference charts and reproducible figures and activities that can be used in all subject areas from kindergarten to grade 12.
Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature
This compelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African American children's literature. Through close readings of selected titles published since 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religious history for young people, particularly when the histories in question are traumatic ones. In the wake of ......
Whether you are the CEO of a conglomerate or an entry-level candidate preparing for an interview, how you speak has an effect on how you're perceived. Full of on-target tips and easy-to-navigate lists of frequently misused words, this work is a reference for the businessperson interested in becoming a more interesting and powerful speaker.
