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Speech act theory has taught us ''how to do things with words.'' Arresting Language turns its attention in the opposite direction―toward the surprising things that language can undo and leave undone. In the eight essays of this volume, arresting language is seen as language at rest, words no longer in service to the project of establishing conventions or instituting legal regimes. Concentrating on both widely known and seldom-read texts from a variety of philosophers, writers, and

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 of 2: In Which the Words Are Deduced From Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They Are FoundItis not to be doubted, but that in the o riginal pronunciation gb had the force of a confonant, deeply guttural, which is {till continued among the Scotch.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at

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Now at seventy-three volumes, this popular MLA series (ISSN 10591133) addresses a broad range of literary texts. Each volume surveys teaching aids and critical material and brings together essays that apply a variety of perspectives to teaching the text. Upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, student teachers, education specialists, and teachers in all humanities disciplines will find these volumes particularly helpful.Used Book in Good Condition.

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This study suggests that Hugo von Hofmannsthal's early interest in the works of the French Symbolists had an inhibiting effect on his own poetry and contributed to the famous ''Chandos crisis'' in 1902..

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Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the German by David Young. Cover art by the author's wife, Gisele Celan-Lestrange. ''Celan's English language readers, and readers to come, will be deeply grateful for this new translation of his second book. I admire David Young's clear and respectful introduction, generous to his colleagues in Celan translation, and helpful in providing a broad context for this poetry; and I admire, especially, his faithfulness in spirit as he becomes a

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Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke’s two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century’s most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation and spiritual quest. His poems of ecstatic identification with the world exert perennial fascination. In Stephen Mitchell’s versions of Rilke’s two greatest masterpieces readers will discover an English rendering that captures the

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Song of the Simple Truth (Canción de la verdad sencilla) is the first bilingual edition of Julia de Burgos' complete poems. Numbering more than 200, these poems form a literary landmark—the first time her poems have appeared in a complete edition in either English or Spanish. Many of the verses presented here had been lost and are presented here for the first time in print. De Burgos broke new ground in her poetry by fusing a romantic temperament with keen political insights. This book will

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 of 2: In Which the Words Are Deduced From Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They Are FoundLamb. [14026, Gothick and Saxon.] I. The young of a lheep. Pope. Typically; the Saviour of the world. Common Prayer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a

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In Snowy Tower, Dr. Martin Shaw continues his trilogy of works on the relationship between myth, wilderness, and a culture of wildness. In this second book, he gives a telling of the Grail epic Parzival. Claiming it as a great trickster story of medieval Europe, he offers a deft and erudite commentary, with topics ranging from climate change and the soul to the discipline of erotic consciousness, from the hallucination of empire to a revisioning of the dark speech of the ancient bards.

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Jeanne Lohmann's new poetry collection celebrates the season of harvest, and the approach of year’s end; but the poems are also about the literary harvest of a poet who has garnered respect and admiration for her remarkable use of words. These poems are wise and reflective, and many of them are narrative and story-like, entertaining, full of sharp, clear memories of people, places, and important moments of joy from a rich, long life. Several of these poems say goodbye to some of

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Excerpt from The Language and Sentiment of FlowersAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may

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The Secret Language of Women by A.M. Juster, recipient of the 2002 Richard Wilbur Award, is a remarkably versatile collection of finely crafted poems and translations. Equually adept at satires, lyrics, epigrams and narratives, Juster meticulously crafts each of his poems so that they resonate uniquely and unexpectedly in his readers' minds. Mona Van Duyn, who chose Juster's sonnet ''Moscow Zoo'' for the Howard Nemerov Award, remarked how effortlessly ''the poem drops without heaviness into its

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Poetic Language is a book that has been in the making for almost 18 years. It is a collection of poems about love, family, social issues and the pure passion of poetic expression. This book embodies the very soul and personal conflicts of myself..

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Lyric poetry blossomed in 19th-century Germany under the fertilizing influence of Romanticism with its focus on the primacy of the imagination, worship of nature and childhood, dreaminess and nostalgia and preoccupation with thoughts of night and death. Although strictly defined as flourishing from 1798 to 1835, Romanticism is not timebound and German Romantic poetry was written both before and after these dates. Indeed, the 131 poems in this volume range in date from 1770 to 1903.Collected

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In this land of Milk & Honey, poems flow. Contemporary, Jewish, lesbian poets address an array of experiences relationships between and among women, family relationships, politics, solitude, ethical responsibilities, history, solidarity, and community. Milk & Honey features beloved poets like Ellen Bass, robin Becker, Elana Dykewomon, Marilyn Hacker, Sharron Hass, Eleanor Lerman, Joan Nestle, Lesléa Newman and Ellen Orleans, as well as new and emerging voices. With language and imagery that

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“Ok murky in alter all end, unpredictable day, with rainshine any degree night, the sun kin warm and hot. Enough stone or other jugs lineup of whatever is In Through Out That’s light as much as known Differences evanesce Like, where and/or what on the equator might be french or spanish Longitude and latitude, yep yep sure Americana.”―Larry Eigner, commentary on a selection from Ger­trude Stein’s Tender ButtonsThis selection of essays and poetry from the first three volumes of

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Excerpt from Language of FlowersBuckbean Bud of White Rose Bugloss Bulrush Bundle of Reeds, with their Panicles 111 usic. Burdock Inzportunz'ty. Touc/z me not. Buttercup (kingcup) [ngratitude. Clzildislzness. Butterfly Orchis Gaiety. Butterfly Weed Let mega.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology

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Recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature, Jian Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958) ranks among the foremost Spanish poets. The early influences of German Romanticism and French Symbolism led Jiménez to the development of his unique voice, and he became a leader in the vanguard known as the modernistas, who staged a Spanish literary revival at the turn of the twentieth century.Jiménez's most popular work, Platero y yo, unfolds in his native Andalusia. A series of autobiographical prose poems