The Cambridge Companion to Narrative first published in 1997 provides a unique & valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling & methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse traditions of inquiry & in connection with a variety of media from film & television to storytelling in the 'real-life' contexts of face-to-face interaction to literary fiction. Each chapter presents a survey of scholarly approaches to topics such as character dialogue genre or language shows how those approaches can be brought to bear on a relatively well-known illustrative example & indicates directions for further research. Featuring a chapter reviewing definitions of narrative a glossary of key terms & a comprehensive index this is an essential resource for both students & scholars in many fields including language & literature composition & rhetoric creative writing jurisprudence communication & media studies & the social sciences. ...

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy acquaints the student reader with the forms contexts critical & theatrical lives of the ten plays considered to be Shakespeare's tragedies. Shakespearean tragedy is a highly complex & demanding theatre genre but the thirteen essays written by leading scholars in Britain & North America are clear concise & informative. They address the ways in which Shakespearean tragedy originated developed & diversified as well as how it has fared on stage as text & in criticism. Topics covered include the literary precursors of Shakespearean tragedies (medieval classical & contemporary) cultural backgrounds (political religious social & psychological) & the subgenres of Shakespeare's tragedy (love tragedy revenge tragedy & classical tragedy) as well as the critical & theatrical receptions of the plays. The book examines the four major tragedies & in addition Titus Andronicus Romeo & Juliet Julius Caesar Antony & Cleopatra Coriolanus & Timon of Athens. ...

For more than a thousand years the adventures of King Arthur & his Knights of the Round Table have been retold across Europe. They have inspired some of the most important works of European literature particularly in the medieval period: the romances of Chretien de Troyes Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival Sir Gawain & the Green Knight & Malory's Le Morte d' Arthur. In the nineteenth century interest in the Arthurian legend revived with Tennyson Wagner & Twain. This Companion outlines the evolution of the legend from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot & analyses how some of the major motifs of the legend have been passed down in both medieval & modern texts. With a map of Arthur's Britain a chronology of key texts & a guide to further reading this volume itself will contribute to the continuing fascination with the King & his many legends. ...

Situated between the Victorians & Modernism the fin de siecle is an exciting & rewarding period to study. In the literature & art of the 1890s the processes of literary & cultural change can be seen in action. In this more than any previous decade literature was an active & controversial participant within debates over morality aesthetics politics & science as Victorian certainties began to break down. Oscar Wilde Aubrey Beardsley H. G. Wells Bram Stoker & Olive Schreiner were among the most prominent occasionally even notorious writers & artists of the period challenging establishment values & producing a distinctive literature of their own. This volume

Includes:: the main currents of radical & innovative thinking in the period as well as the attempts to resist them. It will be of great interest to students of Victorian & twentieth-century literature art & cultural history.

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Originally published in 2004 this alphabetical dictionary is a major reference work based on the archives of the English Place-Name Society & reflecting the scholarship in the subject of all the names of cities towns villages hamlets rivers streams hills & other geographical locations included in the Ordnance Survey Road Atlas of Great Britain (1983). It provides a reflection of contemporary England not just its historical past. Every place-name entry has a unique National Grid reference number a list of historical spellings the age & meaning of the name & its etymology (pre-Indo-European Indo-European Celtic Primitive Welsh Anglo-Saxon Old Norse Old French Middle English Modern English). Where appropriate a commentary is provided on comparable names on the problems history & significance of the name for settlement economic & social history the development of the language & on its variant pronunciations & spellings. ...

This new thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting & the crisis affecting the worlds languages of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century. * All language statistics have been updated & additional information provided about their linguistic affiliation * All topics involving technology have been revised to take account of recent developments notably in phonetics language disability & computing * Maps have been revised to include new countries or country names * Special attention has been paid to fast-moving areas such as language teaching & learning * The text design has been completely updated with many new illustrations throughout ...

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language is one of the publishing phenomena of recent times. Rarely has a book so packed with accurate & well researched factual information been so widely read & popularly acclaimed. It has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters generating further publications & broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 & a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers & of teachers students & professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy. The length of the book has been extended & there are 44 new illustrations extensive new material on world English & Internet English & a complete updating of statistics further reading suggestions & other references. ...

Four past exam papers for Cambridge English Advanced also known as Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English (CAE). This collection of past examination papers provides the most authentic exam preparation available. They allow candidates to familiarise themselves with the content & format of the examination & to practise useful examination techniques. This pack contains the Students Book with answers & Audio CDs. The Students Book with answers contains a clear explanation of marking & grading authentic sample answers transcripts & frameworks to help with thorough preparation for the Speaking test. The CDs contain the exam Listening material. The Audio CDs & Students Book with or without answers are also available separately. ...

Cambridge English for Nursing Intermediate Plus is designed to improve the communication skills & specialist English language knowledge of healthcare professionals enabling them to work more confidently & effectively. With an emphasis on listening & speaking the course covers the core areas of nursing with authentic tasks & activities based on everyday scenarios making the course relevant & motivating. The Student's Book contains two audio CDs & the course is backed-up by a wealth of online activities helping keep nurses up-to-date & confident in their working environment. ...

Cambridge English Proficiency 1 for updated exam (commencing March 2013) contains four complete & authentic examination papers ...