[PDF] Dunce eBook

Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0802197620

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).

Author : Mary Ruefle
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781940696997

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A stunning new collection of poems from Mary Ruefle inviting the many readers of her prose to discover the central form of her literary imagination.

Author : Jesse Ball
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780990593546

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"A text for teachers who want to reconsider hierarchy in their classrooms and for those curious about education as a context for creativity and collaboration. Drawn from Ball’s experiences teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Notes on my Dunce Cap includes advisory material regarding the role of the teacher, the creation of syllabi, and the manner in which groups may evaluate the work of an individual without harm. Alongside these notes that reflect on his teaching practice, sample SAIC syllabi create contexts in which students develop habits that become the basis for a writing practice. Reading lists cover topics such as child protagonists, the dérive, and fairytales, and classroom procedures encourage students to lucid dream, take long walks without cellphones, and participate in the Franz Kafka Fancier Society of Chicago. Ball describes dynamic ways to ask questions, facilitate discussion, organize exhibitions, and incorporate theatrical elements to draw the most out of students and teachers alike. Ball shakes up classroom habits and breathes new life into reading, questioning, teaching, and learning."--

Author : Mary Ruefle
Publisher : Wave Books
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1933517034

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An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry.

Author : Mariella Glenn Hartsfield
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0820334448

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These tales range from the supernatural to the romantic and from the sacred to the secular. A celebration of American imagination, tradition, and manners, this collection of folktales reveals the spirit of people who responded to the demands of rural living with grace, good humor, and endurance.

Author : Kate Jaimet
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 14,78 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554690978

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"There's strength in numbers, even small ones." Ages 8+.

Author : Kate Jaimet
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 29,96 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1459805879

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The Dunces—Josh, Magnolia, Wang and Wilmot—are back, and this time they’re going up against a formidable foe: Principal Hale, who has canceled their school’s drama and music program just when Wilmot needs it most. He has a guitar (given to him by a teen named Headcase), but no teacher and nowhere to practice (his dad hates rock ’n’ roll). The Dunces’ plan to convince Principal Hale to reinstate the program involves Josh’s reluctant participation in a hockey team, Magnolia’s enthusiastic role-playing and Wang’s disillusionment with a suspicious character named Hui Bing (aka Larry). But can the Dunces really rock, even when they rebrand themselves as Cousin Willy and the Wang Dang Doodles?

Author : Claude Arnaud
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300182163

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This passionate and monumental biography reassesses the life and legacy of one of the most significant cultural figures of the twentieth century Unevenly respected, easily hated, almost always suspected of being inferior to his reputation, Jean Cocteau has often been thought of as a jack-of-all-trades, master of none. In this landmark biography, Claude Arnaud thoroughly contests this characterization, as he celebrates Cocteau’s “fragile genius—a combination almost unlivable in art” but in his case so fertile. Arnaud narrates the life of this legendary French novelist, poet, playwright, director, filmmaker, and designer who, as a young man, pretended to be a sort of a god, but who died as a humble and exhausted craftsman. His moving and compassionate account examines the nature of Cocteau’s chameleon-like genius, his romantic attachments, his controversial politics, and his intimate involvement with many of the century’s leading artistic lights, including Picasso, Proust, Hemingway, Stravinsky, and Tennessee Williams. Already published to great critical acclaim in France, Arnaud’s penetrating and deeply researched work reveals a uniquely gifted artist while offering a magnificent cultural history of the twentieth century.

Author : Mary Beth Ingham
Publisher : Franciscan Inst Pubs
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781576591871

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This guide to several aspects of the theological and philosophical thought of John Duns Scotus gives clarity to the work of a man with a "reputation for intricate and technical reasoning."