appreciation

Contains readings on literary relationships in works published between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries from Harold Bloom, examining works by William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, and mapping connections between John Milton, Percy Bysshe, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, John Ashbury, Amy Clampitt, Charles Wright, and others.

Amy Newbold writes on nineteen artists' styles while Greg Newbold illustrates the different artists such as Edgar Degas' dinosaur ballerinas, Cassius Coolidge's dinosaurs playing Go Fish, and Hokusai's dinosaurs surfing a giant wave.

Irene is sent to boarding school after her parents divorce, where she learns about love and her feelings with help from a teacher, Peter Hughes, who introduces her to the novels of Jane Austen, Goethe, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, and Murakami.

". . . poet and critic Michael Rosen takes readers on a whirlwind tour exploring what poems are, what they can do, and the joys of reading and writing them"--Amazon.

A collection of essays that examines the reception of Spanish art in Britain and Ireland from the Golden Age to Goya, including artists such as Murillo, Vel?zqauez, Ribera, Zurbar?n, El Greco and Goya.

The author visits American authors' homes, whether the house is from their birth, death, or sometime in between, and gives background information while on the stomping grounds of Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Clemens, and the like.

"[C. S. Lewis] reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this . . . collection drawn from his wide body of writings"--Provided by publisher.

Introduces thirty-five famous paintings, including a reproduction of each piece accompanied by a simple analysis of the work.

"In this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction."--Back cover.

Identifies and describes fifty important paintings in the history of art since the early Renaissance, and includes notes on the artists, as well as additional illustrations and background references.