The Novel Companion is an advanced-level interactive reading workbook. Students will study six novels, autobiographies, and plays as they complete the Novel Companion workbook. The titles represent well-known and much loved literature both from the literary cannon and from award-winning modern works. They challenge advanced students by offering readabilities that are at grade level or one grade above level. The workbook also explains two methods of note taking. The Teacher Guide includes an answer key and other teacher features.
The second edition of the acclaimed Companion to Aesthetics contains fifty-four chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sibley and Derrida. The second part covers the central concepts and theories needed for a comprehensive understanding of aesthetics including the definitions of art, taste, value of art, beauty, imagination, fiction, narrative, metaphor and pictorial representation. ..
A Companion to Comparative Literature presents a collection of more than thirty original essays from established and emerging scholars, which explore the history, current state, and future of comparative literature.Features over thirty original essays from leading international contributors Provides a critical assessment of the status of literary and cross-cultural inquiry Addresses the history, current state, and future of comparative literature
