Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Shakespeare - the Life and Legacy
A multimedia program presenting life and literary output of William shakespeare who has entertained readers and theatre patrons for centuries. The Guide to Shakespeare examines the bard's legacy from Elizabethan England to the present-day uncovering why few authors can match Shakespeare for broad appeal and sheer endurance.
In editing the present volume I have thought it well to follow the same rule which I laid down for myself in editing he Study of Words, and have made no alteration in the text of Dr. Trench's work (the fifth edition). Any corrections or additions that seemed to be demanded owing to the progress of lexicographical knowledge have been reserved for the foot-notes, and these can always be distinguished from those in the original by the square brackets [thus] within which they are placed.
The miller's tale (Canterbuty tales)"The Miller's Tale" (Middle English: The Milleres Tale) is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1380s-1390s), told by a drunken miller to "quite" (requite) The Knight's Tale. Again we have a triangle relationship between Old John, his young wife, and the lodger, repeated many times in literature since. Even to this present day, much ridicule is made of old men who marry young girls, and who cannot satisfy their desires.
This short, practical and easy to read book is written by a series of professionals who discuss every aspect of making a presentation. It begins with some of the basic rules of communications, covers how to appear on stage, how to present a talk, dealing with questions, how to chair a session. It also contains a couple of don't do's: 'How to Make a Mess with PowerPoint,' and 'How NOT to give a presentation.'
The present volume contains contributions by the staff of the English Department at the Academy of Humanities and Economics (AHE) in Todi. The aim of the volume is to present students, in a clear and consistent form, with reading material as used during most of the undergraduate and graduate courses in English language and linguistics at the AHE. The material has been selected and arranged according to the teaching curricula followed by most philological departments in Poland.
