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Proclaiming a Classic: The Canonization of "Orlando Furioso"
by Daniel JavitchDespite its immediate popularity and its acclaim as a modern equal of the ancient epics, Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (published in its final version in 1532) was for learned readers a perplexing work: it mixed romance, epic, and lyric poetry, poked fun at its marvelous and outmoded chivalric matter, contained many interrupted narrative threads, and included base and lowborn characters. In exploring the literary debates involved in elevating the Furioso to the rank of a classic, Daniel Javitch maintains that this was the first work of modern poetry to provoke widespread critical controversy, and that the contestation played an inaugural role in the formation of the European poetic canon. The Furioso was seen by its early publishers to embody the formal, thematic, and functional characteristics of the highly esteemed epics of antiquity. Some critics, however, found in this poem new forms and functions that seemed better suited to modern times; still others denied the work any form of legitimacy. Showing how the Furioso became a locus upon which various and conflicting ideologies could be projected, Javitch argues that such a development offers the best indication of a poem's having achieved canonicity.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Professionals (Stevens & Windermere #1)
by Owen LaukkanenFour friends, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise works like a charm - until they kidnap the wrong man. Now two groups are after them - the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized crime outfit looking for payback. As they crisscross the country in a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: the real professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice everything.
The Professor
by Charlotte BronteCharlotte Brontë's first ever book, The Professor, is a love story full of feeling and emotion told from a male viewpoint - a must read for Brontëfans. The first book ever to emerge from Charlotte Brontë's pen, The Professor is an autobiographically inspired romantic love story set in Brussels. Thinly veiling her personal experiences, Brontëunusually uses a male narrator, making this a fascinating and unique read. With the action played out in dark boarding-school classrooms and windy streets, Brontëweaves a tale of much emotion - one that foresees the longer, better-known saga Villette that was to follow many years later. Fresh out of Eton, orphaned William Crimsworth finds himself in an unenviable situation - a clerk to his little-educated, caddish mill-owner brother - until opportunity presents itself for a complete change of fortune. Crimsworth is offered a job in Brussels as a teacher in an all-girls boarding school, run by a M Pelet. Later headhunted to a better position by the beguiling Zoraide Reuter, Crimsworth believes himself slightly enamoured with his new employer - only to discover her secretly and perfidiously engaged to M Pelet. His new position almost intolerable, Crimsworth finds solace in teaching Frances Henri, a young Swiss-English seamstress teacher with promising intelligence and ear for language. Mlle Reuter though, jealous of the young professor's obvious partiality, dismisses Frances from her position. Crimsworth, in despair, is forced to resign from the school and takes up a ghostly existence in Brussels, roaming the streets in the hopes of finding his Frances. An often neglected classic, The Professor is not only a compellingly written novel but fascinating in its concern with gender issues, religion and social class, making it a book still studied today.
Project: Project - Runaway Bride (Project: Passion #2)
by Heidi BettsProject: Runaway Bride When handbag designer Juliet Zaccaro discovers she’s pregnant, she runs from her own wedding, because the father isn’t her fiancé. Private investigator Reid McCormack ensures she’s protected – especially since the baby might be his – and Reid’ll do anything to convince Juliet there is more between them than a baby bump!
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 9 The Destroyer (PDF)
by Tony BradmanBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. The micro-friends are teleported on to the Destroyer, a ship belonging to the space villain Badlaw
Project X Alien Adventures: Space Rat Rescue (PDF)
by Tony BradmanBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The king and queen of Exis have escaped from Badlaws Destroyer can the micro-friends get away too?
Project X Alien Adventures: Crunch Time! (PDF)
by Elen CaldecottBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. Max, Cat and Nok teleport on to a junk cruncher a giant space recycling machine
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 9 The Moon Winder
by Elen CaldecottBlast off on this micro-adventure with Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. A space parasite attaches itself to the Excelsa. Can the micro-friends remove it before its too late?
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 11 The Image Maker
by Steve ColeBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends meet a lonely robot called Sprocket who tries to make them his prisoners.
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 11 Battle With Badlaw
by Janice PimmBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends face Badlaw in a dramatic final showdown.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 13 The Rust Monster
by Steve ColeBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends accidentally wake up a terrifying rust monster called Rustan.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 13 Pit-stop Peril
by James NobleBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The Excelsa is hit by a long-range tracer darts. The micro-friends fly to a space garage to get it removed.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12 Badlaw's Revenge
by Tony BradmanBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends set out for home, but Badlaw is out for revenge!
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 10: The Giants of Ariddas
by Steve ColeBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends land on Planet Ariddas a planet of giants!
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 10: The Planet of Bones
by Karen BallBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends land on the Planet of Bones. But what will they find on the spooky planet?
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 10: Space Vultures
by Karen BallBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends get trapped in the Dead Canyon. Can they get away before the space vultures get them?
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 10: Starmite Swarm
by James NobleBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The Excelsa is attacked by a swarm of robotic space locusts that eat metal!
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 11: Attack of the Blobs
by Tony BradmanBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends get attacked by some scary blob monsters on Planet Spongemar.
Project X Alien Adventures: Brown Book Band, Oxford Level 11: The Craggrox Awake
by Steve ColeBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends encounter some Space Sirens and the terrifying Craggrox.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: Double Cross
by Tony BradmanBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. Max is duplicated in the ships fabricator but Max Two is not as nice as the original.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: The Rats of Rolia
by Janice PimmBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends have to make an emergency landing on a planet overrun with rats!
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 12: Trapped in Time
by Elen CaldecottBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The Excelsa gets stuck in a time rift. Cat and Tiger come up with a daring plan to free their ship.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 13: Cyberbee Break Out
by Mike TuckerBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The crew of the Excelsa respond to a distress signal and go in search of a missing cargo of cyberbees.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 13: The Red Cutlass
by Elen CaldecottBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. Badlaw has put a bounty out on the Excelsa. The Excelsa is captured by space pirates.
Project X Alien Adventures: Grey Book Band, Oxford Level 14: An Ancient Enemy
by Steve ColeBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new robot micro-friend, Eight. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. The micro-friends take refuge in an old space station. It turns out to be the worst mistake of their lives.