The approach to tradition becomes essential for the development of literary competence of the young. In this work the focus is the survival of the Arthurian material in children`s literature across an intertextual approach. Specifically, two juvenile novels written in Spanish are examined into ...
whom neither the bell nor he had been able to stir from her slumbers in the sun; a peasant-like old man kept on sawing wood, and a little child stood still amidst the larkspurs and marigolds of a tiny garden, while over the flower-pots on the low window-sill of the neighboring house...
And yet the idea of working towards something, of running towards something, like the Berlin Wall Trail next August and using this adventure to spread the word of the amazing work the Pahar Trust Nepal does, even gives a sense of purpose to putting one front of the other. Lots of things...
A silence fills the space between us, expanding intolerably by the second until she says, ‘So what now?’ and I hear the fear beneath her words and feel my repressed indignation swell to its rightful size. ‘There’ll be other years,’ I say. Her mouth twists. ‘And where will you ...
As I continue readingTortured for Christ, Pastor Wurmbrand shares a powerful account of Christian courage amidst unimaginable suffering. He recounts instances where fellow believers, while sharing the gospel with fellow prisoners, were brutally interrupted and beaten. Yet, remarkably, when these damaged...
One of the more curious series of advertisements to appear in the early New Yorker were these from the Chicago Tribune. Shameless in their boosterism, these ran during the editorship of Col. Robert R. McCormick, who was strongly associated with old right-wing politics and isolationist movements...
In my room, I shared these precious moments with my bridesmaids, creating an even stronger bond with the people dear to me. Joy and enthusiasm were palpable as we helped each other put on our dresses, sharing laughs and toasts with a good Prosecco. Meanwhile, Marco was getting ready in hi...
By working amidst heartbreak, poverty, and disaster, and bringing life and hope and healing. By healing the sick and feeding the hungry and clothing the naked and proclaiming the year of the Lord’s favor. By standing at the altar of our Lord and declaring that the common things of bread...
or the creak of the vans as they bore its ripened sweetness towards the great barns, while bird and bee and locust joined in the harmony of the Harvest Home, until the sun sank to rest amidst cloud draperies of royal purple and crimson and gold and the sweet-voiced twilight soothed the...
It was no wonder, then, for Marie how composed and unwavering her brother remained in his excitement to be at that Pocono race in the late-1970s, even amidst the harassment they both faced. For Peter, this was more of the same racialized callousness that was ever-present in these ...