Wilhemina 'Billie' Bennett, red-haired daughter of an American millionaire, loves golf, dogs, and Tennyson and is to marry Eustace Hignett, the weak, poetry-writing son of a famous English writer on theosophy. Enter San Marlowe, Eustace's tournament golfing cousin, and Jane Hubbard, Billie's...
What if performance poetry had the same ‘punch’ as that scene in the action movie where the hero chooses to rise up instead of stay beaten? What if our stories said something about encouraging us to BE better people rather than commentary on what we are not? That’s the heart behind...
Similarly in cultural terms, as the language of identity, of personal and family belonging to a community; it is the language of stories, poetry, entertainment, with distinctive styles and forms; it acts as a safeguard against increasing urbanisation and global electronic communication. There is ...
RUSSIANS HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND CARRY CHUNKS OF MEMORIZED POETRY IN THEIR HEADS, WHILE【T20】___THAT WOULD SEEM OLD-FASHIONED TO MOST ENGLISHSPEAKERS.MR.MCWHORTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FORMAL LANGUAGE IS NOT STRICTLY NECESSARY,AND PROPOSES NO RADICAL EDUCATIONAL REFORMS—HE IS RE...
RUSSIANS HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND CARRY CHUNKS OF MEMORIZED POETRY IN THEIR HEADS, WHILE【T20】___THAT WOULD SEEM OLD-FASHIONED TO MOST ENGLISHSPEAKERS.MR.MCWHORTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FORMAL LANGUAGE IS NOT STRICTLY NECESSARY,AND PROPOSES NO RADICAL EDUCATIONAL REFORMS—HE IS RE...