In these essays, Bruce Bond interrogates the commonly accepted notion that all poetry since modernism tends toward one of two traditions: that of a more architectural sensibility with its resistance to metaphysics, and that of a latter-day Romantic sensibility, which finds its authority in a metaphysics authenticated by the individual imagination. Poetry, whether self-consciously or not, has always thrived on the paradox of the distant in the immanent and the other in the self; as such, it is driven by both a metaphysical hunger and a resistance to metaphysical certainty. Hidden resources of being animate the language of the near, just as near things beckon from an elusive and inarticulate distance. Bond revalidates the role of poetry and, more broadly, of the poetic imagination as both models for and embodiments of a transfigurative process, an imperfectly mimetic yet ontological engendering of consciousness at the limits of a language that must—if cognizant of its psychological, ethical, and epistemological summons—honor that which lies beyond it.

Product Description: "I found this book very informative. It is clearly set out and the chapters are clear. I particularly liked how you can test yourself on all areas then check the answers along with an explanation. At the end of the book is a honest account from someone who completed their QTS and I enjoyed reading this...read more

Why are we in the United States so concerned with street violence and murder and so unconcerned about untimely deaths resulting from the routine workings of our society? Yet far more people die because of occupational illness than are violently murdered and as many again die because they cannot afford adequate health care. In 1992, 24,500 people were murdered, while 100,000 died from occupational illness and a further 100,000 from lack of health care. We are outraged and indignant when one child is murdered, but remain silent as 12,000 infants die as a result of poverty. In this clearly written text sociologist Barbara Chasin examines both the interpersonal violence with which the news media keeps us familiar, and the less visible, but more costly, structural violence which the media practically ignores. Dr. Chasin makes the point that interpersonal violence is inflicted on its victims by identifiable others, is focused on by the media, and that remedies are available; whereas structural violence primarily affects the poor, the working class, the blacks and other minority groups, is a direct result of decisions made by society's elite, is practically ignored by the media, and is rarely prosecuted with sincerity or vigor. But she convincingly demonstrates that both result from economic inequality. Throughout this thoroughly researched work, the author stresses the connections between violence and economic, ethnic and gender inequalities, and links violence to profit seeking and militarism. Written for the college student, the book is thoroughly documented and includes recent statistics and tables and, while remaining academically rigorous, it makes compelling use of individual experiences to illustrate theoretical points.

All trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) must pass a computerized literacy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of literacy skills such as spelling, punctuation and grammar and can apply these in practice. This book outlines all of the test requirements and the essential subject knowledge. This Third Edition is updated throughout and now includes a full practice test. Fully revised and updated by one of the authors of the actual skills test, from the Alphaplus Consultancy, this text is an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive practice tool for the literacy skills test.

Product Description: Poetry. "When some fifteen years ago I first heard Bruce Bond read his poems at the University of Kansas, I knew that he was the real thing, destined to become one of the more important poets of his generation. Since then he has authored five full-length books of poems, each one advancing the cause of the poetic imagination and the reaches of language a little farther, a bit higher...read more

Product Description: In Bruce Bond's fourth full-length book, The Throats of Narcissus, the myth of Narcissus finds its transfiguring mirror in poems of a contemporary world, a world rendered precarious by literal and metaphysical famine, by the blood of fathers and distant strangers, the charred relics of foreign wars and nearer fires as well—a world wrestling with problems of its own self-regard and the consequent spiritual longing for personal communion and creative transformation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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