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the assigned poetry and political writings in one volume with the Early
Moderns: Poetry and Politics Paperback Reader from Old Western Culture Year 4.
This reader features selections from Alexander Pope (Essay on Criticism, Essay
on Man), C.S. Lewis (De Descriptione Temporum), Edmund Burke, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Shelley, Alexis de
Tocqueville, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew
Arnold, Christina Rossetti, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Ideal for grades 9-12
classical Christian homeschooling, this convenient reader complements the
Poetry and Politics DVD unit, making it easy to study Romantic and Victorian
poetry alongside political thought from a Christian perspective.
Early Moderns: Poetry and Politics Paperback Reader
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9781944482480
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Publisher's Description of Early Moderns: Poetry and Politics Paperback Reader
Poetry and Politics, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 14, is a selection of poems and political works from the early modern period. This unique and particular selection of texts accompanies the Old Western Culture unit, Poetry and Politics. Based on the Great Books of western civilization, Old Western Culture guides students through the literature, history, theology, and philosophy of the West from a Christian perspective.
Table of Contents
- Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism, The Iliad (exerpt), and Ode on Solitude, Essay on Man
- C. S. Lewis, De Descriptione Temporum
- Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and Selected Letters and Speeches
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Selected Poems
- William Wordsworth, Intimations of Immortality
- Lord Byron, Selected Poems
- John Keats, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
- Percy Shelley, Ode to the West Wind
- Alexis de Toqueville, Democracy in America (selections)
- Edgar Allan Poe, Selected Poems
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Selected Poems
- Roberts Browning, Selected Poems
- Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach
- Christina Rosetti, Selected Poems
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, Selected Poems
Category Description for Year 4: Early Moderns
Year 4: Early Moderns is primarily British literature and spans the Rise of Poetry, Politics, Enlightenment (philosophy based), and Novels (Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky, and Lewis).
Wish to streamline this course but still maintain enough rigor for a 1-credit course? If you’re not needing an honors-equivalent rigor, the publisher recommends the following as most crucial for study: Essay on Criticism, by Alexander Pope; De Descriptione Temporum by C. S. Lewis; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Note: the poetry selections are generally short: The Solitary Reaper, by William Wordsworth; She Walks in Beauty and The Destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron; Ode to the West Wind, by Percy Shelley; Annabel Lee, To Helen, The Raven, and The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe; The Lady of Shalott, by Alred, Lord Tennyson; Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, by Robert Browning; Dover Beach, by Matthew Arnold; and Song, by Christina Rossetti. Then, What is Enlightenment? by Immanuel Kant; Letter to Benedetto Castelli and Letter to Duchess Christiana of Tuscany, by Galileo Galilei; Part IV, Discourse on Method, by René Descartes; Laws of Gravity, Sir Isaac Newton; An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense; Chapter 5, Section VII, VIII; and Chapter 6 Section XX, by Thomas Reid. Novels will include The Brothers Karamazov, (Chapter IV: Rebellion and Chapter V: The Grand Inquisitor) by Dostoevsky; Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen; The Bet, by Chekhov and optionally, The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Details
| Product Format: | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Brand: | Roman Roads Media |
| ISBN: | 9781944482480 |
| Length in Inches: | 9 |
| Width in Inches: | 6 |
| Height in Inches: | 1.625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 2.6 |
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