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![]() Garrard handles Artemisia’s life, art and culture - both the well-known and less so - with careful scholarship and winning brio. It’s a lot and it’s awesome.Īrtemisia Gentileschi, “Susanna and the Elders” (signed and dated 1610), oil on canvas collection Graf von Schönborn, Pommersfelden, Germany And it is timely in its exploration of feminist outrage at patriarchal power, of men’s control over women’s bodies, and in the exploration of an art of anger, accusation, and even great wit. It’s timely in the sense of the aforementioned deadly and contagious illness, but also features tyranny, religious persecution and reaction. How strange that a book about the late Renaissance and Baroque would now prove so very much of our time. ![]() There’s not a little irony in reading Garrard’s lively account of a 17th-century artist’s life wherein plague is plentiful - Artemisia likely died of it - when a plague (or at least pandemic) is back on the table. A major exhibition of Artemisia’s work at the National Gallery in London had been due to open this past spring, but was put on hold on account of the pandemic and is now opening in early October. It’s more than worth waiting for, and, as it turns out, the timing is good. Mary Garrard’s compelling new book Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe was supposed to publish on May 1 in the United States, but (like so many things) it was delayed for months due to COVID-19, so arrived instead in mid-September. ![]() ![]() ![]() Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() > The Sound of Stars <<.Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. ![]() If you are having trouble finding the link to add a new thread, try this. Download or Read PDF The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow on Mac Full Pages. Please avoid all-caps, especially in thread topics, as it is considered SHOUTING. 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Yet many critics have tended to take it for granted preferring to study what the novel is about (content) in preference to how the story is told and how this contributes to its overall impact form. It is central to the novel's aesthetic appeal. ![]() Form, which briefly defined is the manner in which a novel is structured for effect, is an important ingredient in the construction of any Iiterary work. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jaqueline Rogers has been a professional children's book illustrator for more than twenty years and has worked on nearly one hundred children's books. Her characters, including Beezus and Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ralph, the motorcycle-riding mouse, have delighted children for generations. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and Ramona and Her Father have been named Newbery Honor Books. Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented to her in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. And so, the Klickitat Street gang was born! ![]() She based her funny stories on her own neighborhood experiences and the sort of children she knew. When a young boy asked her, "Where are the books about kids like us?" she remembered her teacher's encouragement and was inspired to write the books she'd longed to read but couldn't find when she was younger. ![]() Before long, her school librarian was saying that she should write children's books when she grew up. And yet, as far as everyone else is concerned, she is old enough to take responsibility for her young sister. Just as Henry Huggins is complaining that nothing exciting ever happens. Cleary’s best books include: Beezus and Ramona: Beezus Quimby is nine. 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