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Penelope Fitzgerald and the Consolation of Fiction
Christopher J. Knight’s Penelope Fitzgerald and the Consolation of Fiction is a study of the British author Penelope Fitzgerald (1916 – 2000), attending to her nine novels, especially as viewed through the lens both of "late style" (she published her first novel, The Golden Child, at age sixty) and, in her words, of "consolation, that is, for doubts and fears as well as for naked human loss." As in Shakespeare’s late, religiously inflected, romances, the two concerns coincide; and Fitzgerald’s ostensible comedies are marked by a clear experience of the tragic and the palpable sense of a world that verges on the edge of indifference to human loss. Yet Fitzgerald, her late age pessimism notwithstanding, seeks (with the aid of her own religious understandings), in each of her novels, to wrestle meaning, consolation and even comedy from circumstances not noticeably propitious. Or as she herself memorably spoke of her own "deepest convictions": "I can only say that however close I’ve come, by this time, to nothingness, I have remained true to my deepest convictions—I mean to the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to treat as a comedy, for otherwise how can we manage to bear it?" The recipient of Britain’s Booker Prize and America’s National Book Critics Circle Award, Penelope Fitzgerald’s reputation as a novelist, and author more generally, has grown, since her death, significantly, to the point that she is now widely judged one of Britain’s finest writers, comparable in worth to the likes of Jane Austen, George Eliot and Virginia Woolf.
Penelope Hall's Social Services of England and Wales
This is Volume VI of eighteen in a series on Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Originally published in 1969, this study is a revision of Penelope Hall's book (1952) from the Social Science Department at the University of Liverpool, deemed necessary to reflect changes like the creation of the Ministry of Social Security in 1966 and the White Paper on the Child, the Family and the Young Offender, which made it impossible to discuss services for the care of children without consideration of penal services for juveniles.
Penelope Hall's Social Services of England and Wales
This is Volume VI of eighteen in a series on Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Originally published in 1969, this study is a revision of Penelope Hall's book (1952) from the Social Science Department at the University of Liverpool, deemed necessary to reflect changes like the creation of the Ministry of Social Security in 1966 and the White Paper on the Child, the Family and the Young Offender, which made it impossible to discuss services for the care of children without consideration of penal services for juveniles.
Penelope's Daughter

Penelope's Daughter

Laurel Corona

BERKLEY BOOKS
2010
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The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter. With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves, to the years spent in hiding with her mother's cousin, Helen of Troy, to the passion of her sexual awakening in the arms of the man she loves. And when a stranger dressed as a beggar appears at the palace, Xanthe wonders who will be the one to decide her future-a suitor she loathes, a brother she cannot respect, or a father who doesn't know she exists...
Penelope's Web

Penelope's Web

Susan Stanford Friedman

Cambridge University Press
2008
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Penelope's Web should appeal to a wide spectrum of readers interested in twentieth-century modernism, women's writing, feminist criticism, post-structuralist theory, psychoanalysis, autobiography, and women's studies. Published in 1991, it was the first book to examine fully the brilliantly innovative prose writings of H. D., the pen-name for Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), who has been known primarily as a poet. Her prose, more personal, experimental, and postmodern than her poetry, raises central questions about the relation of women writers to language, desire and history. She suppressed in her lifetime many of these texts because of their daring exploration of her bisexuality and their radical critique of the social order. H. D.'s prose writings contribute importantly to the many histories and theories of modernism that are redrawing boundaries to include the achievement of women writers.
Penelope's Web

Penelope's Web

Susan Stanford Friedman

Cambridge University Press
1991
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Penelope's Web should appeal to a wide spectrum of readers interested in twentieth-century modernism, women's writing, feminist criticism, post-structuralist theory, psychoanalysis, autobiography, and women's studies. Published in 1991, it was the first book to examine fully the brilliantly innovative prose writings of H. D., the pen-name for Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), who has been known primarily as a poet. Her prose, more personal, experimental, and postmodern than her poetry, raises central questions about the relation of women writers to language, desire and history. She suppressed in her lifetime many of these texts because of their daring exploration of her bisexuality and their radical critique of the social order. H. D.'s prose writings contribute importantly to the many histories and theories of modernism that are redrawing boundaries to include the achievement of women writers.
Penelope Takes Her Power Back

Penelope Takes Her Power Back

Adrienne Purnell Brown

Mrs. Brown's Bedside Book Nook
2020
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Sometimes, navigating friendships can be challenging, but it is even more difficult when you are Penelope Yamada, a quirky seven-year-old who is ostracized by her school friends, including her best friend, Parker. Sad and confused, Penelope is encouraged by her older sister to use a four-step plan to end the elementary school drama. With the plan, her unicorn, and Menko cards in hand, Penelope soon confronts her peers at recess, in hopes of taking her power back. Will "P" be able to regain her power and win back her best friend?With its imaginative illustrations and relatable storyline, Penelope Takes Her Power Back is the perfect storybook for children of all ages. Inspired by Adrienne Purnell Brown's niece, this coming-of-age story includes before, during, and after questions that give parents, grandparents, caregivers, and elementary school teachers another avenue of approaching conversations around themes, such as bullying, racism, exceptionalities, family, and friendship.
Penelope Jean and Her Small Dog Bean ( All she ever wanted was to be A Ballerina Queen!)
Dance class is where its at, Join Penelope Jean and her small dog Bean on her first adventure. Girl dancers learn practice makes perfect when you dance. Who knew that Penelope would have to practice so hard to impress herself and the older-dancers at Ms. Kelsey's Dance Studio The show must go on, with Penelope's dog Bean in her corner, how hard could dancing be?
Penelope and the Curse of the Canis Diamond #2

Penelope and the Curse of the Canis Diamond #2

Deanna Kizis

Penguin Putnam Inc
2024
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Penelope the pug is completely content in her new forever home with Lady Diggleton. So when her beloved owner receives an invitation to meet the Queen at Windsor Castle - and an instruction to bring the pug along - Penelope couldn't be more pleased for her Lady's good fortune. However, once the two arrive at the castle, their fortune starts to seem less than fortunate. The Queen commands Penelope to befriend her own pup, a snooty dog named Duchess whose manners are most offensive, and who wants nothing to do with the poor pug. But when the Queen's prized Canis diamond ring goes missing and Duchess stands accused, Penelope - who knows the dog is innocent - must find a way to defend her. If the pug is certain that her fellow canine didn't commit the crime, though, can she clear Duchess's name by determining who did?