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Starting Lines in Scottish, Irish, and English Poetry

Starting Lines in Scottish, Irish, and English Poetry

Fiona Stafford

Oxford University Press
2000
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Why should a poem begin with a line from another poem? Is an eighteenth-century epigraph working in the same way as a post-modern quotation? And how are the dynamics of the new text and the source affected by issues of nationhood, language, history, and cultural tradition? Are literary ideas of originality and imitation, allusion and influence inherently political if the poems emerge from different sides of a border or of a colonial relationship? Taking as a framework the history of relations between Ireland, England, and Scotland since the 1707 Union, the book explores such questions through a series of close readings. Textual encounters singled out for detailed discussion include Burns's use of Shakespeare, Coleridge's reference to 'Sir Patrick Spens', James Clarence Mangan's adaptation of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ciaran Carson's quotation from John Keats, Seamus Heaney's meditation on Henry Vaughan, and the evolution of 'The Homes of England' from Felicia Hemans to Noel Coward.
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Local Attachments

Local Attachments

Fiona Stafford

Oxford University Press
2010
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How can poems so firmly attached to particular regions speak to readers far away, who might have no knowledge of the places featuring in the work? Why do writers turn to their own communities for materials? In this thought-provoking and beautifully written book, Fiona Stafford explores the relationship between the local, the national, and the global through the consideration of works by writers whose feeling for place is especially evident. Heaney, Burns, Wordsworth, Scott, Lamb, and Dickens are key figures in the development of a new kind of literature that discovered universal meaning in local truth. Local Attachments begins with Seamus Heaney's Nobel Lecture, 'Crediting Poetry', which is at once a celebration of local work in a global context and a passionate defence of the place of lyric poetry in modern society. The focus then shifts to the Romantic period, when local detail ceased to be regarded as a sign of limitation and the idea that it is essential to art with any aspiration to permanence became established in British and Irish culture. Stafford explores both the presence of the local in literary texts by a wide range of writers and the cultural, philosophical and political contexts that might have contributed to this phenomenon. Wordsworth's creative recovery in the Lake District is an exemplary case, illuminating both Heaney's work and that of his immediate contemporaries and heirs. Since Wordsworth is a foundational figure, the book traces his efforts to achieve a poetry adequate to very difficult contemporary circumstances by returning to his native hills to create work that might live. His own project drew vital inspiration from the poetry of Burns and also found corroboration in the work Scott, so the book examines their independent explorations of the creative benefits - and problems attending - local attachment. It also considers the meaning of Burns and Wordsworth's local poems for those in very different circumstances - London writers such as Keats, Lamb and Dickens, whose works are considered in some detail in their own right and as representative of the implications of the great Romantic discovery of the local. The book concludes by addressing the continuing appeal of the local in modern, urban society and reaffirms the vital importance of poetry as a response to social crises.
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The Long, Long Life of Trees

The Long, Long Life of Trees

Fiona Stafford

Yale University Press
2017
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A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality. Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own stories, myths, songs, poems, paintings, and spiritual meanings. Some have achieved status as religious, cultural, or national symbols. In this beautifully illustrated volume Fiona Stafford offers intimate, detailed explorations of seventeen common trees, from ash and apple to pine, oak, cypress, and willow. The author also pays homage to particular trees, such as the fabled Ankerwyke Yew, under which Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn, and the spectacular cherry trees of Washington, D.C. Stafford discusses practical uses of wood past and present, tree diseases and environmental threats, and trees’ potential contributions toward slowing global climate change. Brimming with unusual topics and intriguing facts, this book celebrates trees and their long, long lives as our inspiring and beloved natural companions.
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Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Fiona Stafford

Yale University Press
2017
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An elegant and accessible introduction to the life and works of one of England's greatest and most popular novelists"I want to salute Fiona Stafford's brilliant [book]. . . . It tells one all one needs to know about Jane Austen, and, best of all, leaves one wanting to read the novels once more, and better."—Jane Aiken Hodge Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz? In this graceful introduction to the author’s life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen’s six astonishing novels in the context of their time. Newly updated, Jane Austen: A Brief Life offers a rich and sympathetic insight into a writer who was just as much the Romantic genius as Keats, Shelley or Byron—full of youthful exuberance, intensely creative once she had found her individual voice, and dead before she reached middle age.
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Reading Romantic Poetry

Reading Romantic Poetry

Fiona Stafford

John Wiley Sons Inc
2014
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Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. Provides a clear, lively introduction to Romantic Poetry, backed by academic research and marked by its accessibility to students with little prior experience of poetryIntroduces many of the major topics of the age, from politics to publishing, from slavery to sociability, from Milton to the mind of manEncourages direct responses to poems by opening up different aspects of the literature and fresh approaches to readingDiscusses the poets' own reading and experience of being read, as well as analysis of the sounds of key poems and the look of the poem on the pageDeepens understanding of poems through awareness of their literary, historical, political and personal contextsIncludes the major poets of the period, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Burns and Clare —as well as a host of less familiar writers, including women
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Time and Tide

Time and Tide

Fiona Stafford

John Murray Press
2024
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A unique and luminous exploration of the changing landscapes of the UK, the long-awaited new book from the author of the hugely acclaimed The Long, Long Life of Trees
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Time and Tide

Time and Tide

Fiona Stafford

John Murray Press
2025
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A unique and luminous exploration of the changing landscapes of the UK, the long-awaited new book from the author of the hugely acclaimed The Long, Long Life of Trees
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The Brief Life of Flowers

The Brief Life of Flowers

Fiona Stafford

John Murray Publishers Ltd
2019
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The beauty of flowers is well known, inspiring creative minds from Botticelli to Beatrix Potter. But they've also played a key part in forming the past, and may shape our future.Roses and thistles have served as symbols of monarchs, dynasties and nations. We wear poppies to remember the First World War, but it was the elderflower that treated its wounded soldiers. A rose might mend a broken heart, and sunflowers may just save our planet. At once enchanting and intriguing, The Brief Life of Flowers reveals how even the most ordinary of flowers have extraordinary stories to tell.
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The Last of the Race

The Last of the Race

Fiona J. Stafford

Clarendon Press
1994
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This is an innovative and wide-ranging study of the myth of 'The Last of the Race' as it develops in a range of literary and non-literary texts from the late seventeenth to late nineteenth centuries. The perennial fascination with the end of the world has given rise to many 'last men', from the ancient myths of Noah and Deucalion to contemporary stories of nuclear holocaust. Endangered peoples such as the Maasai or Bush People, continue to attract intense interest. Fiona Stafford begins with Milton and ends with Darwin, exploring the myth-making of their texts in the light of contemporary literary, scientific, political and religious views. Chapters on Milton, Burnet, Defoe, Ossian, Cowper, Wordsworth, Byron, Mary Shelley, Fenimore Cooper, Bulwer-Lytton, and Darwin combine to form an important account of the traces of this most resonant of cultural preoccupations, providing a distinguished contribution to cultural history as well as to literary studies.
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Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Teresa Cremin; Marilyn Mottram; Fiona M. Collins; Sacha Powell; Kimberly Safford

Routledge
2014
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Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children’s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers highlights the concept of ‘Reading Teachers’ who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers.Examining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass:a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st centuryconsiderable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other textspedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identitiesspontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all membersa shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readersWritten by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.
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Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Building Communities of Engaged Readers

Teresa Cremin; Marilyn Mottram; Fiona M. Collins; Sacha Powell; Kimberly Safford

Routledge
2014
nidottu
Reading for pleasure urgently requires a higher profile to raise attainment and increase children’s engagement as self-motivated and socially interactive readers. Building Communities of Engaged Readers highlights the concept of ‘Reading Teachers’ who are not only knowledgeable about texts for children, but are aware of their own reading identities and prepared to share their enthusiasm and understanding of what being a reader means. Sharing the processes of reading with young readers is an innovative approach to developing new generations of readers.Examining the interplay between the ‘will and the skill’ to read, the book distinctively details a reading for pleasure pedagogy and demonstrates that reader engagement is strongly influenced by relationships between children, teachers, families and communities. Importantly it provides compelling evidence that reciprocal reading communities in school encompass:a shared concept of what it means to be a reader in the 21st centuryconsiderable teacher and child knowledge of children’s literature and other textspedagogic practices which acknowledge and develop diverse reader identitiesspontaneous ‘inside-text talk’ on the part of all membersa shift in the focus of control and new social spaces that encourage choice and children’s rights as readersWritten by experts in the literacy field and illustrated throughout with examples from the project schools, it is essential reading for all those concerned with improving young people’s enjoyment of and attainment in reading.
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Fiona

Fiona

Graham Duncanson

Lulu.com
2016
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In 1966 Jim Scott, aged 22, qualified as a veterinary surgeon and landed the job of his dreams working in Kenya. Just before leaving, he fell in love with Fiona, a Scottish girl, but there was no chance of a lasting relationship and they agreed to part. Three and a half years later, Jim is mentally and physically scarred by a lion, which he kills with a 'panga', but not before it kills a woman he cares about. At his wit's end working through the tragedy, Fiona comes out to Kenya. They find their love has not died, but Jim is too hung up on the past. Fi takes the lead and loves his fears away and they start planning a wedding and a family and their lives together. Then, persuaded by a senior MI6 officer to gather information on their travels in Kenya and in other African countries, they face danger that could threaten everything they've worked for and dreamed of.
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Fiona

Fiona

Fiona Dixon

Xlibris Us
2022
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This book highlights the imagination of a six-year-old girl who wants to be a doctor. In this book, she shares some knowledge about the solar system to convince the reader that she will someday provide medical services to our astronauts and their furry companion.
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Fiona

Fiona

Lindsay Anderson

Independently Published
2019
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The week of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day has always been one of my favorite weeks of the year. Besides my birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, I look forward to this week with a passion. This is do the fact that my family and I spend the week in our large beach house in Henley Beach, Florida, with our lifelong best friends, the Harris's. While Mom and Dad have been best friends with Rhoda and Timothy, since they were babies, their hot son, Jeremiah, whom I am secretly in love with, and I have been best friends since we were babies.As our plane touched down at Orlando International Airport, excitement filled my chest. The week long vacation in Henley Beach had officially begun
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Fiona

Fiona

Adrianna Calamita Sawaia

Stillwater River Publications
2024
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Fiona is a short and stout, lovable ball of energy who spends her days cuddling on the couch with her parents and visiting schools with her mom. But Fiona didn't always live this luxurious life. Read along as the story Fiona unfolds to reveal a dog and her friends' heart-wrenching journey with a happy ending, showing just what it takes for shelters across the country to truly save our pets.
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Fiona

Fiona

Maryann Myers

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Fiona likes her job as counselor at the Women's Crisis Center and she loves training Off Track Thoroughbreds during the evenings at the show barn where she lives. Some would say for a horse-loving women's rights activist, she has a perfect life, so why all of a sudden this quest, this epiphany? In a week's time Fiona's world is turned upside down. A nostalgic search for her birth mother takes her down country roads to a forgotten coal-mining town in Southern Ohio, where she uncovers decades old secrets and long lost relatives and comes face to face with a bully sheriff in this tug-at-your-heart magical adventure.
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Fiona

Fiona

Marja-Liisa Kakkonen

Momentum Kirjat
2025
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Fiona on vielä 23-vuotiaana isänsä holhouksen alainen. Hän uhmaa isänsä suunnitelmaa, jonka mukaan hänen pitäisi naida isän valitsema varakas kauppias. Hän on päättänyt aiemmin, ettei mene naimisiin eikä tee itse lapsia, vaan haluaa opettaa heitä. Fiona saa suostuteltua isänsä lykkäämään häitä vuodella sekä päästämään hänet opettajaksi Mikkeliin Antellin neitien kouluun. Hän haaveilee pääsystä pienen kaupungin seurapiireihin, mutta tapahtumat eivät etene hänen toiveidensa mukaisesti. Hän joutuu muuttamaan suunnitelmiaan useiden yllätysten ja vastoinkäymisten jälkeen niin opettajana toimimisessa kuin henkilökohtaisessa elämässään. Lopulta hän tekee ratkaisun, jolla pyrkii itse muuttamaan elämänsä kulkua.FIONA on historiallinen romaani 1800-luvun lopun Mikkelistä. Lukijalle piirtyy miljöö ajankuvasta, vastateollistuneista maisemista sekä erilaisista ihmiskohtaloista.Marja-Liisa Kakkonen on kauppatieteiden ja kasvatustieteiden tohtori, jolla on pitkä ura opetus-, hallinnointi- ja esimiestehtävissä korkeakoulusektorilla sekä monipuolinen kokemus tietokirjoittajana. Hän vaihtoi lajia kaunokirjoittamiseen Kirjoittamisen opintojen kautta ja maaliskuussa 2022 julkaisi omakustanteena suomenkielisen KESÄMÖKKI-esikoisromaanin, joka kertoo perintöriidoista ja neljän myöhäiskeski-ikäisen sisaruksen suhteista sekä heidän perheensä salaisuuksista. FIONA-romaani perustuu kirjailijan historian kiinnostukseen ja erityisesti naisen asemaan 1800-luvulla, joihin liittyviä tietoja hän hyödyntää fiktiivisessä tarinassa.
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