1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149430703321

Autore

Cowley Abraham

Titolo

The Civil War / / Abraham Cowley; Allan Pritchard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]

©1973

ISBN

1-4426-5318-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Department of English Studies and Texts ; ; 20

Altri autori (Persone)

PritchardAllan

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- References and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Survival of the Suppressed Poem -- 2. Circumstances of Composition -- 3. History and Propaganda -- 4. Literary Tradition -- 5. The Civil War and Cowley's Later Writings -- 6. The Text -- The Civil War -- The Civill Warre -- The second Booke -- The third Booke -- Notes -- Appendixes and Index -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Civil War is a poem which Abraham Cowley (1618-67) did not complete, for political and historical reasons, and of which only the first volume was published; the other two volumes have been considered irrecoverably lost since Cowley's death. Professor Pritchard recently found twocopies of the complete poem in a collection of family papers at the Hertfordshire County Record Office and here presents a corrected edition of the first and previously published book, and the text of the hitherto unpublished books two and three.The poem is a major addition to the body of Cowley's poetry; it has close and sometimes surprising connections with much of his other work. It is not only the most extended and important of his political poems but a significant addition to the genre of the political poem. It is also unique as the attempt by a poet of stature to give epic treatment to the events of the English Civil War.Professor Pritchard provides a discussion of the personal, historical, and literary contexts of the poem in the



introduction, as well as of textual problems and methods, showing the way in which the poem is shaped both by contemporary history and polemics and by classical and later literary tradition.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969060503321

Autore

Lehmann Wolfgang <1965->

Titolo

Choosing to labour? : school-work transitions and social class / / Wolfgang Lehmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2007

ISBN

9786612866074

9780773582989

0773582983

9781282866072

1282866079

9780773575608

077357560X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

331.702/330971

Soggetti

School-to-work transition - Canada

School-to-work transition - Germany

Vocational guidance - Canada

Vocational guidance - Germany

Apprenticeship programs - Canada

Apprenticeship programs - Germany

High school students - Canada - Economic conditions

High school students - Germany - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ([p. 199]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

When Structure Met Agency -- Institutional Context: "And It Was Kind of Hard to Get Information" -- Gender: "Men Work, Women Have Children" -- Social Context: "It's Just What My Family Does" -- Role of Policy: "We're Supposed to be Learning" -- Role of Theory: Choosing to



Labour? -- App. A Profile of Participants -- App. B Data and Methodology.

Sommario/riassunto

Young people about to leave high school argue that they are determining their own destinies. Scholarly debates also suggest that the influence of structural factors such as social class on an individual's life course is decreasing. Wolfgang Lehmann challenges this view and offers a detailed comparative analysis of the inter-relationships between social class, institutional structures, and individual educational and career choices. Through a qualitative study of academic-track high school students and participants in youth apprenticeships in Germany and Canada, Lehmann shows how the range of available school-work transition options are defined by both gender and social class. Highlighting the importance of the institutional context in understanding school-work transitions, particularly in relation to Germany's celebrated apprenticeship system, which rests on highly streamed secondary schooling and a stratified labour market, Lehmann argues that social inequalities are maintained in part by the choices made by young people, rather than simply by structural forces. Choosing to Labour? concludes with an exploration of how public policy can meet the dual challenge of providing young people with meaningful and equitable educational experiences, while simultaneously fulfilling the need for a skilled workforce.