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Reading for the Plot

Design and Intention in Narrative

A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.

A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life.

Bach and the Patterns of Invention

In this major new interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, we gain a striking picture of the composer as a unique critic of his age. By reading Bach's music "against the grain" of contemporaries such as Vivaldi and Telemann, Laurence Dreyfus explains how Bach's approach to musical invention in a variety of genres posed a fundamental challenge to Baroque aesthetics. "Invention"--the word Bach and his contemporaries used for the musical idea that is behind or that generates a composition--emerges as an invaluable key in Dreyfus's analysis. Looking at important pieces in a range of genres, including concertos, sonatas, fugues, and vocal works, he focuses on the fascinating construction of the invention, the core musical subject, and then shows how Bach disposes, elaborates, and decorates it in structuring his composition. Bach and the Patterns of Invention brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day. We also learn here about Bach's unusual appropriations of French and Italian styles--and about the elevation of various genres far above their conventional status. Challenging the restrictive lenses commonly encountered in both historical musicology and theoretical analysis, Dreyfus provocatively suggests an approach to Bach that understands him as an eighteenth-century thinker and at the same time as a composer whose music continues to speak to us today.

Bach and the Patterns of Invention brings us fresh understanding of Bach's working methods, and how they differed from those of the other leading composers of his day.

Jumping the Queue

An Inquiry Into the Legal Treatment of Students with Learning Disabilities

This book weighs alternative conceptions of the equal opportunity principle through an empirical and ethical exploration of the Federal law which directs local school districts to award special educational opportunities to students classified as learning disabled. Kelman and Lester examine the vexing question of how we should distribute extra education funds.

thologies, e.g., Strategy Assessment and Instruction for Students with Learning
Disabilities: From Theory to Practice (L. J. Meltzer ed., 1993), and treatises, e.g.,
Bill R. Gearheart and Carol J. Gearheart, Learning Disabilities: Educational
Strategies ... in Students with and without Learning Disabilities," 27 Journal of
Learning Disabilities 360 (1994); H. L. Swanson, L. Christie, and R. J. Rubadeau,
"The Relationship between Metacognition and Analogical Reasoning in Mentally
Retarded, ...

China Marches West

The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia

From about 1600 to 1800, the Qing empire of China expanded to unprecedented size. Through astute diplomacy, economic investment, and a series of ambitious military campaigns into the heart of Central Eurasia, the Manchu rulers defeated the Zunghar Mongols, and brought all of modern Xinjiang and Mongolia under their control, while gaining dominant influence in Tibet. The China we know is a product of these vast conquests. Peter C. Perdue chronicles this little-known story of China's expansion into the northwestern frontier. Unlike previous Chinese dynasties, the Qing achieved lasting domination over the eastern half of the Eurasian continent. Rulers used forcible repression when faced with resistance, but also aimed to win over subject peoples by peaceful means. They invested heavily in the economic and administrative development of the frontier, promoted trade networks, and adapted ceremonies to the distinct regional cultures. Perdue thus illuminates how China came to rule Central Eurasia and how it justifies that control, what holds the Chinese nation together, and how its relations with the Islamic world and Mongolia developed. He offers valuable comparisons to other colonial empires and discusses the legacy left by China's frontier expansion. The Beijing government today faces unrest on its frontiers from peoples who reject its autocratic rule. At the same time, China has launched an ambitious development program in its interior that in many ways echoes the old Qing policies. China Marches West is a tour de force that will fundamentally alter the way we understand Central Eurasia.

Although Bunyasiri wanted to flee, Arughtai disagreed, so the two leaders
separated, each acting in effect as head of a separate tribe, fatally weakening
their strength. Yongle first attacked Bunyasiri to the east, pursuing him to the
Onon River, where he defeated Bunyasiri's troops. Bunyasiri in flight was killed
by the Oirat Mahmud. The emperor then turned east against Arughtai, who fled
with remnants of his army. Yongle returned in victory to Beijing on September 15
after six months on ...

China Marches West

Perdue illuminates how China came to rule Central Eurasia and how it justifies that control, what holds the Chinese nation together, and how its relations with the Islamic world and Mongolia developed. He offers valuable comparisons to other colonial empires and discusses the legacy left by China's frontier expansion.

Although Bunyasiri wanted to flee, Arughtai disagreed, so the two leaders
separated, each acting in effect as head of a separate tribe, fatally weakening
their strength. Yongle first attacked Bunyasiri to the east, pursuing him to the
Onon River, where he defeated Bunyasiri's troops. Bunyasiri in flight was killed
by the Oirat Mahmud. The emperor then turned east against Arughtai, who fled
with remnants of his army. Yongle returned in victory to Beijing on September 1 5
after six months ...

A Misplaced Massacre

Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek

On November 29, 1864, over 150 Native Americans, mostly women, children, and elderly, were slaughtered in one of the most infamous cases of state-sponsored violence in U.S. history. Kelman examines how generations of Americans have struggled with the question of whether the nation’s crimes, as well as its achievements, should be memorialized.

Kristin Ann Hass, Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998), 1–32, 103–
126; Jeffrey Karl Oschner, “A Space of Loss,”Journal ofArchitectural Education 50
(February 1997): 156–171; Karal Ann Marling and Robert Silberman, “The Statue
Near the Wall: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Art of Remembering,”
Smithsonian Studies in American Art 1 (Spring 1987): 4–29; Daphne Berdahl, “
Voices at the ...

Harvest of Despair

Life and Death in Ukraine under Nazi Rule

Berkhoff provides a searing portrait of life in the Third Reich's largest colony. Under the Nazis, a blend of German nationalism, anti-Semitism, and racist notions about the Slavs produced a reign of terror and genocide. Berkhoff also shows how a pervasive Soviet mentality worked against solidarity, which helps explain why the vast majority of the population did not resist the Germans.

Berkhoff provides a searing portrait of life in the Third Reich's largest colony.