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Living With A Dead Language

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Author by Ann Patty
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Editor : Penguin
ISBN : 9781101980248
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 256
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“A delightful mix of grammar and growth, words and wonder.” – The Washington Post An entertaining exploration of the richness and relevance of the Latin language and literature, and an inspiring account of finding renewed purpose through learning something new and challenging After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, aimless, and lost in the woods, she hoped to challenge her restless, word-loving brain by beginning a serious study of Latin at local colleges. As she begins to make sense of Latin grammar and syntax, her studies open unexpected windows into her own life. The louche poetry of Catullus calls up her early days in 1970s New York, Lucretius elucidates her intractable drivenness and her attraction to Buddhism, while Ovid’s verse conjures a delightful dimension to the flora and fauna that surround her. Women in Roman history, and an ancient tomb inscription give her new understanding and empathy for her tragic, long deceased mother. Finally, Virgil reconciles her to her new life—no longer an urban exile, but a rustic scholar, writer and teacher. Along the way, she meets an impassioned cast of characters: professors, students and classicists outside of academia who keep Latin very much alive. Written with humor, heart, and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty’s book is an object lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future.

The Lake Of Dead Languages

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Author by Carol Goodman
Genre : Fiction
Editor : Ballantine Books
ISBN : 9780345490919
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 434
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“A gothic and elegant page-turner.”—The Boston Globe Twenty years ago, Jane Hudson fled the Heart Lake School for Girls in the Adirondacks after a terrible tragedy. The week before her graduation, in that sheltered wonderland, three lives were taken, all victims of suicide. Only Jane was left to carry the burden of a mystery that has stayed hidden in the depths of Heart Lake for more than two decades. Now Jane has returned to the school as a Latin teacher, recently separated and hoping to make a fresh start with her young daughter. But ominous messages from the past dredge up forgotten memories. And young, troubled girls are beginning to die again–as piece by piece the shattering truth slowly floats to the surface. . . .

Long Live Latin

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Author by Nicola Gardini
Genre : Literary Criticism
Editor : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN : 9780374717049
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 256
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A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead language From the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life—whether we call it “dead” or not. What use is Latin? It’s a question we’re often asked by those who see the language of Cicero as no more than a cumbersome heap of ruins, something to remove from the curriculum. In this sustained meditation, Gardini gives us his sincere and brilliant reply: Latin is, quite simply, the means of expression that made us—and continues to make us—who we are. In Latin, the rigorous and inventive thinker Lucretius examined the nature of our world; the poet Propertius told of love and emotion in a dizzying variety of registers; Caesar affirmed man’s capacity to shape reality through reason; Virgil composed the Aeneid, without which we’d see all of Western history in a different light. In Long Live Latin, Gardini shares his deep love for the language—enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity—and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it’s here with us now, whether we know it or not. Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar readers can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express.

Sursum Corda

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Author by David Pietrusza
Genre : Religion
Editor : Church & Reid
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Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 442
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From the Council of Trent to Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio A new generation of Catholics is discovering the beauty, reverence, appropriateness, and efficacy of the Tridentine Mass. The Traditional Latin Mass, as the saying goes, is "the Mass the martyrs died for." It is also the Mass the faithful lived for and which gave life to them and to the Church itself. This small volume is designed to humbly guide you in an appreciation of the Traditional Latin Mass' beauties, coherence, logic, aesthetics, glories, and graces. Featuring the works of: The Council of Trent Pius V Pius X Pius XI Pius XII John XXIII Paul VI John Paul II Benedict XVI St. Charles Borromeo Fr. Adrian Fortescue Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman Alfons Cardinal Stickler Dom Fernand Cabrol Michael Davies Fr. Uwe Michael Lang Bp. Athanasius Schneider Fr. John T. Zuhlsdorf Micheal S. Rose . . . and more. *** "I am sure that this book will help many to better understand the great graces that have been opened again to the whole Church by the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum." —Msgr. R. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General in the Institute of Christ the King, Provincial Superior for the Institute in the United States "belongs in the library of any Catholic person or organization devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass. . . . If the priest who says that form in your parish or chapel doesn't already have a copy, it would make a most appropriate gift." —Una Voce America Nota "a much needed work . . . a precious gem in our library of liturgical works." —Fr. C. Frank Phillips, Canons Regular of St. John Cantius "David Pietrusza's 'Sursum Corda' makes the strongest case of all that the Latin Mass for which martyrs died is not only alive and vibrant today but growing. Here are all the documents from the Council of Trent in which the traditional Latin Mass was conceived to the Second Vatican Council which was interpreted to thwart it to Pope Benedict's "Summurum Pontificum" that encouraged its practice. This is must reading, not only for devotees of the Mass but for opponents and non-Catholics to understand why it means so much after 500 years." —John Gizzi, White House Correspondent, Newsmax

The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying

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Author by Sogyal Rinpoche
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
Editor : Random House
ISBN : 9781448116959
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 464
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25th Anniversary Edition Over 3 Million Copies Sold 'I couldn't give this book a higher recommendation' BILLY CONNOLLY Written by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Sogyal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It includes not only a lucid, inspiring and complete introduction to the practice of meditation, but also advice on how to care for the dying with love and compassion, and how to bring them help of a spiritual kind. But there is much more besides in this classic work, which was written to inspire all who read it to begin the journey to enlightenment and so become 'servants of peace'.

Nimble Tongues

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Author by Steven G. Kellman
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Editor : Purdue University Press
ISBN : 9781612496016
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 259
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Nimble Tongues is a collection of essays that continues Steven G. Kellman's work in the fertile field of translingualism, focusing on the phenomenon of switching languages. A series of investigations and reflections rather than a single thesis, the collection is perhaps more akin in its aims—if not accomplishment—to George Steiner’s Extraterritorial: Papers on Literature and the Language Revolution or Umberto Eco’s Travels in Hyperreality. Topics covered include the significance of translingualism; translation and its challenges; immigrant memoirs; the autobiographies that Ariel Dorfman wrote in English and Spanish, respectively; the only feature film ever made in Esperanto; Francesca Marciano, an Italian who writes in English; Jhumpa Lahiri, who has abandoned English for Italian; Ilan Stavans, a prominent translingual author and scholar; Hugo Hamilton, a writer who grew up torn among Irish, German, and English; Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, a Mexican who writes in English; and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a multilingual text.

The Future Of The Past

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Author by Alexander Stille
Genre : Social Science
Editor : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN : 9781466817098
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 368
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An engrossing look at the cultural consequences of technological change and globalization Space radar, infrared photography, carbon dating, DNA analysis, microfilm, digital data bases-we have better technology than ever for studying and preserving the past. And yet the by-products of technology threaten to destroy--in one or two generations--monuments, works of art, and ways of life that have survived thousands of years of hardship and war. This paradox is central to our age. We use the Internet to access and assess infinite amounts of information--but understand less and less of its historical context. Globalization may eventually benefit countries around the world; it will also, almost certainly, lead to the disappearance of hundreds of regional dialects, languages, and whole societies. In The Future of the Past, Alexander Stille takes us on a tour of the past as it exists today and weighs its prospects for tomorrow, from China to Somalia to Washington, D.C. Through incisive portraits of their protagonists, he describes high-tech struggles to save the Great Sphinx and the Ganges; efforts to preserve Latin within the Vatican; the digital glut inside the National Archives, which may have lost more information in the information age than ever before; an oral culture threatened by a "new" technology: writing itself. Wherever it takes him, Stille explores not just the past, but our ideas about the past, how they are changing--and how they will have to change if our past is to have a future.

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