Bird Parliament
Author : Farid ud-Din Attar
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465576592
Author : Farid ud-Din Attar
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release :
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465576592
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 12,61 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Bills, Legislative
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Birds
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Author : Gene Stratton-Porter
Publisher :
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 26,85 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Birds in the Bible
ISBN :
Author : Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher : Hesperus Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
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In this collection of poems, among his very best, Chaucer showcases his lyrical skills to perfection. Verging from tragic to comic, the overriding theme of the poetry is love, in its many guises. Chaucer tells of his passion for reading, which allows him to eavesdrop on a "parliament of birds" on St Valentine's Day; he tells how he, as an inveterate reader, forsakes his books on the first of May to wander into the fields; he complains of being short of money; and he complains to his scribe for copying his verses badly. All in all, in the course of the poetry he reveals a lot about himself, and does so throughout in an engaging and civilized manner.
Author : Daniel Coit Gilman
Publisher :
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 27,58 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Author : Jonathan Malloy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2023-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1487551002
The Paradox of Parliament provides a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Parliament in order to explain the paradoxical expectations placed on the institution. The book argues that Parliament labours under two different "logics" of its purpose and primary role: one based on governance and decision-making and one based on representation and voice. This produces a paradox that is common to many legislatures, but Canada and Canadians particularly struggle to recognize and reconcile the competing logics. In The Paradox of Parliament, Jonathan Malloy discusses the major aspects of Parliament through the lens of these two competing logics to explain the ongoing dissatisfaction with Parliament and perennial calls for parliamentary reform. It focuses on overarching analytical themes rather than exhaustive description. It centres people over procedure and theory, with strong emphasis given to dimensions of gender, race, and additional forms of diversity. Arguing for a holistic and realistic understanding of Parliament that recognizes and accepts that Parliament evolves and adapts, The Paradox of Parliament puts forward an important and novel interpretation of the many facets of Parliament in Canada.
Author : University of Wisconsin. Department of English
Publisher :
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 47,40 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English literature
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Author : Arthur Beatty
Publisher :
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 1918
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Author : Sean Nixon
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0228010470
Whether as sources of joy and pleasure to be fed, counted, and watched, as objects of sport to be hunted and killed, or as food to be harvested, wild birds evoke strong feelings. Sean Nixon traces the transformation of these human passions for wild birds from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, detailing humans’ close encounters with wild birds in Britain and the wider North Atlantic world. Drawing on a rich range of written sources, Passions for Birds reveals how emotional, subjective, and material attachments to wild birds were forged through a period of pronounced social and cultural change. Nixon demonstrates how, for all their differences, new traditions in birdwatching and conservation, field sports, and bird harvesting mobilized remarkably similar feelings towards birds. Striking similarities also emerged in the material forms that each of these practices used to bring birds closer to people – hides and traps, nets and ropes, and binoculars. Wide ranging in scope, Passions for Birds sheds new light on the ways in which wild birds helped shape humans throughout the twentieth century, as well as how birds themselves became burdened with multiple cultural meanings and social anxieties over time.