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WHY POETRY MATTERS by PARINI JAY
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Series: Why X Matters Ser.
A brief, passionate book about the nature of poetry and its use in the worldPoetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. ...Show more
WHY THE DREYFUS AFFAIR MATTERS by Louis Begley
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Category: History | Series: Why X Matters Ser.
From the prize-winning author of Wartime Lies, an anatomy of the infamous prosecution of a Jewish officer attached to the French Army's General Staff, with profound implications for our own time. In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian desce ...Show more
Why Poetry Matters by Jay Parini
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Category: Poetry and Nursery Rhymes | Series: Why X Matters S.
Poetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. Undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamor ...Show more
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters by Louis Begley
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Category: No Category | Series: Why X Matters S.
In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian descent, was court-martialed for selling secrets to the German military attache in Paris based on perjured testimony and trumped-up evidence. The sentence was military degradation and life imprisonment o ...Show more
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