Creature and CreatorThis vocabulary text helps beginning students gain knowledge of basic North American English vocabulary. This North American English edition of the popular English Vocabulary in Use series is appropriate for classroom use and for self-study reference and practice. An easy-to-use format presents a content or grammar-based area of vocabulary on the left-hand page and innovative practice activities on the right-hand page. Sixty units cover approximately 1,200 new vocabulary items. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory, Vocabulary in Use promotes good learning habits and teaches students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly. Both an intermediate and upper-intermediate level are also available. Each level offers an index with phonetic transcriptions and a complete answer key, as well as an edition without answers. |
Contents
I | 29 |
The Myth Unbound | 55 |
The Prelude to Apocalypse | 77 |
The Nightmare of Romantic Idealism | 103 |
The Metaphysical Rebel | 135 |
Romantic Myth and Tragic Vision | 156 |
Conclusion | 181 |
Notes | 195 |
Index | 217 |
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