Based on research in documents and family correspondence as well as interviews with descendants of immigrants, this study by Lucy Cohen is... Læs mere
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In this overview, a noted authority takes a perceptive look at the radical trends in modern drama and provides us with a new awareness of the forces and ideas behind the current theatrical battle.
Although recognised today as one of the genuine pioneers of black literature in this century, Claude McKay (1890-1948) died penniless... Læs mere
“Halleck originates nothing, anticipates nothing, to assist others; takes no responsibility, plans nothing, suggests nothing, is good for nothing.” Gideon Welles's harsh... Læs mere
More than a century after Appomattox, the Civil War and the idea of the “Lost Cause” remain at the center of the southern mind. God and... Læs mere
First published in 1955 to wide acclaim, T. Harry Williams' P. G. T. Beauregard is universally regarded as “the first authoritative portrait of the Confederacy's always dramatic, often perplexing” general (Chicago Tribune).
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If religious poetry may be thought of as a great river fed, in the English language, by two main streams, the devotional tradition, leading in recent times to Anne Sexton and John... Læs mere