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Book Fettered Genius

    Book Details:
  • Author : Keith D. Leonard
  • Publisher : University of Virginia Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9780813925066
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book Fettered Genius written by Keith D. Leonard and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fettered Genius, Keith D. Leonard identifies how African American poets' use and revision of traditional poetics constituted an antiracist political agency. Comparing this practice to the use of poetic mastery by the ancient Celtic bards to resist British imperialism, Leonard shows how traditional poetics enable African American poets to insert racial experience, racial protest, and African American culture into public discourse by making them features of validated artistic expression. As with the Celtic bards, these poets' artistry testified to their marginalized people's capacity for imagination and reason within and against the terms of the dominant culture. In an ambitious survey that moves from slavery to the cultural nationalism of the 1960s, Leonard examines numerous poets, placing each in the context of his or her time to demonstrate the antiracist meaning of their accomplishments. The book offers new insight on the conservatism of Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the genteel members of the Harlem Renaissance, how their rage for assimilation functioned to refute racist notions of difference and, paradoxically, to affirm a distinctive racial experience as valid material for poetry. Leonard also demonstrates how the more progressive and ethnically distinctive poetics of Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, and Melvin B. Tolson share some of the same ambivalence about cultural achievement as those of the earlier poets. They also have in common the self-conscious pursuit of an affirmation of the African American self through the substitution of African American vernacular language and cultural forms for traditional poetic themes and forms. The evolution of these poetics parallels the emergence of notions of ethnic identity over racial identity and, indeed, in some ways even motivated this shift. Leonard recognizes poetic mastery as the African American bardic poet's most powerful claim of ethnic tradition and of social belonging and clarifies the full hybrid complexity of African American identity that makes possible this political self-assertion. The development that is traced in Fettered Genius illustrates nothing less than the defining artistic coherence and political significance of the African American poetic tradition.

Book Fettered for Life  Or  Lord and Master

Download or read book Fettered for Life Or Lord and Master written by Lillie Devereux Blake and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 1874 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Expositions on the Book of Psalms

Download or read book Expositions on the Book of Psalms written by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Suffrage and the City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lauren C. Santangelo
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2019-06-07
  • ISBN : 019085037X
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Suffrage and the City written by Lauren C. Santangelo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1917, women won the vote in New York State. Suffrage and the City explores how activists in New York City were instrumental in achieving this milestone. Santangelo uncovers the ways in which the demand for women's rights intersected with the history, politics, and culture of New York City in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The fight for the vote in the nation's largest metropolis demanded that suffragists both mobilize and contest urban etiquette, as they worked to gain visibility and underscore their cause's respectability. From the Polo Grounds to the Lower East Side, organizers championed political equality to anyone who would listen in the early twentieth century. Their Fifth Avenue parades showcased the various Manhattan subcultures, including industrial laborers, teachers, nurses, and even socialites, that they transformed into a broad coalition by the 1910s. Films and newspapers broadcasted their tactics to rest of the country, just as the national suffrage organization decided to draw on Gotham's resources by moving its own headquarters to midtown and thereby turning Manhattan into the movement's capital. The city's mores, rhythms, and physical layout helped to shape what was possible for organizers campaigning within it. At the same time, suffragists helped to redefine the urban experience for white, middle-class women. Combining urban studies, geography, and gender and political history, Suffrage and the City demonstrates that the Big Apple was more than just a stage for suffrage action; it was part of the drama. As much as enfranchisement was a political victory in New York State, it was also a uniquely urban and cultural one.

Book The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland

Download or read book The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland written by Robert Candlish Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Congregational magazine  formerly The London Christian instructor

Download or read book The Congregational magazine formerly The London Christian instructor written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hispano Arabic Literature and the Early Provencal Lyrics

Download or read book Hispano Arabic Literature and the Early Provencal Lyrics written by J. A. Abu-Haidar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the distinctive contribution of Islamic Spain to Arabic literature, the strophic muwashshahand zajal are still viewed by some as a development from putative Romance prototypes. No less than seven theories of origin of the Provençal lyrics have been proffered, foremost among them being the Arabic origins theory. This book lets the strophic muwashshah tell its own tale of a natural development in the context of classical Arabic literature.

Book How Free Speech Saved Democracy

Download or read book How Free Speech Saved Democracy written by Christopher M. Finan and published by Steerforth Press / Truth to Power. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A historical demonstration of the indispensability of the First Amendment [and] … an earnest and timely argument for [its] enduring value.” —Kirkus Reviews "Great storytelling about the history and importance of the First Amendment, from someone who has spent his life defending — and using — it." —Mary Beth Tinker Free speech is not an obstacle to change: it is the way change happens Uncovering vivid and engaging stories about First Amendment pioneers, How Free Speech Saved Democracy shows how their struggle made possible the surging protests that aim to expand democracy today. How Free Speech Saved Democracy is a revealing reminder that First Amendment rights have often been curtailed in efforts to block progress, and that current measures to reduce hurtful language and to end hate speech could backfire on those who promote them. To those who see free speech as a threat to democracy, Finan offers engaging evidence from a long and sometimes challenging history of free speech in America to show how free speech has been essential to expanding democracy. From the beginning of American history, free speech has been used to advocate for change. In the 19th century, abolitionists, advocates for women’s rights, and leaders of the labor movement had to fight for free speech. In the 20th century, the civil rights and anti-war movements expanded free speech, creating a shield for every protest movement we see today. Written by a historian who became a full-time defender of civil liberties and has spent four decades advocating for the rights of victims of censorship, this book grew out of Finan’s desire to address the declining support for free speech that is occurring as our country becomes increasingly polarized. Through his evocative storytelling Finan demonstrates how the most effective antidote for the growth of hate speech and violence is support for and cultivation of the robust alternative of free speech.

Book Fettered

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lyn Gala
  • Publisher : Dreamspinner Press
  • Release : 2013-02-01
  • ISBN : 1623803616
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Fettered written by Lyn Gala and published by Dreamspinner Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan Carter has always played second fiddle to his perfect older brother, but now that brother is implicated in a terrible crime, and Dylan's family is imploding. Dylan can't hide anymore. Knowing he's falling apart, he searches for something or someone to hold him together-and lands in a BDSM bar called the Stonewall. Dylan doesn't understand Miss Dolphinia, the hard-drinking queen who seems determined to play matchmaker. But more confusing is the way the powerful men in leather make him feel. In her wisdom, Miss Dolphinia sends Dylan off to a back room for his introduction to the world of erotic spankings and bondage. Dylan's teacher-for want of a better word-is the very dominant Vin Hauser. Vin likes to play hard, but he's honest with himself-he knows all those men want is a strong hand, not a long-term relationship. Yet Vin can't help but hope Dylan might be different. With controversy over his brother's sins stirring up danger around him, Dylan needs Vin's support more than ever. But until he and Vin learn to trust each other, Dylan will have to face his fear and the growing threats alone.

Book The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo Confucianism in Korea

Download or read book The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo Confucianism in Korea written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated, edited, and introduced by Edward Y. J. Chung, The Great Synthesis of Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea: The Chonŏn (Testament) by Chŏng Chedu (Hagok), is the first study in a Western language of Chŏng Chedu (Hagok, 1649–1736) and Korean Wang Yangming Neo-Confucianism. Hagok was an eminent philosopher who established the unorthodox Yangming school (Yangmyŏnghak) in Korea. This book includes an annotated scholarly translation of the Chonŏn 存言 (Testament), Hagok’s most important and interesting work on Confucian self-cultivation. Chung also provides a comprehensive introduction to Hagok’s life, scholarship, and thought, especially his great synthesis of Wang’s philosophy of mind cultivation and moral practice in relation to the classical teaching of Confucius and Mencius and his critical analysis of Zhu Xi Neo-Confucianism and its Sŏngnihak tradition. Chung concludes that Hagok was an original scholar in the Sŏngnihak school, a great transmitter and interpreter of Yangming Neo-Confucianism in Korea, and a creative thinker whose integration of these two traditions inaugurated a distinctively Korean system of ethics and spirituality. This book sheds new light on the breadth and depth of Korean Neo-Confucianism and serves as a primary source for philosophy and East Asian studies in general and Confucian studies and Korean religion and philosophy in particular.

Book Human  All Too Human

Download or read book Human All Too Human written by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Scottish Jurist

Download or read book The Scottish Jurist written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Motif index of Folk literature

Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book REVEAL   Scorpio and Harlan

Download or read book REVEAL Scorpio and Harlan written by Lilia Moon and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scorpio is a retired punk-rock singer and the baddest wedding logistics coordinator in the biz. She knows what she wants - and edges aren't it. They make you bleed. Harlan's the big, tough floor manager of Fettered, Seattle's best BDSM club. Which isn't anything Scorpio wants, because tats-and-leather bad boys are all about the edges, and she's done with those. Except she's having trouble saying no, and it's not the tats and leather getting in her way. It's the glimpses of what lives underneath. And maybe inside herself, too. ---------------------- REVEAL is book 2 of the Fettered series. If you haven't read YIELD yet, you're skipping some really good parts. http://getbook.at/yield :) xoxo Lilia

Book NPNF1 04  Augustine  The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists

Download or read book NPNF1 04 Augustine The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists written by and published by CCEL. This book was released on with total page 1365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The English Reports  House of Lords

Download or read book The English Reports House of Lords written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 1-11. House of Lords (1677-1865) -- v. 12-20. Privy Council (including Indian Appeals) (1809-1865) -- v. 21-47. Chancery (including Collateral reports) (1557-1865) -- v. 48-55. Rolls Court (1829-1865) -- v. 56-71. Vice-Chancellors' Courts (1815-1865) -- v. 72-122. King's Bench (1378-1865) -- v. 123-144. Common Pleas (1486-1865) -- v. 145-160. Exchequer (1220-1865) -- v. 161-167. Ecclesiastical (1752-1857), Admiralty (1776-1840), and Probate and Divorce (1858-1865) -- v. 168-169. Crown Cases (1743-1865) -- v. 170-176. Nisi Prius (1688-1867).

Book Lessons on the Acts of the Apostles     Reprinted from the    Church Sunday School Magazine

Download or read book Lessons on the Acts of the Apostles Reprinted from the Church Sunday School Magazine written by Eugene Stock and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: