Author: Bliss PerryPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465537910
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The American Spirit in Literature: A Chronicle of Great Interpreters
Author: Bliss PerryPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465537910
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The American Spirit
Author: David McCulloughPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501174215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"This timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many other honors--reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, as many Americans engage in self-reflection following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, McCullough has collected some of his most important speeches in a brief volume that articulates important principles and characteristics that are particularly American..."--Jacket.
The American Spirit in Literature
Author: Bliss PerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The American Spirit in Literature
Author: Bliss PerryPublisher:
ISBN: 9784894391536
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Spirit of American Literature
Author: John Albert MacyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The American Spirit in Literature . Mit 1 Tafel/ by Bliss Perry
Author: Bliss PerrySpirit in the Dark
Author: Josef SorettPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199844933
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
While many of the most significant black intellectual movements of the second half of the twentieth century have been perceived as secular, Josef Sorett demonstrates in this book that religion was actually a fertile, fluid and formidable force within these movements. Spirit in the Dark examines how African American literary visions were animated and organized by religion and spirituality, from the New Negro Renaissance of the 1920s to the Black Arts movement of the 1960s.
Workings of the Spirit
Author: Houston A. Baker (Jr.)Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226035239
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Turning on inspired interpretations of Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, and Ntozake Shange, the author weighs current critical approaches to black women's writing against his own explanation of the founding, theoretical state of Afro-American intellectual history.
American Spirit
Author: Dan KennedyPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544032047
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
A midlife crisis forces forty-something media exec, Matthew Harris on a hectic and hilarious quest to figure out what his life is all about.
Spirit of Place
Author: Frederick TurnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Award-winning author Frederick Turner examines the lives and careers of nine American authors, the locales they made famous, and the ways in which landscape played a role in the creation of their finest works. Spirit of Place is both a testament to the creative genius of nine of America's most important writers and an insightful investigation of the vital role of the physical landscape in the cultural development of the United States.