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Women of War

Selected Memoirs, Poems, and Fiction by Virginia Women Who Lived Through the Civil War

by Charlotte Matthews, Mary Tucker Magill, Mary Lockett Avary, Roger A. Pryor, Judith W. McGuire, Sallie A. Brock Putnam, Makgabet Figoot, Susan Archer Tally0, C.A. Ball1, Margaret J. Preston2, Fannie H. Marr3, Maie Dove Day4, Cornelia Jordan5, Marion Harland6, Mary Spear Tiernan7, Emma Lyon Bryan8 ...

In their variety, the memoir, poetry, and fiction included in this exciting new anthology show the transitory nature of the literature of southern women who lived through a violent and defining crossroads in their lives. In rare and rediscovered excerpts and verses these women writers evidence the early hopes of a cause destined to be lost, the propagandic rhetoric which accompanied it, and the ... Read more

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In their variety, the memoir, poetry, and fiction included in this exciting new anthology show the transitory nature of the literature of southern women who lived through a violent and defining crossroads in their lives. In rare and rediscovered excerpts and verses these women writers evidence the early hopes of a cause destined to be lost, the propagandic rhetoric which accompanied it, and the
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Look Homeward, Angel. A Story of the Buried Life

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by Thomas Clayton Wolfe, Max Dillon ...

Set against the backdrop of the fictional town of Altamont, Catawba, 'Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life' is a profound exploration of the tumultuous journey of growth and self-discovery. Thomas Clayton Wolfe's literary masterpiece delves into the life of Eugene Gant, an avatar for Wolfe himself, painting the canvas of his youth from the dawn of the 20th century through the pivotal ... Read more

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Set against the backdrop of the fictional town of Altamont, Catawba, 'Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life' is a profound exploration of the tumultuous journey of growth and self-discovery. Thomas Clayton Wolfe's literary masterpiece delves into the life of Eugene Gant, an avatar for Wolfe himself, painting the canvas of his youth from the dawn of the 20th century through the pivotal
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The Education of Henry Adams

by Henry Adams ...

The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century. The Education is ... Read more

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The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. The Modern Library placed it first in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century. The Education is
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Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville ...

Series series The Art of the Novella
"What has cast such a shadow upon you?""The Negro."With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early best-selling novels of the sea. However, most Melville scholars consider it his most sophisticated work, and many, such as novelist Ralph Ellison, have hailed it as the ... Read more

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"What has cast such a shadow upon you?""The Negro."With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early best-selling novels of the sea. However, most Melville scholars consider it his most sophisticated work, and many, such as novelist Ralph Ellison, have hailed it as the
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The Quotable Mark Twain

His Essential Aphorisms, Witticisms & Concise Opinions

by R. Kent Rasmussen ...

Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain. A must-have for all Twain collectors, The Quotable Mark Twain is filled with his opinions about the people he knew, the places he's been, and the books he wrote, as well as more far-ranging topics, such as writers, billiards, smoking, his family, and more. The book also includes 150 ... Read more

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Here are more than 1,800 quotations, organized from A-to-Z, from America's consummate author--Mark Twain. A must-have for all Twain collectors, The Quotable Mark Twain is filled with his opinions about the people he knew, the places he's been, and the books he wrote, as well as more far-ranging topics, such as writers, billiards, smoking, his family, and more. The book also includes 150
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Love Comes First

by Erica Jong ...

Love Comes First is Erica Jong’s long-awaited return to her poetic roots.Known and beloved for Fear of Flying and her many other books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Jong expounds on the most eternal, universal topic of all: love. Using brilliant imagery and intense metaphorical insights to paint vivid pictures of love, and all that comes with it—the heights of elation, the depths of sorrow ... Read more

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Love Comes First is Erica Jong’s long-awaited return to her poetic roots.Known and beloved for Fear of Flying and her many other books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Jong expounds on the most eternal, universal topic of all: love. Using brilliant imagery and intense metaphorical insights to paint vivid pictures of love, and all that comes with it—the heights of elation, the depths of sorrow
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American Studies, Ecocriticism, and Citizenship

Thinking and Acting in the Local and Global Commons

Edited by Joni Adamson, Kimberly N. Ruffin ...

Series series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
This collection reclaims public intellectuals and scholars important to the foundational work in American Studies that contributed to emerging conceptions of an "ecological citizenship" advocating something other than nationalism or an "exclusionary ethics of place." Co-editors Adamson and Ruffin recover underrecognized field genealogies in American Studies (i.e. the work of early scholars whose ... Read more

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This collection reclaims public intellectuals and scholars important to the foundational work in American Studies that contributed to emerging conceptions of an "ecological citizenship" advocating something other than nationalism or an "exclusionary ethics of place." Co-editors Adamson and Ruffin recover underrecognized field genealogies in American Studies (i.e. the work of early scholars whose
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When Morning Comes (Part of the Paranormal Series)

by Rome ...

When Morning Comes studies the mental agony of a sick, old woman as she reflects on her unrewarded life and relationships with her children while in the hospital. From the very beginning, the reader is curiously immersed in the old woman's initial preoccupation with the noisy, old fan and then plods on to discover the emotional discord and confusion that befalls the old woman as she reflects upon ... Read more

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When Morning Comes studies the mental agony of a sick, old woman as she reflects on her unrewarded life and relationships with her children while in the hospital. From the very beginning, the reader is curiously immersed in the old woman's initial preoccupation with the noisy, old fan and then plods on to discover the emotional discord and confusion that befalls the old woman as she reflects upon
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American Film Comedies

by Rebecca Rasche ...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Amerikanische Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften), course: American Film Comedies, 0 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This dialogue from 'Cactus Flower' is very likely to catch the attention of a 21stcentury woman instantly because of its chauvinist, ... Read more

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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, Dresden Technical University (Amerikanische Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften), course: American Film Comedies, 0 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This dialogue from 'Cactus Flower' is very likely to catch the attention of a 21stcentury woman instantly because of its chauvinist,
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Kill or Cure

by Anne Waldman ...

Series series Penguin Poets
“Kill Or Cure,” a bold prescriptive for these apocalyptic days, brings together substantial new work as well as the best of Anne Waldman's previously uncollected poetry. It includes credos, manifestos, dreams, homages to literary predecessors, “Shaman Hisses You Slide Back Into The Night” (the journal poem written during Bob Dylan's historic Rolling Thunder Revue), witty political diatribes, ... Read more

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“Kill Or Cure,” a bold prescriptive for these apocalyptic days, brings together substantial new work as well as the best of Anne Waldman's previously uncollected poetry. It includes credos, manifestos, dreams, homages to literary predecessors, “Shaman Hisses You Slide Back Into The Night” (the journal poem written during Bob Dylan's historic Rolling Thunder Revue), witty political diatribes,
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Apparitions of Asia

Modernist Form and Asian American Poetics

by Josephine Park ...

Walt Whitman called the Orient "The Past! the Past! the Past!" but East Asia was remarkably present for the United States in the twentieth century. Apparitions of Asia reads American literary expressions during a century of U.S.-East Asian alliances in which the Far East is imagined as both near and contemporary. Commercial and political bridges across the Pacific generated American literary ... Read more

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Walt Whitman called the Orient "The Past! the Past! the Past!" but East Asia was remarkably present for the United States in the twentieth century. Apparitions of Asia reads American literary expressions during a century of U.S.-East Asian alliances in which the Far East is imagined as both near and contemporary. Commercial and political bridges across the Pacific generated American literary
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The Stray

by Jennifer Olmstead ...

Can a near-fatal cycling accident save Dare Jordan from himself? One November morning in rural Southern Point, Virginia, an out-of-control van slams into Dare Jordan's custom road bike. The crushing impact lands the OCD accountant at the foot of a ditch—and at the feet of six-year-old Hoagy Butler and his Bassett hound, Lila. The boy's quick thinking spells the difference between life and death ... Read more

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Can a near-fatal cycling accident save Dare Jordan from himself? One November morning in rural Southern Point, Virginia, an out-of-control van slams into Dare Jordan's custom road bike. The crushing impact lands the OCD accountant at the foot of a ditch—and at the feet of six-year-old Hoagy Butler and his Bassett hound, Lila. The boy's quick thinking spells the difference between life and death
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