The Great Migration--the exodus of more than six million blacks from their southern homes hoping for better lives in the North--is a defining event of post-emancipation African-American life and a central feature of twentieth-century black literature. Lawrence Rodgers explores the historical and literary significance of this event and in the ......
A Collection of Thoughts on Art, Artists and Creativity
A volume containing thoughts from writers, artists, musicians, dancers and philosophers on the great themes of inspiration, creativity and the role of the artist. From George Sand to Georgia O'Keeffe, these writings present a testimony to the power of the creative instinct through the centuries.
Introduces readers to probability paradoxes, the attacks on the Big Bang Theory, and Marianne Williamson's success promoting "The Course of Miracles", which is said to have been channelled by Jesus.
Refutes Edmund Burke's assertions that human liberties are an "entailed inheritance," that the alliance between church and state is necessary for civil order, and that civil authority should be restricted to men "of permanent property."
Here is the story of Carol Kennicott, who, to be accepted, must adapt to the ways of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota. This ground-breaking novel attacks conformism, commercialism, moneygrubbing, and the decline in what Lewis saw as the American ideals of freedom and respect for individuality.
Lowe has written what may well be the Hurston book for the years to come.'' -- Werner Sollors, Harvard University''Lowe's study . . . smartly begins with the assumption that one reason for the stunning popularity of Hurston's work is the verve with which it addresses serious subjects in a comic style.'' -- Cheryl A. Wall, editor of Changing Our ......
A selection of sermons and other work by the Elizabethan/Jacobean divine, Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626). In the pulpit, Andrewes initiated the metaphysical style of sermonizing - erudite, dramatic and poetic. His writings represent a voice from early Anglicanism.
Assaults monarchical rule. This book lays out how an independent government could be established and controlled by the people, and how rich and poor alike could share equally in privileges and duties.
German mathematician Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), revolutionised the Copernican heliocentric theory of the universe with his three laws of motion: that planets move not in circular but elliptical orbits, that their speed is greatest when nearest the sun, and that the sun and planets form an integrated system. This title contains two of his works.
