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Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830 M. Susan Anthony "This first full-length study of early American Gothic drama examines the relationship between Gothic plays and the developing society in which they flourished. It discusses topics ranging from the n… OL11989091W
The culture of classicism The culture of classicism Caroline Winterer Winterer argues that we cannot understand the rise of the American university or modern notions of selfhood and knowledge without an appreciation for the role of classicism in their creation OL12021167W
Realism for the masses Realism for the masses Chris Vials Realism for the Masses is an exploration of how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake "America." The literary and artistic creations of American realism … OL12037117W
Open conversations Open conversations Carr, David "This book offers a way for cultural institutions to reimagine their work as provocative educators and community advocates, address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, and rene… OL15991768W
American women writers to 1800 American women writers to 1800 Sharon M. Harris American Women Writers to 1800 advances our knowledge of early American culture. Including works by more than ninety women, many of whom have never before been published, this ambitious anthology cap… OL16100538W
After the vote was won After the vote was won Katherine H. Adams "Because scholars have traditionally only examined the efforts of American suffragettes in relation to electoral politics, the history books have missed the story of what these women sought to achiev… OL16980916W
Scribblin' for a Livin' Scribblin' for a Livin' Thomas J. Reigstad In August 1869, 33-year-old journalist Samuel Clemens -- or as he was later known, Mark Twain -- moved to Buffalo, New York. At the time, he had high hopes of establishing himself as a successful new… OL17187838W
Reading Susan Sontag Reading Susan Sontag Carl E. Rollyson,Carl Rollyson "Each of the chapters in Reading Susan Sontag is devoted to one of her books and is divided into three sections: synopsis, Ms. Sontag's own views of her work, and critical commentary. Thus it moves f… OL1861818W
The House of Truth The House of Truth Brad Snyder "Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose campaign. They self-mockingly called the 19th Street row house in which they congregated the 'House of Truth, ' playing off the lively dinner discussions with frequen… OL19662854W
Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry Robert Pinsky "The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. The poet, we hear, is a casualty of mass entertainment and prosaic public culture, banished to the artistic sid… OL482940W
Culture as history Culture as history Warren Susman "Bringing together for the first time the best of twenty-five years of unique critical work, Warren Susman takes Us on a startling tour through the conflicts and events which have transformed the soc… OL5366922W
Tyrannie de la pénitence Tyrannie de la pénitence Pascal Bruckner Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, imperialism - the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War-II, Europeans in particular have … OL711126W
James Still in interviews, oral histories and memoirs James Still in interviews, oral histories and memoirs James Still "This work collects transcribed versions of virtually all the interviews and oral histories ever conducted with James Still, along with numerous memoirs in which leading voices in the Appalachian stu… OL74746W