The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5. 9. 2000 - Počet stran: 656 The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... social scientists rather than poets and songwriters to express and understand our concerns , and they tend not to write in literary style . Songs were once shared by children , parents , grandparents , and entire communities ; popular ...
... social change , but it is also a necessary ingredient of the traditions by which we live . As our society has evolved , articulate men and women have emerged to advocate , argue , debate , demand , laugh , and celebrate . Much of what ...
... social compact would dissolve , and justice be extirpated from the earth , or have only a casual exis- tence , were we callous to the touches of affection . The robber and the murderer would often escape unpunished , did not the ...