"Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave," by Frederick Douglass, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of ...
As Nathan Huggins once stated, altering American history to account fully for the nation's black voices would change the tone and meaning--the frame and the substance--of the entire story. Rather than a sort of Pilgrim's Progress tale of bold ascent and triumph, American history with the black parts told in full would be transmuted into an ...
The complex life of jazz singing legend Billie Holiday is meticulously examined through the fitting medium of her music in Robert O'Meally's biography, LADY DAY. Columbia University professor O'Meally explores Holiday's early career in the after-hours clubs of Harlem, her musical maturity in the 1940s, and her declining years in the late 1950s. ...
Jackson Pollock dancing to the music as he painted; Romare Bearden's stage and costume designs for Alvin Ailey and Dianne McIntyre; Stanley Crouch stirring his high-powered essays in a room where a drumkit stands at the center: from the perspective of the new jazz studies, jazz is not only a music to define - it is a culture. Considering musicians ...
Largely neglected in his own lifetime, Herman Melville mastered not only the great American novel but also the short story and novella forms. In "Billy Budd and The" "Piazza Tales," Melville reveals an uncanny awareness of the inscrutable nature of reality. Published posthumously in 1924, "Billy Budd" is a masterpiece second only to Melville's ...
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