For this biography, the first major work on Douglass in nearly 25 years, Blight drew on new information held in a private collection that few other historians have consulted and recently discovered issues of Douglass's newspapers. Blight tells the fascinating story of Douglass’s entire life, from a plantation in Maryland, to his escape and education, his two marriages and complex extended family. Frederick Douglass, Refugee Throughout modern history, the millions forced to flee as refugees and beg for asylum have felt Douglass’s agony, and thought his thoughts. Douglass was not only an astonishing man of words, but a thinker steeped in Biblical story and theology. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. As a young man, Douglass was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. This lecture is based on David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the most important African American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.
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Much of his work explores Abenaki identity and Native storytelling. in comparative literature from the Union Institute of Ohio.īruchac is a prolific writer and storyteller, who published more than 120 books. Education īruchac holds a bachelor's degree in English literature from Cornell University, a master's degree in literature and creative writing from Syracuse, and a Ph.D. Joseph Bruchac is a member of the Nulhegan Abenaki Nation, a state-recognized tribe in Vermont. His grandfather, Jesse Bowman, identified as having Abenaki heritage. He identifies as being of Abenaki, English, and Slovak ancestry. Some of his notable works include the novel Dawn Land (1993) and its sequel, Long River (1995), both of which feature a young Abenaki man before European contact.īruchac was raised in Saratoga Springs, New York. He has published poetry, novels, and short stories. He writes about Indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a particular focus on northeastern Native American and Anglo-American lives and folklore. Joseph Bruchac (born October 16, 1942) is an American writer and storyteller based in New York. Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Union Institute B.A., Cornell University M.A., Syracuse U. 5/31/2023 0 Comments Agincourt book cornwellFamous across Europe at the time, it passed into legend when Shakespeare wrote a play which was published under the title The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, and included a speech on the eve of battle which added to the English language the phrases “once more unto the breach” and “band of brothers.” Its place in the national mythology was only strengthened by the 1944 film of Henry V, which starred Laurence Olivier as an idealized young warrior king, and was filmed to boost morale during the build-up to the Allied invasion of Normandy. The subject of his most recent novel arguably falls into both those categories: the Battle of Agincourt. CLR Thoroughly Modern Men-at-armsīernard Cornwell has never been afraid to tackle big subjects, whether famous battles like Waterloo and Seringapatam, or myths such as King Arthur or the Grail Quest. Agincourt: A Novel by Bernard Cornwell Harper, 464 pp. |