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American Literature

American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.

Owing to the large immigration to Boston in the 1630s, the high articulation of Puritan cultural ideals, and the early establishment of a college and a printing press in Cambridge, the New England colonies have often been regarded as the center of early American literature. However, the first European settlements in North America had been founded elsewhere many years earlier. Towns older than Boston include the Spanish settlements at Saint Augustine and Santa Fe, the Dutch settlements at Albany and New Amsterdam, as well as the English colony of Jamestown in present-day Virginia. During the colonial period, the printing press was active in many areas, from Cambridge and Boston to New York, Philadelphia, and Annapolis.




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African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes) are citizens or residents of the United States that have ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.

African Americans make up the single largest racial minority in the United States. Most African Americans are of West and Central African descent and are descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States. However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American or South American nations, or their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term.

African-American history starts in the 16th century with African slaves who quickly rose up against the Spanish explorer Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón and progresses to the present day, with Barack Obama as the 44th and current President of the United States. Between those landmarks there have been events and issues, both resolved and ongoing, including slavery, racism, Reconstruction, development of the African-American community, participation in the great military conflicts of the United States, racial segregation, and the Civil Rights Movement.




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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel."

Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well-received. Twain had found his calling.

He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.




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Introduction - What Is American Literature?

Introduction - What Is American Literature?

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A brief video introduction to the question "What Is American Literature?" for an American Literature 1 course taught at North Shore Community College in the hybrid-flexible model by Lance Eaton. Lance Eaton @leaton http://byanyothernerd.blogspot.com http://www.lanceeaton.com _______________________________ I wish I had all the answers; better yet, I wish I knew all the questions to ask.
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American Lit, Quick and Dirty - Part 1

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A quick witted and humorous look at the broad spectrum of American Literature, this little didley from the maker of "Shakespeare: Brief and Naughty" is sure to please. Part 1 of 2.
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The Romantic Period in American Literature and Art

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American Literature: The Puritan Period

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An introduction to our American Literature course and our first period of study, the Puritans.
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A Brief History of English and American Literature - part 1

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A Brief History of English and American Literature by Henry A. Beers Henry Augustin Beers (1847-?), native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bishop and first Chancellor of American University, has written a sweeping thousand 900 year history of English literature, up to the end of the 19th century. Although at times biased and sometimes misguided (as when he dismisses Mark Twain as a humorist noteworthy in his time but not for the ages), his research is sound and his criticism is interesting and quite often very balanced. In addition, the last chapter of each part is Hurst's synopsis of religious and theological literature in the language. This book is interesting for its point of view, but also useful as a jumping-off point for those interested in reading the classics. (Summary by Kalynda)
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American Literature Periods - Transcendentalism

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American Literature Period Project - Transcendentalism for Mr. Bronner's AP Language and Composition, period 6.
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Intro to American Literature

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American Literature - Modernism (1914-1946)

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Class 1 :An Introductory Class to American Literature

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Course Name: American Literature مدرس المساق : د. أكرم صبحي حبيب The name of the teacher: Dr. Akram Habeeb مشرف الموقع : أ. خالد محمد الأدغم Faculty of arts department: English Language Course Description: The course is mainly designed as an introduction to American literature; it is intended to acquaint the students with major American writers and their primary achievements. The span of time, the course covers, extends from the Colonial Period up to the Twentieth century. The crux of this course is a fairly elaborate study of selected works of some American writers; this study is to elucidate the growth of American literature in terms of themes, forms and distinctive features. There will be special emphasis on the works of early American writers, the Nineteenth Century and Modern writers. Gender and ethnicity are taken into consideration. مركز التميز والتعليم الإلكتروني: http://lectures.iugaza.edu.ps/ http://elearning.iugaza.edu.ps/ قائمة محاضرات المساق: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?feature=edit_ok&list;=PL9fwy3NUQKwYT521rmOp28pA9d6sPCUhT الجامعة الإسلامية غزة: http://www.iugaza.edu.ps/ar قناة مركز التميز والتعليم الإلكتروني بالجامعة الإسلامية - غزة على YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/iugaza1
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The Dark Romantics in American Literature

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Why Classic American Literature Remains Indispensable: Writers (1997)

Why Classic American Literature Remains Indispensable: Writers (1997)

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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. The bulk of his writings was published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he is also legendary for having been forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing is characteristic for its allusivity. "In Melville's manipulation of his reading," scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's."[1] Born in New York City, he was the third child of a merchant in French dry-goods, with Revolutionary War heroes for grandfathers. Not long after the death of his father in 1832, his schooling stopped abruptly. After having been a schoolteacher for a short time, he signed up for a merchant voyage to Liverpool in 1839. A year and a half into his first whaling voyage, in 1842 he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands, where he lived among the natives for a month. His first book, Typee (1846) became a huge bestseller which called for a sequel, Omoo (1847). The same year Melville married Elizabeth Knapp Shaw; their four children were all born between 1849 and 1855. In August 1850, having moved to Pittsfield, he established a profound friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, though the relationship lost intensity after the latter moved away. Moby-Dick (1851) did not become a success, and Pierre (1852) put an end to his career as a popular author. From 1853 to 1856 he wrote short fiction for magazines, collected as The Piazza Tales (1856). In 1857, while Melville was on a voyage to England and the Near East, The Confidence-Man appeared, the last prose work published during his lifetime. From then on Melville turned to poetry. Having secured a position of Customs Inspector in New York, his poetic reflection on the Civil War appeared as Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866). In 1867 his oldest child Malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. For the epic Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (1876) he drew upon his experience in Egypt and Palestine from twenty years earlier. In 1886 he retired as Customs Inspector and privately published some volumes of poetry in small editions. During the last years of his life, interest in him was reviving and he was approached to have his biography written, but his death in 1891 from cardiovascular disease subdued the revival before it could gain momentum. Inspired perhaps by the growing interest in him, in his final years he had been working on a prose story one more time and left the manuscript of Billy Budd, Sailor, which was published in 1924. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.[2] He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail.[3] He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.[3] He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
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African American Literature Series | Part One

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This is part one of my African American Literature Series. I'll be discussing everything from 1700-1865. I'm going to try to upload one part every week. BOOKS/WRITERS MENTIONED: "Bars Fight" by Lucy Terry Prince http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_6th/lesson5/resources/barsfight.html An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries by Jupiter Hammon (I misspoke, this is a poem not a collection) http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/evening-thought-salvation-christ-penitential-cries Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley https://wordery.com/poems-on-various-subjects-religious-and-moral-phillis-wheatley-9781499220728#oid=1161_1 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano https://wordery.com/the-interesting-narrative-of-the-life-of-olaudah-equiano-or-gustavus-vassa-the-african-olaudah-equiano-9780375761157#oid=1161_1 David Walker's Appeal http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/walker/walker.html Jarena Lee https://archive.org/details/religiousexperi00leegoog William Wells Brown http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brown47/menu.html Clotel or The President's Daughter https://wordery.com/clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-wells-william-brown-9780142437728#oid=1161_1 Josephine Brown (William W. Brown's daughter), Biography of an American Bondman, by His Daughter (FORGOT TO MENTION HER) http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/brownj/menu.html Nancy Prince https://archive.org/details/narrativeoflifet1853prin Frederick Douglass https://wordery.com/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-frederick-douglass-9780199539079#oid=1161_1 https://wordery.com/autobiographies-frederick-douglass-9780940450790#oid=1161_1 Zilpha Elaw https://archive.org/details/MinisterialTravelsAndLaboursOfMrs.ZilphaElaw Isaac Jefferson's Memoir https://archive.org/details/memoirsofamontic031158mbp Josiah Henson https://archive.org/details/lifeofjosiahhens00hens Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth https://wordery.com/the-narrative-of-sojourner-truth-sojourner-truth-9780486298993#oid=1161_1 Martin Delany, Blake or The Huts of America https://wordery.com/blake-or-the-huts-of-america-martin-r-delany-9780807064191#oid=1161_1 https://wordery.com/the-condition-elevation-emigration-and-destiny-of-the-colored-people-of-the-united-states-martin-r-delany-9781631821820#oid=1161_1 Solomon Northup, Twelve Years A Slave https://wordery.com/twelve-years-a-slave-solomon-northup-9781631680021#oid=1161_1 Hannah Crafts/Bond, The Bondwoman's Narrative https://wordery.com/the-bondwomans-narrative-hannah-crafts-9780446690294#oid=1161_1 Harriet Wilson, Our Nig https://wordery.com/our-nig-harriet-e-wilson-9780143105763#oid=1161_1 Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl https://wordery.com/incidents-in-the-life-of-a-slave-girl-harriet-jacobs-9780486419312#oid=1161_1 I am a Wordery Affiliate! If you purchase books using this link, I will receive a small percentage. Affiliate Link: http://www.wordery.com/#oid=1161_1 LET'S HANG OUT: goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/OneSmallPaw twitter: https://twitter.com/onesmallpaw instagram: http://instagram.com/onesmallpaw my james baldwin series: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLChLGDpHSoih2c9NVh96z8zyvt_OPkG_i my 2015 genre exploration challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jq5c0yk6qk
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American Lit Quick and Dirty (Part I & II) G-Rated.

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An edited version of the popular American Lit video.
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AMERICAN LITERATURE - PURITANS ARRIVE

AMERICAN LITERATURE - PURITANS ARRIVE

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A community of devoutly religious Christians traveled across the ocean to a relatively unknown land, radically different from the society they left behind. For these travelers, who called themselves "Pilgrims", the journey took on spiritual as well as physical significance. When they arrived on the new continent, it was not simply the vast forests or lack of densely populated areas and developed commercial markets that made it a land of opportunity and rebirth. The New World represented a fresh slate, an ocean away from the sins and corruption of the Old World and a chance to start anew, to build a society from the ground up on firmly pious principles.
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Mark Twain - Fast Facts | History

Mark Twain - Fast Facts | History

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Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was cemented as a premier writer of late 19th century America with his works "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Find out more about his life and writing in this video. Explore the life of Mark Twain: http://www.history.com/topics/mark-twain 8 Things to Know About Mark Twain: http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-mark-twain Stay up to date on history in the headlines: %u202Ahttp://www.history.com/news/ Check out exclusive HISTORY content: Website - http://www.history.com?cmpid=Social_YouTube_HistHome Google - https://plus.google.com/+HISTORY/posts Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/History Twitter - https://twitter.com/history HISTORY Topical Video Season 1 Whether you're looking for more on American Revolution battles, WWII generals, architectural wonders, secrets of the ancient world, U.S. presidents, Civil War leaders, famous explorers or the stories behind your favorite holidays, get the best of HISTORY with exclusive videos on our most popular topics. HISTORY® is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive and entertaining manner across all platforms. The network's all-original programming slate, including scripted event programming, features a roster of hit series including American Pickers®, American Restoration™, Ax Men™, The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man, Counting Cars™, Pawn Stars®, and Swamp People® as well as HISTORY®'s first scripted series Vikings, and epic miniseries and special programming such as The Bible and the Emmy® Award-winning Hatfields & McCoys, Gettysburg, Vietnam in HD, America The Story of Us® and 102 Minutes That Changed America. The HISTORY® website is the leading online resource for all things history, featuring over 20,000 videos, images, audio clips, articles and interactive features that allow visitors to dig deeper into HISTORY® series and a broad array of historical topics.
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Early American Literature, The Puritans

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Beginnings of American Literature

Beginnings of American Literature

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American Literature: The Colonial Period

American Literature: The Colonial Period

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A brief overview of the effects the Age of Enlightenment and the Great Awakening had on Colonial America
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The Roots of American Literature: An Introduction

The Roots of American Literature: An Introduction

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A brief video introduction to the roots of American literature for an American Literature 1 course taught at North Shore Community College in the hybrid-flexible model by Lance Eaton. Lance Eaton @leaton http://byanyothernerd.blogspot.com http://www.lanceeaton.com _______________________________ I wish I had all the answers; better yet, I wish I knew all the questions to ask.
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American Literature-Realism

American Literature-Realism

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1850-1914- by Hailey LaJoie and Noora Muhamad Created using PowToon
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African American Books You Should Read!

African American Books You Should Read!

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I compiled a list of 2o+ African American literature novels for newbies to the genre or avid bookworms like me. When I first started my journey, I really didn't know what books to start with or any authors for that matter. This is not a complete list but a starting point from which to expand your own horizons. I didn't see many if any youtube videos for guidance in this area so why not make one? With so many black sisters/brothers not knowing where they come from, these books are a good way to dive into the history and knowledge of "us" in a contemporary way. Support African American authors! Any questions, comments, add ons to my list... feel free to comment below! Share this with a friend* I do not own the rights to the music in the video* IG: ba_asinine Check out my dreadlock journey videos too!
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Get Real: An Introduction to Realism in American Literature

Get Real: An Introduction to Realism in American Literature

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This brief overview of realism in American literature explains the basic characteristics of the movement, touches on its roots in photography and journalism, and briefly mentions the distinction between regionalism and psychological realism.
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Themes of American Literature

Themes of American Literature

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American Literary Themes
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    Introduction - What Is American Literature?

    A brief video introduction to the question "What Is American Literature?" for an American Literature 1 course taught at North Shore Community College in the hybrid-flexible model by Lance Eaton. Lance Eaton @leaton http://byanyothernerd.blogspot.com http://www.lanceeaton.com _______________________________ I wish I had all the answers; better yet, I wish I knew all the questions to ask.
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    In­tro­duc­tion - What Is Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture?
    A brief video in­tro­duc­tion to the ques­tion "What Is Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture?" for an Amer­i­can ...
    pub­lished: 11 Dec 2013
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    Amer­i­can Lit, Quick and Dirty - Part 1
    A quick wit­ted and hu­mor­ous look at the broad spec­trum of Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture, this lit­tle...
    pub­lished: 29 Nov 2008
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    The Ro­man­tic Pe­ri­od in Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture and Art
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    pub­lished: 21 May 2013
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    Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture: The Pu­ri­tan Pe­ri­od
    An in­tro­duc­tion to our Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture course and our first pe­ri­od of study, the Purit...
    pub­lished: 17 Feb 2015
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    A Brief His­to­ry of En­glish and Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture - part 1
    A Brief His­to­ry of En­glish and Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture by Henry A. Beers Henry Au­gustin Beers...
    pub­lished: 12 May 2013
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    Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture Pe­ri­ods - Tran­scen­den­tal­ism
    Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture Pe­ri­od Pro­ject - Tran­scen­den­tal­ism for Mr. Bron­ner's AP Lan­guage and C...
    pub­lished: 17 Oct 2012
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    Intro to Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture
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    pub­lished: 09 Feb 2013
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    Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture - Mod­ernism (1914-1946)
    A brief overview of the Mod­ernist move­ment in Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture. -- Cre­at­ed using PowTo...
    pub­lished: 20 Feb 2014
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    Class 1 :An In­tro­duc­to­ry Class to Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture
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    pub­lished: 03 Feb 2014
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    The Dark Ro­man­tics in Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture
    pub­lished: 05 Feb 2015
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    Why Clas­sic Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture Re­mains In­dis­pens­able: Writ­ers (1997)
    Her­man Melville (Au­gust 1, 1819 – Septem­ber 28, 1891) was an Amer­i­can nov­el­ist, writ­er of ...
    pub­lished: 06 Oct 2014
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    African Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture Se­ries | Part One
    This is part one of my African Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture Se­ries. I'll be dis­cussing ev­ery­thing f...
    pub­lished: 30 Dec 2014
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    Amer­i­can Lit Quick and Dirty (Part I & II) G-Rat­ed.
    An edit­ed ver­sion of the pop­u­lar Amer­i­can Lit video.
    pub­lished: 07 Aug 2012
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    AMER­I­CAN LIT­ER­A­TURE - PU­RI­TANS AR­RIVE
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    Zaventem airport after a deadly attack in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

    Brussels attack: Terror suspects identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui

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    -->. Belgian state broadcaster RTBF has identified two of the attackers who targeted Brussels as brothers Khalid and Brahim Bakraoui. The report issued on Wednesday says the brothers were known to police for past crimes, but nothing relating to terrorism. REBF says Khalid El Bakraoui had rented an apartment raided by police last week in an operation that led authorities to top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam ... 13 Paris attacks ... ....
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    Belgian Police Hunt for Brussels Attack Suspect

    Belgian Police Hunt for Brussels Attack Suspect

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    Belgian police issued a wanted notice for a suspect in the Brussels airport bombing, one of three explosions claimed by Islamic State that rocked the capital Tuesday, killing at least 30 people ... Authorities say the wanted man fled the airport. Police also say they found a bomb, chemicals, and an Islamic State flag during a raid on a house in a Brussels neighborhood while searching for the suspect ... ◆ IS Claims Responsibility ... U.S ... ....
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    The blown out windows of Zaventem airport are seen after a deadly attack in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

    The Brussels Attacks and the New Normal of Terrorism in Western Europe

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    As emergency services are still digging through the rubble of Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station in Brussels, it is clear that the full scale of the devastation will take days if not weeks to assess. At this point there are 21 confirmed deaths and many more injured ... In fact, eerily prophetic, the Belgian Minister of Interior, Jan Jambon, had said on Monday. "We know that stopping one cell can... push others into action ... ....
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    The blown out windows of Zaventem airport are seen after a deadly attack in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

    European Command: U.S. Air Force Officer, Family Injured in Brussels Explosions

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    officials are slowly releasing general information about Americans hurt in the bomb blasts that killed at least 31 and wounded dozens of others, the report said.U.S....
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    Police and rescue teams are pictured outside the metro station Maelbeek in Brussels, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

    Islamic State claims responsibility for Brussels attacks

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    Lines drawn between literature and the arts at Humanities Happy Hour March 24 (The University of Toledo)

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    As an English assistant professor, Mack said she finds connections between music and literature, especially African-American literature because the genre comes out of an oral tradition that includes music ... 'Musical references are abundant throughout African-American literature, so I think it is important for students to actually hear the music in class rather than simply reading about it,' she said....

    Surviving Hiroshima: A Family Story and Women in World War ll talk will be March 25 (Ohio University)

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    (Source. Ohio University). Mar 21, 2016. From staff reports. Sachi Nakachi, a professor of English at Tsuru University in Japan, will return to her alma mater to speak in celebration of Women's History Month from 2 to 4 p.m ... Her talk is titled, 'Surviving Hiroshima ... Her areas of special interest include African American literature, Asian-American literature, Japonisme and Orientalism Studies, and English haiku ... Original Document ... (noodl....

    The Lee Chapel Spring Lecture Presents Professor Andrew Levy (Washington & Lee University)

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    'It would be the largest single act of liberation in the history of American slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation. 'Despite this courageous move-or perhaps because of it-Carter's name has all but vanished from the annals of American history ... He teaches courses in a range of American literary topics, including African American and Native American literature as well as creative writing and freshman English....

    DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts (Des Moines Area Community College)

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    His stories, poems and non-fiction have been published in Best American Mystery Stories, Best American Fantasy, Conjunctions, Hobart, Gulf Coast, The American Reader, Ninth Letter and many other publications ... Before his work at Waldorf, Bascom taught literature and writing courses at the DMACC Newton Campus ... He teaches American literature, creative writing and disability studies at Grinnell College....

    Fourth Annual 'Cripping' the Comic Con Symposium on April 1 (Syracuse University)

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    The Creation of 'El Deafo' and Its Impact on Myself and Others.' In 2015, 'El Deafo' was chosen as a Newbery Honor Book, a prestigious literary recognition presented to authors with distinguished contributions to American literature for children ... American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the entire symposium, and Communication ......

    ‘Where Are We?’ Series Continues in April (SUNY Cortland)

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    'Americans barely paused to celebrate the end of the Great War when the nation jumped right back into conflict,' said Storch, who earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and master's and doctoral degrees from University of Illinois ... Kattau, who specializes in Latin American literature and culture, is interested in nueva canción or 'new song' social movements as they relate to Latin American culture, and translation....

    Screening of Caplan Film Coming to Western (Western Illinois University)

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    He drew from a wealth of material, including interviews, archival visual and audio material, and the rich cache of photographs shot by Algren's close friend Art Shay to underscore Algren's impact on American literature and on other writers while also showing Algren's commitment to his writing as a craft and an art....

    Winter Weekend 2016 (MHC - Maine Humanities Council)

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    Widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of Latin American literature, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a classic example of magic realism that has inspired countless authors worldwide since its publication in 1967 ... Cuban and Latino Literature, Cuban Literature, Caribbean Literature, and Contemporary Latin American Narrative....

    Noted novelist, activist Marnie Mueller to speak at APSU’s Asanbe Diversity Symposium (Austin Peay State University)

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    Born to Caucasian American parents during World War II, Mueller nonetheless was born behind the barbed wire fences of a Northern California segregation camp designed to keep Japanese Americans contained during the war effort ... Joseph Asanbe, who was the first professor of African and African-American literature at APSU ... Daniel African-American Cultural Center ... Reflection on the Internment of Japanese Americans.'....

    ‘Creating Nations’ to Highlight Native American Studies Initiatives (Northwestern University)

    Edit Public Technologies 18 Mar 2016
    The April 1 symposium will bring together Native American/First Nations artists, activists and scholars for a series of conversations on art and art making ... Ortiz (Acoma Nation); poet/writer Mark Turcotte (Turtle Mountain Chippewa); and Northwestern faculty member Kelly Wisecup, assistant professor of English and a specialist in Native American literature....

    Striking the golden mean

    Edit The Hindu 18 Mar 2016
    With the advent of modern technology, it has become difficult even for departments of philosophy, science and literature to survive ... There was rich literature available here and scholars have always been interested in studying it ... Think of this – he could have chosen to study American literature which is closer to his culture ... They are not prepared to enter the gateway of classical literature....

    The Antioch Review Announces Winter 2016 Issue (Antioch College)

    Edit Public Technologies 17 Mar 2016
    (Source. Antioch College). …A Miscellany from a Little Magazine in a Little Town in Ohio ... It is essential reading for avid birders ... His essay 'The Sacred Androgen. The Transgender Debate' should stir controversy and lead to discussion ... on a Muslim/Jewish haj by Robert Rosenstone; on the black genteel tradition in American literature; on a forgotten novel by Marguerite Young, and on a family memoir by Ralph Keyes ... (noodl....

    A Talk with Poet Elizabeth Alexander

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    Elizabeth Alexander (Credit. Alpha Smoot) ... She is the author of The Light of the World, a powerful and deeply moving memoir about her late husband; her poetry collection American Sublime was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize ... She moved last fall from Yale University to Columbia University, where she is the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor in the Humanities, continuing her work in African-American literature, history, and culture ... ....
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