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"Even on the printed page these speeches retain their power." — The Gay & Lesbian ReviewThis comprehensive anthology traces the rhetoric of the gay rights movement from the late nineteenth century to the present. It chronicles the progression from its deeply clandestine beginnings to the battle for recognition, through political struggles and victories of the mid-twentieth century to its current position — at the forefront of the mainstream political debate...
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Here are some of the most-loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to engage our minds and refresh our spirits. Among them are Marlowe: «The Passionate Shepherd to His Love»; Shakespeare: «Sonnet XVIII» («Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?»); Donne: «Holy Sonnet X» («Death, be not proud»); Marvell: «To His...
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In an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States Government, through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), funded the Federal Writers' Project. One of the group's most noteworthy and enduring achievements was the Slave Narrative Collection, consisting of more than 2,000 transcripts of interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple words, provided often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage....
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The basis of our nation's law and government, the Constitution is America's most important political and social document. This convenient and inexpensive reference contains not only the Constitution's main text and amendments but also a wealth of background information.Supplements include selected «Federalist Papers,» consisting of memoranda by James Madison, the «Father of the Constitution,» as well as speeches by John Jay and Patrick Henry and remarks by Alexander Hamilton....
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Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios.Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu's «An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street,» with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins' «The Lost Ghost,» in which a strange child's disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in all those she encounters; Robert Louis...
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Focusing on popular verse from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this treasury of great American poems offers a taste of the nation's rich poetic legacy. Selected for both popularity and literary quality, the compilation includes Robert Frost's «Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,» Walt Whitman's «I Hear America Singing,» and Ralph Waldo Emerson's «Concord Hymn,» as well as poems by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, and...
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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale «Young Goodman Brown» and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, «The Killers.» Other selections include Poe's «The Tell-Tale Heart,» Melville's «Bartleby,» Harte's «The Luck of Roaring Camp,» «To Build a Fire,» by Jack London, «The Real Thing» by Henry...
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The Scarlet Stiletto Awards were set up 26 years ago to encourage and support female crime writers. Since then over 3000 stories have been entered in the annual short story competition which requires the author and the main protagonist of the story to be women.<br /> <br />2017 saw 186 entries, 26 of which were shortlisted, with 13 being chosen to receive awards and which appear in this collection. The stories are set in varied locations, from the outback to busy cities; they are...
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