Proverb Masters

Author : Raymond Summerville
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496852567
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proverb Masters written by Raymond Summerville and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Proverb Masters: Shaping the Civil Rights Movement, author Raymond Summerville explores how proverbs and proverbial language played a significant role in the long civil rights era. Proverbs have been used throughout history to share and disseminate brief, powerful statements of truth and philosophical insight. Oftentimes, these sayings have helped unite people in struggles for social justice, serving as rallying cries for just causes. During the civil rights era, proverbs allowed leaders to craft powerful and evocative messages. These statements needed to be made implicitly, as explicit messages were often met with retaliation and even violence. Looking at the autobiographies, biographies, speeches, diaries, letters, and critical texts of Charles W. Chesnutt, Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Bob Dylan, Malcom X, Stokely Carmichael, and Septima Clark, the volume analyzes how these figures employed proverbs in support of social justice causes and in civil rights struggles. Summerville argues that these individuals generated enough print material embedded with proverbs and proverbial language that they should be considered proverb masters. With chapters dedicated to each figure, Summerville reveals their adept uses of this powerful linguistic tool.

Author : Adams Media
Publisher : Adams Media
ISBN 13 : 9781440561016
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Words of Art written by Adams Media and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire." --Auguste Rodin, French sculptor Who better to speak about the creative process than the greatest artists in history? From Georgia O'Keeffe and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Pablo Picasso and Isak Dinesen, Words of Art is a celebration of the craft and the artists who have changed the way we see the world--and influenced how we create. You can't ask Michelangelo how he felt when he first took a step back to look at the statue of David, or what Leonardo da Vinci felt when he began painting the Mona Lisa, but you can read their words and imagine for a moment how these stunning works came to be.

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Total Pages : 1290 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages, Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : François Rabelais
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Master Francis Rabelais. Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel written by François Rabelais and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191580015
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on examples of usage, including the earliest written evidence of its use, this A-Z guide provides a thorough - and fascinating - history for every entry. Arranged in A-Z format and with a useful thematic index, A Dictionary of Proverbs is ideal for browsing and perfectly suited for quick reference. Look up your old favourites, learn punchy new expressions to get your point across, and find the answer to that crossword clue. Seeing is believing: find proverbs relevant to every aspect of life in this entertaining and informative collection.

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Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.RY/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anand Prahlad
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
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Download or read book African-American Proverbs in Context written by Anand Prahlad and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground breaking study of proverbs in African-American speech from slave times to the present.

Author : Richard Chenevix Trench
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proverbs and Their Lessons written by Richard Chenevix Trench and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dwight Edwards Marvin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book Curiosities in Proverbs written by Dwight Edwards Marvin and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Miller
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Total Pages : 764 pages
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Download or read book A Commentary on the Proverbs written by John Miller and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: