The Muse Of The Revolution

Author : Nancy Rubin Stuart
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807055175
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Muse of the Revolution written by Nancy Rubin Stuart and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised by her mentor John Adams, Mercy Otis Warren was America's first woman playwright and female historian of the American Revolution. In this unprecedented biography, Nancy Rubin Stuart reveals how Warren's provocative writing made her an exception among the largely voiceless women of the eighteenth century.

Author : Errol A. Henderson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438475446
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized written by Errol A. Henderson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of the impact of Black Power Movement (BPM) activists and organizations in the 1960s through ʼ70s has largely been confined to their role as proponents of social change; but they were also theorists of the change they sought. In The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized Errol A. Henderson explains this theoretical contribution and places it within a broader social theory of black revolution in the United States dating back to nineteenth-century black intellectuals. These include black nationalists, feminists, and anti-imperialists; activists and artists of the Harlem Renaissance; and early Cold War–era black revolutionists. The book first elaborates W. E. B. Du Bois's thesis of the "General Strike" during the Civil War, Alain Locke's thesis relating black culture to political and economic change, Harold Cruse's work on black cultural revolution, and Malcolm X's advocacy of black cultural and political revolution in the United States. Henderson then critically examines BPM revolutionists' theorizing regarding cultural and political revolution and the relationship between them in order to realize their revolutionary objectives. Focused more on importing theory from third world contexts that were dramatically different from the United States, BPM revolutionists largely ignored the theoretical template for black revolution most salient to their case, which undermined their ability to theorize a successful black revolution in the United States. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of The Pennsylvania State University. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org, and access the book online at http://muse.jhu.edu/book/67098. It is also available through the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1704.

Author : Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Muse Unchained written by Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Kendall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199989516
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Balanchine & the Lost Muse written by Elizabeth Kendall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's Balanchine & the Lost Muse sheds new light on a crucial flash point in the history of ballet. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Kendall weaves a fascinating tale about this decisive period in the life of the man who would become the most influential choreographer in modern ballet. Abandoned by his mother at the St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet Academy in 1913 at the age of nine, Balanchine spent his formative years studying dance in Russia's tumultuous capital city. It was there, as he struggled to support himself while studying and performing, that Balanchine met Ivanova. A talented and bold dancer who grew close to the Bolshevik elite in her adolescent years, Ivanova was a source of great inspiration to Balanchine--both during their youth together, and later in his life, after her mysterious death just days before they had planned to leave Russia together in 1924. Kendall shows that although Balanchine would have a great number of muses, many of them lovers, the dark beauty of his dear friend Lidochka would inspire much of his work for years to come. Part biography and part cultural history, Balanchine & the Lost Muse presents a sweeping account of the heyday of modern ballet and the culture behind the unmoored ideals, futuristic visions, and human decadence that characterized the Russian Revolution.

Author : Jane Plastow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521634434
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theatre Matters written by Jane Plastow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how theatre can make and has made positive political and social interventions.

Author : Kenneth Coleman
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820359718
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Revolution in Georgia, 1763–1789 written by Kenneth Coleman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Revolution in Georgia explores the political, economic, and social impacts of the American Revolution throughout the state of Georgia. In this detailed historical study, Kenneth Coleman describes the events leading up to the Revolution, the fighting years of war, and the years of readjustment after independence became a reality for the United States. Coleman investigates how these events impacted Georgia’s history forever, from the rise of discontent between 1764 and 1774 to the fighting after the siege in Savannah between 1779 and 1782 and changes in interstate affairs between 1782 to 1789, and more. The American Revolution in Georgia contributes to the complicated history of the American Revolution and its impacts on the South. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Author : John Rogers
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501729829
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Matter of Revolution written by John Rogers and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between science and politics in seventeenth-century England. He looks at the cultural intersection between the English and Scientific Revolutions, concentrating on a body of work created in a brief but potent burst of intellectual activity during the period of the Civil Wars, the Interregnum, and the earliest years of the Stuart Restoration. Rogers traces the broad implications of a seemingly outlandish cultural phenomenon: the intellectual imperative to forge an ontological connection between physical motion and political action.

Author : Mercy Otis Warren
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016113380
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution written by Mercy Otis Warren and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Ira D. Gruber
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807838888
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution written by Ira D. Gruber and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on the Howe brothers, their political connections, their relationships with the British ministry, their attitude toward the Revolution, and their military activities in America, Gruber answers the frequently asked question of why the British failed to end the American Revolution in its early years. This book supersedes earlier studies because of its broader research and because it elucidates the complex personal interplay between Whitehall and its commanders. Originally published in 1974. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Michael David-Fox
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801431289
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution of the Mind written by Michael David-Fox and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Content Description #Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.