literature
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'Twas Mercy Brought Me
On Being Brought from Africa to America 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die." Remember, Christians, Negros, black as Cain, May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Heart of a Puritan Woman.
Religious freedom, the catalyst for American colonization brought many immigrants from Europe seeking to worship, free from persecution and intolerance. the most successful venture was that of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, led and inspired by John Winthrop. Among these colonists included Thomas Dudley and his recently married daughter, Anne Bradstreet. Anne was most likely present when John Winthrop gave his famous sermon: A Model of Christian Charity. He prefaced his sermon with the model stating:
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Novel, The Myth, and The Scaffolding:
Modern British Literature of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries was characterized by a deliberate break from traditional methods and forms of writing. The novelist or poet desired to share ideas, philosophies, or perspectives in creative, avant-garde ways. The Modernist would experiment with form and expression, hoping to create something truly unique. Ezra Pound expressed this idea in his essay "Make It New." This conscious drive to sluff off the old Victorian conventionalism and the restrictive bonds of piety led to many related and overlapping literary movements. Imagery and symbolism poured from the literary fountains of the Modernist. James Joyce and T.S. E.iot's works are rich with symbolism while depicting every day life to express ideas and views regarding human nature. As contemporaries, there are similarities between their works, however, there are also differences that make their work distinct and set apart from one another.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Threads of Truth
Threads of Truth There were a few things that I thought of while reading Thomas King’s Green Grass Running Water. After working in the yard on Saturday afternoons, my father and I would relax in front of the television and watch “The Lone Ranger”. King’s inclusion of the characters from this television show along with characters from The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe sent me on a voyage of nostalgia. The walls of my childhood home were lined with bursting bookshelves and included these authors as well as many others. One of my favorite games as a child was the card game “Authors”, which encouraged us to memorize key works by Cooper, Hawthorne, Stevenson, and Alcott. If my father was still alive I probably would have called him, as I always have, to share with him my thoughts regarding King’s novel. We would have had a great conversation about the characters and the allegory that King has so beautifully weaved throughout. Then there were things that I remembered from taking a lower division American Literature class at Ventura College.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Putting Away The Books
If, like me, you love to read; if you have stacks of books and lists of books you want to own and more books than you will probably ever manage to read in your life resting on shelves that are bowing inward from the weight - or even if you just have a small stack and you reread the same books over and over until their creased and worn but you can quote them word for word - then you understand that the most frustrating thing as a reader is being told you'll love a book and then discovering the book is absolute garbage and you've wasted good reading time on it. Only slightly less frustrating is the tediousness of reading a book that absolutely bores you to tears.
By Chelsey Dailey4 years ago in Geeks
You Know Me Well & The Fragility of Friendship
My first new read of 2022. And yes, of course, it’s another YA book. What can I say? I like what I like. Or maybe, just maybe, I’m still drawn to the genre because I’m still holding onto something that could have been, that was never truly there.
By Victoria Brown4 years ago in Geeks
Franny & Disillusionment
Franny. Oh, Franny, Franny, Franny. I read “Franny” – the first half of J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey – and I had to stop. Much like my heart ached for Salinger’s Holden Caulfield, my heart ached for Franny Glass, though in a different way. My heart ached for Holden and his anger and disillusionment with the world; a fictional crush spanning his decades and my years. A crush alive at twenty-one just like it was at sixteen. I’ve never stopped looking for a touch of Caulfield in every man I’ve encountered.
By Victoria Brown4 years ago in Geeks
A Little Something Different & What It Taught Me About Writing
I like to reread books, what can I say? I love reading about and buying books, but actually reading them is another story. Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org where your purchases support local bookstores. I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
By Victoria Brown4 years ago in Geeks
Little Fires Everywhere & The Complexity of the Mother-Daughter Relationship
Finally finished my first non-YA read of the year and it was a good one. Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org where your purchases support local bookstores. I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
By Victoria Brown4 years ago in Geeks
