The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 2000 M09 5 - 656 páginas The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... Hear America Singing WALT WHITMAN : O Captain ! My Captain ! FREDERICK DOUGLASS : Speech to the American Anti - Slavery Society 243 244 250 252 254 256 257 259 261 263 265 266 267 AFTER THE CIVIL WAR FRANCIS MILES FINCH : The Blue and ...
... seldom speak without reference to focus groups or pollsters to learn what people want to hear ; fearful of making a mistake , they use talking points or a text pre- pared by consultants and writers . Pollsters tell us what Introduction xix.
... hear it read out loud or recite it themselves . Most of the poems that they read in school lack the pounding rhythm and the decided rhyme that causes a poem to become a permanent tenant in one's brain . Almost no one memorizes anything ...
... hear in movies , videos , the radio , and television . But reading is not about to disappear . Despite the ease and immediacy of the electronic media , written language will continue to be indispensable for intelligent communication ...
... hear the voices of those who created our energetic , complex , pluralistic , and humane culture , we will better under- stand ourselves and our times . In preparing this book , I incurred many personal debts . I owe my deepest gratitude ...
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