The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5. sep. 2000 - 656 strani 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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... poetry , speaking of a poem : " Read it a hundred times ; it will forever keep its freshness as a petal keeps its fragrance . It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went . " I looked for entries ...
... poets and songwriters to express and understand our concerns , and they tend not to write in literary style . Songs were ... poetry of recent years is not as alienating as popular music but I have found no entry that can justly stand ...
... poetry that has the same popular appeal , the same emotional connection with readers . But at the present time , I am unable to identify any contemporary poems that are known and loved by large numbers of ordinary Americans . With few ...
... Poetry works best when it is spoken and heard . Young people don't read much poetry today ; they seldom 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 ...