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General description of the collection: The Robert Curtis papers consist of a memoir describing Curtis's actions at Chipyon-ni from 13 February 1951 until the 23rd Infantry Regiment was relieved by Task Force Crombez.
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An eclectic collection of electric poetry filled with power and passion.
Renowned Hopkins expert Joseph J. Feeney, SJ, offers a fresh take on Gerard Manley Hopkins that begins the next phase in Hopkins studies. In both his poetry and prose Feeney discovers a distinctive playfulness inextricably bound to Hopkins's creativity, style, and poetic competitiveness-even, strikingly, in The Wreck of the Deutschland and the Terrible Sonnets. No one who absorbs these radical readings will ever see his poems the same way.
In "Edgar Wallace 'Äî Each Way," Robert Curtis delves into the intricate narrative web crafted by the prolific writer Edgar Wallace, revealing the author's dual commitment to thrilling storytelling and social commentary. Curtis examines Wallace's unique blend of genres, from crime fiction to adventure, highlighting his innovative use of suspense and vivid characterization. The book situates Wallace within the broader literary context of early 20th-century literature, illustrating how his work reflected and influenced societal norms and the rapidly changing world of his time. With astute analysis, Curtis walks readers through Wallace's compelling plots and the socio-political undercurrents ...
The two major purposes of this study are to describe how a unique mixture of politics and racial attitudes coalesced to involve education and to identify and analyze the major forces associated with and propelling the public school movement between 1902 and 1913 in the South.
For most historians, the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the hostilities of the Civil War and the dashed hopes of Reconstruction give way to the nationalizing forces of cultural reunion, a process that is said to have downplayed sectional grievances and celebrated racial and industrial harmony. In truth, says Natalie J. Ring, this buoyant mythology competed with an equally powerful and far-reaching set of representations of the backward Problem South—one that shaped and reflected attempts by northern philanthropists, southern liberals, and federal experts to rehabilitate and reform the country’s benighted region. Ring rewrites the history of sectional reconciliation and...