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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... Songs have become commodities , written for quick sale and turnover , not as vehicles for communal expression , inspira- tion and amusement . Politicians seldom speak without reference to focus groups or pollsters to learn what people ...
... songs , the words that became an enduring part of American culture and that deserve to be recalled , even recited out loud ... song " Amaz- ing Grace " and certain well - loved poems ) . Readers who want more can easily find more in the ...
... songs , of course , are meant to be recited or sung aloud , not just read silently . Poetry works best when it is ... song or the rhetorical crest of a grand speech available for instant recall . When beautiful speeches and poems are ...
... American troops adopted " Yankee Doodle " as their own song , a state- ment of pride in their simple , homespun dress and lack of affectation . There are many different versions of the lyrics . Over the 22 ☆ The American Reader.
... song has served as an unofficial national anthem and a favorite nursery song . Yankee Doodle went to town , A - ridin ' on a pony , Stuck a feather in his cap And called it Macaroni . CHORUS : Yankee Doodle , keep it up , Yankee Doodle ...
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