A new literary history of america Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Spain today (politics, economy, geography, culture) - Answer- -*Democracy under parliamentary constitutional monarchy* -*Member of EU* -*Majority Roman Catholic* (religious freedom) -*Tourism* is one of the main sources of income. -Important developers/producers of *renewable energy*, in particular *solar power*. -*strong economy, high quality of life* -*SW Europe, Iberian Peninsula to the south of France and Andorra and to the east of Portugal. It has coastlines on the Bay of Biscay (a p...

Industrialism - ANSWER--the industrial revolution well established in Great Britain from late 1700s to early 1800s Materialism - ANSWER--"belief that science, technology, and industry can know all truth, solve all problems, and create human happiness" -"what, ultimately, are the spiritual costs of their materialism and prosperity?" (348) Georg Hegel - ANSWER--German and philosophical Idealist (idea that reality grounded in "workways of the mind") -responsible for "the real is rati...

History of Rock Music Final Exam Updated "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye -Successful R&B career in 60s in Motown -Duets with Tami Terrell are especially notable -This 1971 song & album mark an artistic departure -Produced himself -Concept album organized around central character who is returning from Vietnam -Took on subjects like war and poverty that were typically avoided by Motown -Berry Gordy initially didn't want to release it "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder o Big su...

1. When was the Fraternity officially founded? Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906 2. Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded? Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Who are the current Regional Officers and what are their positions (elected officers)? Big Brother <RVP Name> <Region> Regional Vice-President <Region> Assistant Regional Vice-President Big Brother <RVP Name> Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why? Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the ...

-->The scope of the modernist period. 1945-present -->The scope of the contemporary period. What is the function of literature? -->One of the driving questions of the modernist literary period. Modernism -->A mode of art that does not state directly what it is, but instead remains slightly beyond the grasp of general readers. Robert Frost -->Poet whose relationship with formal education was tenuous at best. Moved to England and befriended Ezra Pound, who inspired him to write p...

Middle Ages figures - Correct Answer-Alfonso X Alfonso X - Correct Answer-- most important figure in Spanish literature of the Middle Ages; King of Castile & León - Brought together the most learned men of the times to translate and write texts on various subjects such as history and astronomy 14th century - Correct Answer-- cowboy novels became popular (satires) - they described the supernatural adventures of its heroes 15th-17th centuries - Correct Answer-GOLDEN AGE - poetry became po...

POETS & POETRY | 1600 | He began a famous poem, ""I celebrate myself, and sing myself"" Walt Whitman 19th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS | 800 | In 1893 this British man published his ""initial"" book, a ""text-book of biology""; many sci-fi novels followed H.G. Wells FRENCH LITERATURE | 2000 | A collection of about 90 tales, ""The Human Comedy"" by this author paints a vivid portrait of 19th c. France (Honoré de) Balzac CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF | 400 | Cartoonist Michael Ramirez...

Read the passage and study the map from Sugar Changed the World. When the Haitians defeated the French armies, Napoleon lost control of the world's most productive sugar islands and with it his dream of great sugar profits. As a result, Napoleon had no use for the land in North America he had so recently obtained from Spain. Napoleon did, though, need money to pay for his wars. That is why he sold the vast Louisiana Territory to Jefferson for the bargain price of just fifteen million dol...

William Bradford -->First governor of Plymouth Colony. Wrote the Mayflower Compact which was the governing document of the colony and established the protection of individual rights against governmental tyranny. Wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation," which he never intended for publication. He wrote it in plain style: for a general readership, using common language and sentence structure to enable the common reader to easily understand the narrative. Called "The Father of American History....