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Marian Anderson Metropolitan Opera Philadelphia
563 wordsMarian Anderson During The Harlem Renaissance The Century's Contralto Marian Anderson, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A variety of sources suggested February 17, 1902 as her birth date, however Andersons birth certificate showed differently. On her birth certificate the date listed was February 27, 1897. She was born into a working class family in South Philadelphia. Her family had a few obstacles to overcome, but managed. Her father John worked selling ice and coal at the Reading Termi...
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20 Th Century George Willard
1,964 wordsGeorge Willard It is not by sheer accident that Sherwood Anderson referred to his critically acclaimed novel Winesburg, Ohio as the book of grotesque. The stories of Winesburg's residents cannot be described as having anything in common, except for the fact that they are being related to Winesburg Eagle reporter George Willard. By adopting a very loose approach to connecting the chapters of his book, Anderson wanted to emphasize the absurdist nature of living in American small towns, at the begi...
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Physically And Mentally Mentally Healthy
1,939 wordsNegative Aspects of Christianity, as seen by Sherwood Anderson and Joseph Dewey. (1) In his critical essay No God in the Sky and No God in Myself: Godliness and Anderson, Joseph Dewey provides us with the insight on what constitutes the essence of American Protestantism, not as much as religion, but as a style of life, which results in the social alienation of people affected by religious fervour. Author makes a very good point when he suggests that the grotesque properties of Sherwood Andersons...
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House Of Mirth Birth Of A Nation
1,452 wordsThe views of women in D. W. Griffiths The Birth Of Nation, Sherwood Andersons Winesburg, Ohio and Edith Wharton's The House Of Mirth To my mind it is not necessary to tall what role does a woman play in life of our society and in a life of mankind in general. But every woman has her own life and every life is different. Every woman is different in her character thus in her yearnings and in her attitude to life. I wish to examine in this essay three women and three attitudes to life. D. W. Griffi...
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Live Their Lives Day To Day
2,186 wordsIn 1919, Sherwood Anderson composed his work Winesburg Ohio, which depicts the inner lives of small-town America. Andersons fascination to explore whats beneath the surface of human lives results in another story in 1933 called Death In The Woods. These two works, incidentally, share a common theme of isolation. The characters in these works, are portrayed as grotesques or people who live their lives by one truth, thus living a life of falsehood and isolation from the rest of the world. This ess...
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Rolling Stone Quot O
2,255 wordsOverview Laurie Anderson earned an international reputation as a high-tech magician of multi-media performance art. Her legendary shows, combining computer synthesized music, videos, slides, and provocative monologues, have challenged and delighted audiences for over twenty years. A self-described " story-teller, " Andersons art stems from a deeply personal vision. Once the lenfant terrible of New Yorks avante-garde, Anderson has evolved into a kind of electronic folk artist; an urbane...
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