91 results for 'William Henry Davies'

The romance genre was a popular literary form among writers and readers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but since then it has often been dismissed as juvenile, unmodern, improper, or...

Though one of America's best known and loved novels, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has often been the object of fierce controversy because of its racist language and reliance on racial...

Menna Elfyn's new collection in Welsh and English is full of murmurings, such as the need 'to walk the earth as if there's a baby sleeping next door'. "Murmur" is a poetry of meditation, from the...

From a highly regarded historian, a new perspective on the period between Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, when all efforts to avoid or impede...

Since the dawn of language, poets have celebrated the majestic immensity of Earth’s oceans, the powerful waters that create and destroy, the intense drama and soothing gentleness of waves, the...

An exceptional resource, this comprehensive reader brings together primary and secondary documents related to efforts to redress historical wrongs against African Americans. These varied efforts are...

A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride!The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the...