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American nationality : an address delivered before the Irving Society of the College of St. James, Md., June 11th, 1856
Title
American nationality : an address delivered before the Irving Society of the College of St. James, Md., June 11th, 1856.
Creator
Schaff, Philip 1819-1893, M. Kieffer & Co.
Abstract/Description
"Published by the Society." Includes bibliographical references. FAU copy has original printed wrappers.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb17f32
Subject Headings
Citizenship, College of St. James -- Irving Society, National characteristics, American, Nationalism, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format
E-book
Speech of Mr. Webster, at the celebration of the New York New England society, December 23, 1850.
Title
Speech of Mr. Webster, at the celebration of the New York New England society, December 23, 1850.
Creator
Webster, Daniel 1782-1852, Gideon & Company (Washington, D.C.)
Abstract/Description
FAU Libraries' copy edges trimmed to 21 cm.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb15f12
Subject Headings
National characteristics, American, New England -- History, Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853
Format
E-book
"Heart of My Race:" Questions of ldentity in Sicilian/American Writings
Title
"Heart of My Race:" Questions of ldentity in Sicilian/American Writings.
Creator
Mazzucchelli, Chiara, Tamburri, Anthony J., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Throughout the 1900s, the sense of a distinct sicilianita-or Sicilian-nessmanifested itself in writings by Italian authors such as Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, and Andrea Camilleri, among others. Interestingly, a parallel phenomenon has emerged in the United States in the broader field of Italian-American literature. While attempting to redefine the concept of Americanness and expand the canon of American literature so that it embraces articulations...
Show moreThroughout the 1900s, the sense of a distinct sicilianita-or Sicilian-nessmanifested itself in writings by Italian authors such as Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, and Andrea Camilleri, among others. Interestingly, a parallel phenomenon has emerged in the United States in the broader field of Italian-American literature. While attempting to redefine the concept of Americanness and expand the canon of American literature so that it embraces articulations of ethnic identities, many Sicilian-American writers have turned their works into literary manifestations of their Sicilian Americanness, or, as I have called it, sicilianamericanita. In this study, I try to answer questions such as: Why and how have some Sicilian- American authors fashioned their Italian-American identity in regional terms? How did a sense of sicilianita develop in the US and turn into sicilianamericanita? And how did the above-mentioned phenomenon materialize in Italian-American literature? My examination focused on Jerre Mangione's memoirs, Rose Romano's poetry, and Ben Morreale's novels. While Mangione consistently capitalized on his regional ethnic identity mainly in order to correct some of the most unfavorable prejudices, and especially those originating from Mafia, Rose Romano writes poetry and prose dealing with issues of regional self-ascription which overlaps with contestations of traditional gender roles, heterosexual scripts, and racial categorizations. Ben Morreale's sicilianamericanita takes on intertextual aspects, creating a closely-knit net of relations with the Sicilian tradition in Italian literature. Many Sicilian-American writers, just like their Sicilian counterparts, have come to see their regional ethnic identity as a source of inspiration for the growth of a distinctive literary tradition. This study has been conceived as an initial small step towards a process of inquiry and exploration of the common ground between Italian and Italian-American literatures. Such critical endeavors and international cooperation between both fields of literary studies could bring forth a better understanding of the cultures, and also strengthen in significant ways the status of both literatures within and outside their respective national critical communities.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000985
Subject Headings
Italian literature--Italy--Sicily--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Italian American authors--Criticism and interpretation, National characteristics in literature, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc)
Format
Document (PDF)
A discourse delivered before the New England Society, in the city of New-York, December 22, 1847 by J. Prescott Hall.
Title
A discourse delivered before the New England Society, in the city of New-York, December 22, 1847 by J. Prescott Hall.
Creator
Hall, Jona. Prescott (Jonathan Prescott) 1796-1862, Nesbitt, George F.
Abstract/Description
Cover title: Mr. Hall's discourse before the New England Society, in the City of New York, Dec. 22, 1847. FAU copy imperfect: disbound, cover missing, pages loose, all edges trimmed (to 21 cm).
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb14f17
Subject Headings
Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691, National characteristics, American, New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony), Puritans -- New England, Quakers -- New England, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources
Format
E-book
The Puritan spirit by Charles Wellington Stone. An oration delivered in Templeton, Mass., July 4, 1876.
Title
The Puritan spirit by Charles Wellington Stone. An oration delivered in Templeton, Mass., July 4, 1876.
Creator
Stone, Charles Wellington 1853-, Ellis, George H. (Printer)
Abstract/Description
Puritan spirit : an oration Notes: Cover title. "Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 101 Milk St., Boston."--Title page verso. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed wrappers, side stitched with cord.
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f40
Subject Headings
Founding Fathers of the United States, Fourth of July addresses -- 1876, Fourth of July celebrations -- Massachusetts -- Templeton, Fourth of July orations, Fourth of July orations -- 19th century, National characteristics, American, Puritans -- United States -- Influence, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- Politics and government -- History
Format
E-book
Heaven's fertile soil
Title
Heaven's fertile soil: baseball, gender, and the natural American heartland in W.P. Kinsella's "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa".
Creator
Santy, Ashley., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis explores W.P. Kinsella's emphasis on love for land, family, and baseball in discussing relationships between characters in his short story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa". Chapter I introduces the characters, their role in establishing this as a tale of conservation through agrarianism, and how Kinsella's choice to write a positive story creates unique potential for healing. Chapter II establishes similarities between the father's war experiences and Jackson's exile from...
Show moreThis thesis explores W.P. Kinsella's emphasis on love for land, family, and baseball in discussing relationships between characters in his short story "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa". Chapter I introduces the characters, their role in establishing this as a tale of conservation through agrarianism, and how Kinsella's choice to write a positive story creates unique potential for healing. Chapter II establishes similarities between the father's war experiences and Jackson's exile from baseball, underscoring its mythic importance. Chapter III examines the relationship between the protagonist and his wife, and how their relationship symbolically fosters love for nature through farming, and can be used to reconcile modern agrarianism with ecocriticism. Chapter IV discusses how connection with the earth brings healing. The final chapter underscores the worthiness of this work to be a cherished part of the American literary canon.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3355876
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Baseball, Criticism and interpretation, Environmental ethics, National characteristics, American, Farm life in literature
Format
Document (PDF)
rhetoric of unity in a pluralistic early America
Title
The rhetoric of unity in a pluralistic early America.
Creator
Wilson, Joel., Department of English
Abstract/Description
The push of the past half century to redefine the American canon through the incorporation of writers representative of America's heterogeneousness has given voice to a range of marginalized writers. This movement, predicated on the belief that American society was never as unified as its early leaders would have us believe, has overstated what it sought to challenge : the unitedness of early Americans. Casting the leaders of the Early Republic as in complete accord, such critical readings...
Show moreThe push of the past half century to redefine the American canon through the incorporation of writers representative of America's heterogeneousness has given voice to a range of marginalized writers. This movement, predicated on the belief that American society was never as unified as its early leaders would have us believe, has overstated what it sought to challenge : the unitedness of early Americans. Casting the leaders of the Early Republic as in complete accord, such critical readings negate the significant differences that existed and the pains necessary to present something akin to national unity and identity. It is my aim to show that this unity came about through a constructed rhetoric meant to unify the citizens in colonial America and the Early Republic. In this thesis, I will examine three modes of this rhetoric : American Exceptionalism, the American Enlightenment, and the movements supporting a mono-dialectal view of American English.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359161
Subject Headings
National characteristics, American, History, Civilization, History, Influence, History, Politics and government, Politics and government
Format
Document (PDF)
Constituting community
Title
Constituting community: expanding perceptions of community in Rawlings's Cross Creek and Thoreau's Walden.
Creator
Curran, Julianne., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Both Thoreau and Rawlings call attention to humanity's need to expand its perceptions and interpretations of what it means to be a part of a community in Walden and Cross Creek, respectively. Building on the established idea of what it means to be incorporated into a human community, each author also implores his or her readers to extend the perceived boundaries of what comprises a "community" to include the natural world. Ultimately, both texts point to the need for the establishment of what...
Show moreBoth Thoreau and Rawlings call attention to humanity's need to expand its perceptions and interpretations of what it means to be a part of a community in Walden and Cross Creek, respectively. Building on the established idea of what it means to be incorporated into a human community, each author also implores his or her readers to extend the perceived boundaries of what comprises a "community" to include the natural world. Ultimately, both texts point to the need for the establishment of what Aldo Leopold calls a land ethic, which requires the re-drawing of communal boundaries to include the land with man as a citizen rather than a conqueror of Nature. Thoreau and Rawlings demonstrate how an individual can start to expand his or her conception of community to move closer to Leopold's ideal by recounting the different experiences they have with human society and nature while living at Walden Pond and in Cross Creek, Florida. However, each author uses different approaches. Thoreau concentrates primarily on reflecting upon improving his individual self in order to eventually improve his Concord community. Rawlings, on the other hand, makes a greater effort to reflect upon her interactions with the people of Cross Creek in addition to her interactions with Nature in order to strengthen her bonds with these things. Such a difference causes Rawlings to be read as presenting a re-vision of Thoreau's ideas about the relationship between humankind, one's community, and Nature. While the kinds of experiences Thoreau and Rawlings encounter might be different, in the end it is their emphasis on the importance of an individual's relationship to the community-one that includes both humans and Nature-that resonates with readers.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2683121
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Symbolism in literature, National characteristics, American, in literature, Nature, Effect of human beings on
Format
Document (PDF)