Bøger i Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series serien

In this contemplative study of selected poems and works of prose, Barbara Hardy emphasizes Dylan Thomas' creative achievements and high intelligence and discusses the influences of his regional identity, his modernist style, his reflexive awareness and use of language and his themes.

Examines the careers, talents, and styles of three women who were acknowledged, each in her time, as the greatest interpreter of Shakespeare's heroines: Sarah Siddons, Ellen Terry, and Judi Dench.

In this text, Don H.Doyle looks at some unexpected parallels in American and Italian history. He examines both countries' struggle to create an independent, unified nation and the ongoing effort to instill national identity in their diverse populace.

This volume explores the often complicated ways in which ethnicity and social rank interacted to determine the relationships that were forged among four categories of women in the Revolutionary and early National Georgia Lowcountry.

This work looks at some of the historical forces actively at work in today's south, drawing pointed, provocative links between the ""lost cause"" mythology that emerged from the chaos of Confederate defeat, the region's reputation for intolerance and souther evangelical Protestantism.

From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's ""Black Boy"" to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, this work examines the second half of the 20th century to assess the challenges to African American cultural and intellectual life.

This text provides accounts of the American Civil War's impact on the lives of women and children, black and white, on both sides of the conflict.

Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic back-grounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. This book recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans.