Seems like murder here [[electronic resource] ] : southern violence and the blues tradition / / Adam Gussow

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456281303321
• Autore: Gussow Adam
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-282-53843-8; 9786612538438; 0-226-31100-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.643/0975
• Soggetti: African Americans - Southern States - Intellectual life; African Americans - Southern States - Social conditions; Blues (Music) - Southern States - History; Blues (Music) in literature; Violence in literature; Race relations in literature; American literature - African American authors - History and criticism; Violence - Southern States - History; Electronic books.; Southern States Intellectual life; Southern States Race relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "I'm tore down" -- Lynching and the birth of a blues tradition -- "Make my getaway" -- Southern violence and blues entrepreneurship in W.C. Handy's Father of the blues -- Dis(re)memberment blues -- Narratives of abjection and redress -- "Shoot myself a cop" -- Mamie Smith's "Crazy blues" as social text -- Guns, knives, and buckets of blood -- The predicament of blues culture -- "The blade already crying in my flesh" -- Zora Neale Hurston's blues narratives.
• Sommario/riassunto: Winner of the 2004 C. Hugh Holman Award from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature. Seems Like Murder Here offers a revealing new account of the blues tradition. Far from mere laments about lost ; loves and hard times, the blues emerge in this provocative study as vital responses to spectacle lynchings and the violent realities of African American life in the Jim Crow South. With brilliant interpretations of both classic songs and literary works, from the autobiographies of W. C. Handy, David Honeyboy Edwards, and B. B. King to the poetry of Langston Hughes and the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, Seems Like Murder Here will transform our understanding of the blues and its enduring power.

Cornelius Nepos, Life of Hannibal : Latin text, notes, maps, illustrations and vocabulary / / Bret Mulligan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156255803321
• Autore: Nepos Cornelius
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Open Book Publishers; Cambridge : , : Open Book Publishers, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-78374-135-X; 2-8218-7620-3; 1-78374-134-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits.; digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Dickinson College commentaries
• Disciplina: 937.04
• Soggetti: Punic wars; Carthage (Extinct city) Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Latino
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Available through Open Book Publishers.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Life of Nepos. Historical Context; Works of Nepos; The Lives of Famous Men; The Lives of Foreign Commanders; Other Works; Reputation in Antiquity and Beyond; Friendships and Social Context; The Caecilii Metelli; Atticus and Cicero; Catullus -- 2. Reading Nepos. Four Favorite Constructions; Three Key Words; Why Write Biography?; Nepos and Non{u2012}Roman Cultures; The Biographical Tradition in Greece and ; Rome; Nepos' Audience -- 3. Historical Context and Hannibal. Early History of Carthage; First Punic War (264{u2012}241 BC); Between the Wars; Second Punic War (218{u2012}201 BC); Aftermath; Hannibal; Evaluating Hannibal -- Bibliography -- Chronology of Hannibal's Life -- Text of Nepos' Life of Hannibal -- Notes -- Full Vocabulary for Nepos' Life of Hannibal and Prologus to the Lives of Outstanding Commanders.
• Sommario/riassunto: Trebia. Trasimene. Cannae. With three stunning victories, Hannibal humbled Rome and nearly shattered its empire. Even today Hannibal's brilliant, if ultimately unsuccessful, campaign against Rome during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC) make him one of history's most celebrated military leaders. This biography by Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-27 BC) sketches Hannibal's life from the time he began traveling with his father's army as a young boy, through his sixteen-year invasion of Italy and his tumultuous political career in Carthage, to his perilous exile and eventual suicide in the East.As Rome completed its bloody transition from dysfunctional republic to stable monarchy, Nepos labored to complete an innovative and influential collection of concise biographies. Putting aside the detailed, chronological accounts of military campaigns and political machinations that characterized most writing about history, Nepos surveyed Roman and Greek history for distinguished men who excelled in a range of prestigious occupations. In the exploits and achievements of these illustrious men, Nepos hoped that his readers would find models for the honorable conduct of their own lives. Although most of Nepos' works have been lost, we are fortunate to have his biography of Hannibal. Nepos offers a surprisingly balanced portrayal of a man that most Roman authors vilified as the most monstrous foe that Rome had ever faced.Nepos' straightforward style and his preference for common vocabulary make Life of Hannibal accessible for those who are just beginning to read continuous Latin prose, while the historical interest of the subject make it compelling for readers of every ability. This book contains embedded audio files of the original text read aloud by Christopher Francese.