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UNINA9910457254003321 |
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Harris Leonard <1948-> |
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Alain L. Locke [[electronic resource] ] : biography of a philosopher / / Leonard Harris & Charles Molesworth |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
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1-282-50423-1 |
9786612504235 |
0-226-31780-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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MolesworthCharles <1941-> |
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Soggetti |
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African American philosophers |
African American intellectuals |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-417) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Lockes of Philadelphia -- 2. Harvard -- 3. Oxford and Berlin -- 4. Howard: The Early Years -- 5. Howard and Beyond -- 6. The Renaissance and the New Negro -- 7. After The New Negro -- 8. New Horizons: Sahdji to the Bronze Booklets -- 9. The Educator at Work and at Large -- 10. Theorizing Democracy -- 11. The Final Years -- 12. Locke's Legacy -- Notes -- Index |
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Alain L. Locke (1886-1954), in his famous 1925 anthology The New Negro, declared that "the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem." Often called the father of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke had his finger directly on that pulse, promoting, influencing, and sparring with such figures as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Richmond Barthé, William Grant Still, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ralph Bunche, and John Dewey. The long-awaited first biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, Alain L. Locke narrates the untold story of his profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Leonard Harris and Charles Molesworth trace this story through Locke's Philadelphia upbringing, his undergraduate years at Harvard-where William James |
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helped spark his influential engagement with pragmatism-and his tenure as the first African American Rhodes Scholar. The heart of their narrative illuminates Locke's heady years in 1920's New York City and his forty-year career at Howard University, where he helped spearhead the adult education movement of the 1930's and wrote on topics ranging from the philosophy of value to the theory of democracy. Harris and Molesworth show that throughout this illustrious career-despite a formal manner that many observers interpreted as elitist or distant-Locke remained a warm and effective teacher and mentor, as well as a fierce champion of literature and art as means of breaking down barriers between communities. The multifaceted portrait that emerges from this engaging account effectively reclaims Locke's rightful place in the pantheon of America's most important minds. |
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UNINA9910786048803321 |
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Autore |
Feldman Alexander <1981-, > |
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Dramas of the past on the twentieth-century stage : in history's wings / / Alex Feldman |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-136-15500-7 |
1-283-97326-X |
0-203-07847-0 |
1-136-15501-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; ; 27 |
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Historical drama, English - History and criticism |
Historical drama, German - History and criticism |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
German drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Literature and history - Germany - History - 20th century |
Play within a play |
History in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction. Historiographic metatheatre: the basics -- "We want our revolution now": Peter Weiss, Gunter Grass and the theatre of insurrection -- All Wilde on the Western front: Alan Bennett, Tom Stoppard and the theatre of war -- God rot great men?: Rolf Hochhuth, Howard Brenton and the anti-heroic drama -- "Better mimics than our London actors": Timberlake Wertenbaker and the colonial theatre -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
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This book defines and exemplifies a major genre of modern dramatic writing, termed historiographic metatheatre, in which self-reflexive engagements with the traditions and forms of dramatic art illuminate historical themes and aid in the representation of historical events and, in doing so, formulates a genre. Historiographic metatheatre has been, and remains, a seminal mode of political engagement and ideological critique in the contemporary dramatic canon. Locating its key texts within the traditions of historical drama, self-reflexivity in European theatre, debates in the politics and ae |
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