What in me is dark
Illumin, what is low raise and support;
That to the highth of this great Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justifie the wayes of God to men.
John Milton

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance

Hey, American Literature-ers!

I hope you're hard at work on your analysis papers by now. Enjoy these--and as you do, think about how they show evolution (or not) from previous discussions about race that we've read!

"A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes
"Democracy" by Langston Hughes
"Visitors to the Black Belt" by Langston Hughes (the paragraphs beneath the poem are optional to read/print)

~Mrs. Stewart

3 comments:

  1. After looking at your blogger profile, I must say yes, I agree. You know when you are grown up when you buy your first Billy Joel CD (and in my case, never stop listening to it). GO BJ!!!!

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  2. What! Billy Joel is okay, but he's not that great. If you want to listen to truly great music, here are five great starters (not in order of greatest):

    1) Coldplay
    2) U2
    3) The Beatles
    4) The Avett Brothers
    5) Simon and Garfunkel

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  3. I... I like music that makes me think, makes me question, makes me feel... I'll just leave it at that. However, I will occasionally make exceptions... what an irrelevant three posts we have.

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