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Early History of Oxford Mississippi
Author | : Anne Percy |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2008-01-01 |
Genre | : Lafayette County (Miss.) |
ISBN | : 0615222870 |
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William Faulkner and Southern History
Author | : Joel Williamson |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 539 |
Release | : 1995-12-14 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780195356403 |
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One of America's great novelists, William Faulkner was a writer deeply rooted in the American South. In works such as The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom! Faulkner drew powerfully on Southern themes, attitudes, and atmosphere to create his own world and place--the mythical Yoknapatawpha County--peopled with quintessential Southerners such as the Compsons, Sartorises, Snopes, and McCaslins. Indeed, to a degree perhaps unmatched by any other major twentieth-century novelist, Faulkner remained at home and explored his own region--the history and culture and people of the South. Now, in William Faulkner and Southern History, one of America's most acclaimed historians of the South, Joel Williamson, weaves together a perceptive biography of Faulkner himself, an astute analysis of his works, and a revealing history of Faulkner's ancestors in Mississippi--a family history that becomes, in Williamson's skilled hands, a vivid portrait of Southern culture itself. Williamson provides an insightful look at Faulkner's ancestors, a group sketch so brilliant that the family comes alive almost as vividly as in Faulkner's own fiction. Indeed, his ancestors often outstrip his characters in their colorful and bizarre nature. Williamson has made several discoveries: the Falkners (William was the first to spell it "Faulkner") were not planter, slaveholding "aristocrats"; Confederate Colonel Falkner was not an unalloyed hero, and he probably sired, protected, and educated a mulatto daughter who married into America's mulatto elite; Faulkner's maternal grandfather Charlie Butler stole the town's money and disappeared in the winter of 1887-1888, never to return. Equally important, Williamson uses these stories to underscore themes of race, class, economics, politics, religion, sex and violence, idealism and Romanticism--"the rainbow of elements in human culture"--that reappear in Faulkner's work. He also shows that, while Faulkner's ancestors were no ordinary people, and while he sometimes flashed a curious pride in them, Faulkner came to embrace a pervasive sense of shame concerning both his family and his culture. This he wove into his writing, especially about sex, race, class, and violence, psychic and otherwise. William Faulkner and Southern History represents an unprecedented publishing event--an eminent historian writing on a major literary figure. By revealing the deep history behind the art of the South's most celebrated writer, Williamson evokes new insights and deeper understanding, providing anyone familiar with Faulkner's great novels with a host of connections between his work, his life, and his ancestry.
Oxford and Ole Miss
Author | : Jack Lamar Mayfield,Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundat |
Publsiher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2009-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0738566152 |
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A set of 15 captioned black and white vintage-photograph postcards with brief descriptions on the verso featuring Oxford, MS and University of Mississippi historical buildings, issued between 2 protective cover cards.
Damn Near White
Author | : Carolyn Marie Wilkins |
Publsiher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2010-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826272409 |
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Carolyn Wilkins grew up defending her racial identity. Because of her light complexion and wavy hair, she spent years struggling to convince others that she was black. Her family’s prominence set Carolyn’s experiences even further apart from those of the average African American. Her father and uncle were well-known lawyers who had graduated from Harvard Law School. Another uncle had been a child prodigy and protégé of Albert Einstein. And her grandfather had been America's first black assistant secretary of labor. Carolyn's parents insisted she follow the color-conscious rituals of Chicago's elite black bourgeoisie—experiences Carolyn recalls as some of the most miserable of her entire life. Only in the company of her mischievous Aunt Marjory, a woman who refused to let the conventions of “proper” black society limit her, does Carolyn feel a true connection to her family's African American heritage. When Aunt Marjory passes away, Carolyn inherits ten bulging scrapbooks filled with family history and memories. What she finds in these photo albums inspires her to discover the truth about her ancestors—a quest that will eventually involve years of research, thousands of miles of travel, and much soul-searching. Carolyn learns that her great-grandfather John Bird Wilkins was born into slavery and went on to become a teacher, inventor, newspaperman, renegade Baptist minister, and a bigamist who abandoned five children. And when she discovers that her grandfather J. Ernest Wilkins may have been forced to resign from his labor department post by members of the Eisenhower administration, Carolyn must confront the bittersweet fruits of her family's generations-long quest for status and approval. Damn Near White is an insider’s portrait of an unusual American family. Readers will be drawn into Carolyn’s journey as she struggles to redefine herself in light of the long-buried secrets she uncovers. Tackling issues of class, color, and caste, Wilkins reflects on the changes of African American life in U.S. history through her dedicated search to discover her family’s powerful story.
The Early History of the Mediterranean Populations c in Their Migrations and Settlements
Author | : Hyde Clarke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : OXFORD:590237552 |
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A Bibliography of Mississippi
Author | : Thomas McAdory Owen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : PRNC:32101010622353 |
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New Perspectives on Early Cinema History
Author | : Mario Slugan,Daniël Biltereyst |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2022-06-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781350181991 |
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In this book, editors Mario Slugan and Daniël Biltereyst present a theoretical reconceptualization of early cinema. To do so, they highlight the latest methods and tools for analysis, and cast new light on the experience of early cinema through the application of these concepts and methods. The international host of contributors evaluate examples of early cinema across the globe, including The May Irwin Kiss (1896), Un homme de têtes (1900), The Terrible Turkish Executioner (1904) and Tom Tom the Piper's Son (1905). In doing so, they address the periodization of the era, emphasizing the recent boon in the availability of primary materials, the rise of digital technologies, the developments in new cinema history, and the persistence of some conceptualizations as key incentives for rethinking early cinema in theoretical and methodological terms. They go on to highlight cutting-edge approaches to the study of early cinema, including the use of the Mediathread Platform, the formation of new datasets with the help of digital technologies, and exploring the early era in non-western cultures. Finally, the contributors revisit early cinema audiences and exhibition contexts by investigating some of the earliest screenings in Denmark and the US, exploring the details of black cinema going in Harlem, and examining exhibition practices in Germany.
A History of Educational Legislation in Mississippi from 1798 to 1860
Author | : William Henington Weathersby |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : UCAL:B4519078 |
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