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The Dream of Norumbega, An Epic Poem on the United States of American, Book III (Saybrook Publications, 2008) is a 12 thousand line epic poem entitled, which includes the deeds of several American historical characters, including Captain John Smith and George Washington. To date, two volumes of the work (to be issued incrementally) have been published. Robert Peters, poet and critic who has reviewed Chichetto's earlier works, called "The Dream" a contemporary masterpiece. "He has taken the 'voice portrait genre' [created by Peters] to new directions."
Voices
in a Mask - Based on images of disguise in literature, theater, and
opera, this short-story cycle explores themes of identity and subterfuge in
a fictional fugue that ranges from comic to poignant. Into the librettos of
Don Giovanni, Tosca, Rigoletto, and other operas, Green weaves the authentic
biographies of their singers and composers, modern-day settings, and his own
imaginative twists. Throughout Voices in a Mask, characters obscure
and reveal themselves as art mimics life and life, art. Ultimately the very
acts of masking and projecting reveal a truth about the power of art and its
inherent deceptions.
"This is a wonderful
book... The combination of artistic skill and critical acumen involved is
astonishing, and the historical research involved is seriously done and superbly
deployed in a creative manner." --Robert Scholes, Brown University
Geoffrey Green's
Voices in a Mask is an operatic tour de force of a 'novel' involving
(among other things) grand opera--a subject on which the author is impressively
and entertainingly knowledgeable."--John Barth
Gloria K. Fiero
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The book is enjoying success in one-semester humanities courses at universities and junior colleges.
LANDMARKS in Humanities survey of global culture is designed for students of humanities, cultural history, and history of the arts. In chronological sequence, LANDMARKS highlights the most notable monuments of the human imagination--those works of art and architecture, literature, philosophy, and music that have been foremost in shaping the world's cultures.
Adeline Johns-Putra
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Fall semester at Illinois State University will see some new courses, all uniquely concerned with culture war topics such as faith versus reason, class antagonisms and the relations of East and West, grouped together in the Humanities Project. The project leaders, Kim Pereira and Curtis White, hope to take the courses outside of the University in the future.
The courses will be offered first to Honors students and then to anyone with a 3.0 grade point average. Faculty teaching the courses will come from across the University, with the long-range goal of taking the courses outside of Illinois State to places like area labor halls, prisons, high schools and businesses.
"In recent decades the humanities have become increasingly isolated within disciplines and focused narrowly on contemporary political and social issues," said Distinguished Professor Curtis White, director of the project. "These courses will restore some of the historical breadth and interdisciplinary richness of the humanistic tradition."
Professor Kim Pereira, director of the Honors Program, said: "The courses will be unique because they will be interdisciplinary, trans-historical and engaged with primary texts from Eastern and Western history of ideas."
Samuele F.S.
Pardini
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This collection of essays from National Book Critics Circle Lifetime Achievement Award winner Leslie Fiedler reveals a powerful mind critiquing whole aspects of culture and uncovering lessons therein that remain timely today.
“No other student of the American novel has such fascinating and on the whole right things to say.” —Washington Post
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Ona Russell
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Russell
recently published The Natural Selection (Sunstone Press), the second
in her Sarah Kaufman historical mystery series. Set against the backdrop of
what was deemed the "Trial of the Century," this socially and politically
relevant blend of fact and fiction includes actual courtroom excerpts and
vividly portrays the Scopes trial's central figures: John Scopes, William
Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, and especially H. L. Mencken.
"Russell crafts
a vinegar divide between science and fundamentalism, reason and racism, change
and convention, and intelligence and insecurity. This book is the more fascinating,
indeed distressing, by its relevance to today’s social and political climate....fast
flowing, elegantly written, and keeps one hooked until the end."—Philadelphia
Stories
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further information please visit: www.onarussell.com
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Robert K. Wallace
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"This fluid, eloquent tribute to the joys and sorrow often associated with the learning process offers a variety of life lessons for everyone, especially young adults searching for identity and purpose, through the grace and powers of thirteen student-athletes who grow physically, emotionally, and intellectually on nearly every page."--Ron Ellis, editor of Of Woods & Waters: A Kentucky Outdoors Reader
Douglas P. Sjoquist
Mii-Dera: The Intersection of Buddhism and Culture in Japan
Douglas P. Sjoquist's Mii-dera: The Intersection of Buddhism and Culture in Japan provides readers a concise history of Mii-dera and an educational tour of its principal buildings and national treasures while illustrating Miidera's relevance to Japanese culture by using the visual arts and literature.
John A. Williams
Associate
Professor of History
Bradley University
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