Black teachers were influenced to limit instruction to or away from certain topics by threats of being placed on the "black list". Negro teachers were placed upon a "black list" indicating that they were not fit to teach in Negro schools because they did not have the "right" philosophy of racial adjustment. In addition a teacher could be placed upon the list by merely refusing to submit to insults by southern whites. ... They maintained literary societies in which they could enjoy and foster their "culture.... The "genteel" had to come to terms wit...

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The Harlem Renaissance, as the name given to this whole bunch of artistic and literary revivals, is believed to have begun in 1923 with Jean Toomer's novel Cane. Besides Toomer, some of the important writers of the time can be listed as Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay. ... Countee Cullen's "Incident" is another striking one in terms of how it makes the reader feel. ...

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The list of me is a rather mystifying and diverse collection that ranges from kingship to troubled heart. ... Kramer claims that much of the literary output was from the edubba, (school) and its affiliated scribes and professors. ... There is little that we know about this civilization and yet in relative terms, we know of them much more than many more recent ones. ...

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While most renowned novels and other literary works possess some form of propaganda, it is usually so disguised that the reader only feels its presence subconsciously. ... Why not tell their story in the most fatalistic terms? ... Isherwood tried to list different qualities that make a book worthwhile; he in turn should have taken hints on how to write a better critical review. ...

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For one, the works of art produced during that time period would be first on my to-do list. ... Last, but not the very least, I would have liked to experience and read, first-hand, the literary works of such authors as Dante, Christine de Pisan, and Boccaccio. Starting in the 13th century, art was beginning to accelerate to a much higher level of in terms of quality and craft. ...

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The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians The popularity of Geoffrey's Historia and its other derivative works (such as Wace's Roman de Brut) is generally agreed to be an important factor in explaining the appearance of significant numbers of new Arthurian works in continental Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries, particularly in France.[71] It was not, however, the only Arthurian influence on the developing "Matter of Britain". ... However, the mos...

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