Cullen encouraged Baldwin to participate in the school's literary club, which he was the advisor of Baldwin was enchanted by Cullen's warmth (Smith 236). ... When his stepfather dies in 1943, Baldwin moved to Greenwich Village to pursue his literary dreams. ... According to Brooke Horvath, Baldwin "desires to succeed on the basis of literary style and the humanity of his characters rather than in terms of successful polemic" (207). ... He traces the influence of Countee Cullen, who taught Baldwin French in junior high school, and of literary models like Richard Wright and ...

• Word Count: 1511
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Compare and Contrast with Critics At the turn of the twentieth century, American culture witnessed related literary and political shifts through which marginalized voices gained increased strength despite the severe racism that informed US laws and social interaction. Many authors and literary critics saw connections between literary content and social influence. ... In an essay entitled "The Chinese in America," Sui Sin Far laments western literary depictions of the Chinese that portray them as "unfeeling" and "custom-bound." ... This study builds on White-Parks' conclusions by explori...

• Word Count: 2633
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Setting: Another Country takes place in Harlem, France, Greenwich Village and other locales throughout numerous incidents in this literary work. ... Literary Style: According to Langston Hughes, "Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves, to flow and beat, advance and retreat, rise and take a bow in disappearing....The thought becomes poetry and the poetry illuminates the thought." ... Meaning of Title: The title of the novel Another Country stipulates two explicit terms: love and racism. ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Countee Cullen's "Incident" is another striking one in terms of how it makes the reader feel. ...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Something else that must be mentioned in order to understand the evils of school censorship are facts censors ignore; the first being literary quality. ... The derogatory terms in the book are not used to put down African Americans, but to provide valuable in sight to the lives and opinions of the people of the pre-emancipated south. ...

• Word Count: 942
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

James Arthur Baldwin Life James Arthur Baldwin was born the first of nine children during 1924 in Harlem. His father, David, was a clergyman and a factory worker, and was the source of all of James Baldwin's fears. Baldwin's mother, Berdis, was...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

- Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 1970 Pudd'nhead Wilson & Those Extraordinary Sins Interpreting Mark Twain's work within our distinctly American cultural heritage has absorbed the careers of countless literary scholars. ... Like so Many of Twain's protagonists, both black and white, including Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Jim, Pap, The Boss, Pudd'nhead, Tom Driscoll, Chambers and Roxy, Sam Clemens was infected with a form of racism that has been with man since the beginning of time, or since the fall of man in biblical terms. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This literary, artistic, and intellectual movement, centered in New York's Harlem, kindled a new African-American cultural identity by celebrating black traditions and the black voice. ... Alice illustrates this, "You mustn't think in terms of getting even with them [white people], you must accept whatever they do for you and try to prove yourself worthy to be entrusted with more." ...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better d...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School