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Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The best-known songs in the world are violent, sexist, and religious--so why do we celebrate national anthems when we should be rewriting them? This fascinating popular history of national anthems begins in a London theatre in 1745 when the modern idea of anthems was born. They started out as triumphant expressions of national superiority by glorifying violence, claiming the support of God, and mostly ignoring women. David Pate has experienced the...
Series
RE/Search volume 14
Publisher
Re/Search Publications
Publication Date
[1993]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
John Updike's sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading "General Considerations," books, poker, cars, and the American libido. The last, informal section of Due Considerations assembles more or less autobiographical pieces--reminiscences, friendly forewords,...