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Sojourner and Frederick Part 1
Nell Irvin Painter discusses her new book, Sojourner Truth — a Life, a Symbol. John Sekora discusses his new book, Frederick Douglass. [unpublished?] 853 – Sojourner and Frederick Part 1
Posted in Episodes, Painter, Nell Irvin, Sekora, John
Tagged African American History, Art, Biography
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The Image and the Audience
Beatrice Farwell discusses her interest in popular imagery and high art in the pictorial culture of nineteenth-century France, a century that saw the introduction of mass media for the reproduction of both word and image. In the second segment [13:45], Robert … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Farwell, Beatrice, Patten, Robert L.
Tagged Biography, French art -- Nineteenth century, George Cruikshank
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Remembering Boz
Robert Patten speaks of his book Charles Dickens and his Publishers and his edition of The Pickwick Papers, one of Dickens’s most popular novels. At the time of this interview, Patten, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1986-87), was professor of English at … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Patten, Robert L.
Tagged Biography, Charles Dickens, Publishing industry -- history
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Imagined Lives
Charles Carlton discusses Archbishop William Laud, Carlton’s biography of the seventeenth-century archbishop of Canterbury. In Laud’s life and times Carlton finds some noteworthy analogies to the contemporary American debate over the separation of church and state. In the second segment [14:25], Fred … Continue reading
Posted in Carlton, Charles, Episodes, Kaplan, Fred
Tagged Biography, Charles Dickens, William Laud
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Life and Legacy
In recognition of Black History Month, February 1985, David Garrow and David Levering Lewis, who are biographers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., discuss his life and legacy. King’s personal ministry and social activism ended with his assassination in Memphis … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Garrow, David J., Lewis, David Levering
Tagged Biography, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Alexander Hamilton
Jacob Cooke speaks about the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Cooke seeks to dispel common beliefs about Hamilton’s life, such as his long-standing conflict with Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton’s alleged anti-Democraticism, and his death at the hands of Aaron Burr … Continue reading
Posted in Agresto, John, Cooke, Jacob, Episodes
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Biography, History -- U.S.
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A Dilemma of Feminism
Mary Armfield Hill discusses her biography Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Making of a Radical Feminist, 1860-1896. Hill speaks about Gilman’s ideas about social justice, her rejection of social Darwinism, and theories about women’s liberation. Hill reflects on her work as a biographer … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Hill, Mary Armfield
Tagged Biography, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism, Feminism in Literature
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