Best of
Essays
1920
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
W.E.B. Du Bois - 1920
E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 80 years ago in the Atlantic, the Journal of Race Development, and other periodicals. Reflecting the author's ideas as a politician, historian, and artist, this volume has long moved and inspired readers with its militant cry for social, political, and economic reforms for black Americans. Essential reading for students of African-American history
Collected Essays and Poems
Henry David Thoreau - 1920
In his poems, he gave voice to his private sentiments and spiritual aspirations in the plain style of New England speech. Now, The Library of America brings together these indispensable works in one authoritative volume.Spanning his entire career, the 27 essays gathered here vary in style from the ambling rhythm of "Natural History of Massachusetts" and "A Winter Walk" to the concentrated moral outrage of "Slavery in Massachusetts" and "A Plea for Captain John Brown". Included are "Civil Disobedience", Thoreau's great exploration of the conflict between individual conscience and state power that continues to influence political thinkers and activists; "Walking", a meditation on wildness and civilization; and "Life Without Principle", a passionate critique of American materialism and conformity. Also here are literary essays, including pieces on Homer, Chaucer, and Carlyle; the travel essay "A Yankee in Canada"; the three speeches in defense of John Brown; and essays such as "Autumnal Tints", "Wild Fruits", and "Huckleberries" that explore natural phenomena around Concord.Seven poems are published here for the first time, and others are presented in new, previously unpublished versions based on Thoreau's manuscripts.
Enchafed Flood
W.H. Auden - 1920
In these three essays Auden discusses the pre-suppositions of romantic and nineteenth-century, their conceptions of God, society and the heroic individual through an analysis of their treatment of a single theme, the sea.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends with Biographical Sketch
Anton Chekhov - 1920
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
A Librarian's Open Shelf - Essays on Various Subjects
Arthur Elmore Bostwick - 1920
Except for those influences they have little connection and the transition of thought and treat ment from one to another may occasionally seem violent. It may, however, serve to protect the reader from the assaults of monotony. A. E. B.