Synopses & Reviews
American Visions offers a rich sampling of literature for writing classes with a multicultural perspective, exploring the historical context and contemporary relevance of major themes that have shaped our consciousness as a nation.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: READING MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE The Literature of Diversity / Reading Imaginative Literature / Responding to a Poem / Responding to a Short Story / Responding to a Play / 1. NEW WORLD: THE PROMISE OF AMERICA Poems: Louis Simpson, To the Western World / Stephen Berg, Five Aztec Poems / Anne Bradstreet, To the Memory of My Father / Archibald MacLeish, To Thomas Jefferson, Esquire / Documents: The Mayflower Covenant / Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence / Essay: Douglas L. Wilson, Jefferson and the Equality of Man / Oratory: Frederick Douglass, Independence Day Speech / Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Address on Womens Rights / 2. NEW NATION: THE ONE AND THE MANY (and more...)