Fifty Shades of America
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave. This illustrious phrase encapsulates the aspirations of America and its people.
In this volume we feature 50 American poets beginning with the Colonist Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century, when American poetry was entirely rooted in its parental British forms. From here our classic poets take us through Centuries of history, through Independence and expansion Westward, across the cities and vast landscapes of their words. Along the journey we also meet the Imagists, the poets from the Harlem Renaissance by way of the Transcendentalists and the Fireside Poets.
The giants of the poetic way loom large; Walt Whitman. Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edna St Vincent Millay. Our rambling poetic stroll gives voice to the nation’s hopes, its dreams, its failings, its musings.
We cannot hope to define America but we do provide the many changing moods and flavours of the times as we discover the essence of its soul.
1 - Fifty Shades of America - An Introduction
2 - A Nation's Strength by Ralph Waldo Emerson
3 - America by Herman Melville
4 - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
5 - America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
6 - Brothers. American Drama by James Weldon Johnson
7 - We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
8 - The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes
9 - Abraham Lincoln by James Russell Lowell
10 - Paul Revere's Ride (The Landlord's Tale) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
11 - England and America by Florence T Holt
12 - Americanisation by G K Chesterton
13 - In Amsterdam by Eugene Field
14 - Broadway, New York, July 1916 by George Sterling
15 - New York at Night by Amy Lowell
16 - Harlem by Langston Hughes
17 - The Natives of America by Ann Plato
18 - An Indian Summer Day On the Prairie by Vachel Lindsay
19 - Pray To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong by Henry David Thoreau
20 - Hymn To The North Star by William Cullen Bryant
21 - An Hymn To the Evening by Phillis Wheatley
22 - Trees by Joyce Kilmer
23 - from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
24 - Sonnet 12 by Alan Seeger
25 - The Ancient Arteries of America by Daniel Sheehan
26 - A Crowded Trolley Car by Elinor Wylie
27 - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
28 - Yes, I Have a Thousand Tongues by Stephen Crane
29 - Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
30 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
31 - Wild Nights, Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson
32 - Comment by Dorothy Parker
33 - To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
34 - The Boy She Used To Know by Damon Runyon
35 - Portrait D'une Femme by Ezra Pound
36 - Sonnet 18 - I, Being Born a Woman by Edna St Vincent Millay
37 - Evening Song by Willa Cather
38 - I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman
39 - The Crowd at the Ball Game by William Carlos Williams
40 - It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest
41 - Hope is the Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson
42 - Colored Hats from Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein
43 - Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
44 - Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
45 - Chaplinesque by Hart Crane
46 - The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St Vincent Millay
47 - Whispers of Immortality by T S Eliot
48 - A Grave by Edith Wharton
49 - Bury Me In a Free Land by Frances E W Harper
50 - To the Memory of the Americans Who Fell at Eutaw by Philip Freneau
51 - Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Kay
Author - Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Narrator - William Hootkins.
Published Date - Tuesday, 03 January 2023.
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The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave. This illustrious phrase encapsulates the aspirations of America and its people. In this volume we feature 50 American poets beginning with the Colonist Anne Bradstreet in the 17th century, when American poetry was entirely rooted in its parental British forms. From here our classic poets take us through Centuries of history, through Independence and expansion Westward, across the cities and vast landscapes of their words. Along the journey we also meet the Imagists, the poets from the Harlem Renaissance by way of the Transcendentalists and the Fireside Poets. The giants of the poetic way loom large; Walt Whitman. Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Laurence Dunbar and Edna St Vincent Millay. Our rambling poetic stroll gives voice to the nation’s hopes, its dreams, its failings, its musings. We cannot hope to define America but we do provide the many changing moods and flavours of the times as we discover the essence of its soul. 1 - Fifty Shades of America - An Introduction 2 - A Nation's Strength by Ralph Waldo Emerson 3 - America by Herman Melville 4 - The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 5 - America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates 6 - Brothers. American Drama by James Weldon Johnson 7 - We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar 8 - The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes 9 - Abraham Lincoln by James Russell Lowell 10 - Paul Revere's Ride (The Landlord's Tale) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 11 - England and America by Florence T Holt 12 - Americanisation by G K Chesterton 13 - In Amsterdam by Eugene Field 14 - Broadway, New York, July 1916 by George Sterling 15 - New York at Night by Amy Lowell 16 - Harlem by Langston Hughes 17 - The Natives of America by Ann Plato 18 - An Indian Summer Day On the Prairie by Vachel Lindsay 19 - Pray To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong by Henry David Thoreau 20 - Hymn To The North Star by William Cullen Bryant 21 - An Hymn To the Evening by Phillis Wheatley 22 - Trees by Joyce Kilmer 23 - from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman 24 - Sonnet 12 by Alan Seeger 25 - The Ancient Arteries of America by Daniel Sheehan 26 - A Crowded Trolley Car by Elinor Wylie 27 - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost 28 - Yes, I Have a Thousand Tongues by Stephen Crane 29 - Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens 30 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 31 - Wild Nights, Wild Nights by Emily Dickinson 32 - Comment by Dorothy Parker 33 - To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet 34 - The Boy She Used To Know by Damon Runyon 35 - Portrait D'une Femme by Ezra Pound 36 - Sonnet 18 - I, Being Born a Woman by Edna St Vincent Millay 37 - Evening Song by Willa Cather 38 - I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman 39 - The Crowd at the Ball Game by William Carlos Williams 40 - It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest 41 - Hope is the Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson 42 - Colored Hats from Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein 43 - Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 44 - Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar 45 - Chaplinesque by Hart Crane 46 - The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St Vincent Millay 47 - Whispers of Immortality by T S Eliot 48 - A Grave by Edith Wharton 49 - Bury Me In a Free Land by Frances E W Harper 50 - To the Memory of the Americans Who Fell at Eutaw by Philip Freneau 51 - Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Kay Author - Paul Laurence Dunbar. Narrator - William Hootkins. Published Date - Tuesday, 03 January 2023.
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 32
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
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Chapter 37
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Chapter 38
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Chapter 39
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Chapter 40
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Chapter 41
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Chapter 42
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Chapter 43
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Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
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Chapter 46
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Chapter 47
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Chapter 48
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Chapter 49
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Chapter 50
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Chapter 51
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