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Author : James Thomas Baker
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865543355
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Brooks Hays written by James Thomas Baker and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Caldwell Wright
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472088393
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (883 download)
Download or read book On Gwendolyn Brooks written by Stephen Caldwell Wright and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reassessment of the art and achievements of the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize
Author : R J Mann
Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780871292537
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Our Miss Brooks - Straight written by R J Mann and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1978-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Alan Crick
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078644326X
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks written by Robert Alan Crick and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mel Brooks is often regarded as one of Hollywood's funniest men, thanks to such highly successful films as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein. His films do have a tendency to turn out much like the jokes that comprise them--hit-or-miss, one minute shoot-the-moon brilliant and the next minute well short of laughs. This work provides a thorough synopsis and thematic analysis for each of his twelve films along with complete cast and production credits: The Producers (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), Silent Movie (1976), High Anxiety (1977), History of the World--Part 1 (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Spaceballs (1987), Life Stinks (1991), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995).
Author : Paul N. Spellman
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412272
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Captain J.A. Brooks written by Paul N. Spellman and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) was one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Over the years historians have referred to the captain as "John" Brooks, because he tended to sign with his initials, but also because W. W. Sterling's classic Trails and Trials of a Texas Ranger mistakenly named him as Captain John Brooks. Born and raised in Civil War-torn Kentucky, a reckless adventurer on the American and Texas frontier, and a quick-draw Texas Ranger captain who later turned in his six-shooter to serve as a county judge, Brooks's life reflects the raucous era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth-century American West. As a Texas Ranger, Brooks participated in the high profile events of his day, from the fence-cutting wars to the El Paso prizefight, from the Conner Fight--where he lost three fingers from his left hand--to the Temple rail strike, all with a resolute demeanor and a fast gun. A shoot-out in Indian Territory nearly cost him his life and then jeopardized his career, and a lifelong bout with old Kentucky bourbon did the same. With three other distinguished Ranger captains, Brooks witnessed and helped promote the transformation of the elite Frontier Battalion into the Ranger Force. As a state legislator, he brokered the creation of a South Texas county that bears his name today, and where he served for twenty-eight years as county judge. He was the quintessential enforcer of frontier justice, scars and all.
Author : William Edward Brown
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602230099
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The History of the Central Brooks Range written by William Edward Brown and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the Central Brooks Range uses rare primary sources in order to provide a chronological examination and history of the Koyukuk region--including anthropological descriptions of the Native groups that make the Central Brooks Range and its surroundings their home. The history of early exploration, mining, and the Klondike all overflow into the story of the Koyukuk region and its rich cultural heritage, and William E. Brown provides a fascinating history of the extraordinary ways of survival employed by pioneers in this rugged northern land. Supplemented with detailed descriptions by Robert Marshall, The History of the Central Brooks Range is further enhanced by over 150 beautiful full-color illustrations--from early exploration to the creation of the Gates of the Arctic National Park--making this an essential volume for anyone interested in Alaska Native studies.
Author : John Frederick Woolverton
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252021862
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Education of Phillips Brooks written by John Frederick Woolverton and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Education of Phillips Brooks probes the formative years of one of the best-known figures of Victorian America's "Gilded Age." Rigorously researched, bringing as yet untapped archival material into play, John F. Woolverton's book is an extremely readable and fascinating look at a gifted, persuasive clergyman and public figure. One of the most influential ministers of his time, Brooks delivered the sermon over the body of Abraham Lincoln at Independence Hall in Philadelphia and is known for penning the lyrics to "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Although Brooks was not a major theologian, he was nurtured in an atmosphere of serious religious thought. In the crisis era of pre-Civil War America, he sought a religious and cultural ideal in the perfect manhood of Jesus Christ and consequently "won a name" for himself, as his slightly envious cousin, Henry Adams, once remarked. Woolverton places Brooks in his cultural context and shows how this religious leader was shaped psychologically and by his times and how those factors helped him forge a spiritual ideal for a troubled nation. "Not only casts new light on the young manhood of one of the preeminent Anglican ministers in America, but enhances our understanding of key cultural trends in the mid-nineteenth century." -- Anne C. Rose, author of Victorian America and the Civil War
Author : Alexander Greenhough
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 149684999X
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Albert Brooks written by Alexander Greenhough and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Brooks: Interviews brings together fourteen profiles of and conversations with Brooks (b. 1947), in which he contemplates, expounds upon, and hilariously jokes about the connections between his show business upbringing, an ambivalence about the film industry, the nature of fame and success, and the meaning and purpose of comedy. Throughout all these encounters, Brooks expresses an unwavering commitment to his own artistic expression as a filmmaker and a rejection of mainstream conventions. With his questioning and critical disposition, nothing seems certain for Albert Brooks except for the integrity of art and the necessity for a wry skepticism about the incongruities of everyday life in corporate America. Brooks is neither a Hollywood insider nor an outsider. He’s somewhere in-between. Since the early 1970s, this inimitable actor-writer-director has incisively satirized the mass media system from within. After initial work as an inventive comedian, both live and on network television, Brooks contributed six shorts to the first season of Saturday Night Live, which earned him a cult following for their avant-garde form and sensibility. These were followed by his feature debut, Real Life, the first of only seven films—including Modern Romance, Lost in America, and Defending Your Life—that Brooks has directed to date. His limited output reflects not only the difficulty in financing idiosyncratic films, but equally the exacting seriousness which Brooks has in making audiences laugh and think at the same time.
Author : Jeremy Dauber
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300264917
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Mel Brooks written by Jeremy Dauber and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices of the twentieth century. Having won almost every entertainment award there is, Brooks has straddled the line between outsider and insider, obedient and rebellious, throughout his career, making out-of-bounds comedy the American mainstream. Jeremy Dauber argues that throughout Brooks’s extensive body of work—from Your Show of Shows to Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein to Spaceballs—the comedian has seen the most success when he found a balance between his unflagging, subversive, manic energy and the constraints imposed by comedic partners, the Hollywood system, and American cultural mores. Dauber also explores how Brooks’s American Jewish humor went from being solely for niche audiences to an essential part of the American mainstream, paving the way for generations of Jewish (and other) comedians to come.
Author : D.H. Melhem
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813148588
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Gwendolyn Brooks written by D.H. Melhem and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the major American poets of this century and the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry (1950). Yet far less critical attention has focused on her work than on that of her peers. In this comprehensive biocritical study, Melhem -- herself a poet and critic -- traces the development of Brooks's poetry over four decades, from such early works as A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, and The Bean Eaters, to the more recent In the Mecca, Riot, and To Disembark. In addition to analyzing the poetic devices used, Melhem examines the biographical, historical, and literary contexts of Brooks's poetry: her upbringing and education, her political involvement in the struggle for civil rights, her efforts on behalf of young black poets, her role as a teacher, and her influence on black letters. Among the many sources examined are such revealing documents as Brooks's correspondence with her editor of twenty years and with other writers and critics. From Melhem's illuminating study emerges a picture of the poet as prophet. Brooks's work, she shows, is consciously charged with the quest for emancipation and leadership, for black unity and pride. At the same time, Brooks is seen as one of the preeminent American poets of this century, influencing both African American letters and American literature generally. This important book is an indispensable guide to the work of a consummate poet.
Author : Samuel Boerboom
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498586716
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Political Mel Brooks written by Samuel Boerboom and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political Mel Brooks analyzes both Mel Brooks’s more popular films and his lesser known work to explore how his use of parody and satire, his keen sense of the history of Jewish comedic conventions, and his deep awareness of social issues encompasses a political project that, while often implicit, nonetheless speaks to the enduring political and social impact of his films. Brooks’s work often employs a nuanced political style that acts as a social commentary against those in power and in favor of oppressed and misunderstood persons. This volume emphasizes Brooks’s political legacy and his masterful use of parody and satire to craft sophisticated political critiques of dominant culture. Contributors illustrate in a practical and accessible way how to explore how comedic films and television series can employ parody and satire not just to mock generic conventions, but also dominant political ideologies. Scholars of media, film, pop culture, political science, and communication studies will find this volume especially useful.
Author : Margot Harper Banks
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490756
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Religious Allusion in the Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks written by Margot Harper Banks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Gwendolyn Brooks, a self-proclaimed nonreligious person, advocates adherence to Christian ideals through religious allusions in her poetry. The discussion integrates Brooks' words, biographical data, commentary by other scholars, scriptural references, and doctrinal tenets. It identifies biblical figures and events and highlights Brooks' effective use of the sermon genre, and her express parallels between Christianity and Democracy. The work opens with a biographical chapter and Brooks' comments on religion, followed by analyses of her long poems, and more than thirty of her short ones. An illuminating interview with Nora Brooks Blakely about Brooks' religious background and philosophy is included.
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Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Katmai National Park (N.P.) and Preserve, Brooks River Area Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gwendolyn Brooks
Publisher : Gale Cengage Learning
ISBN 13 : 153586771X
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (358 download)
Download or read book A Study Guide for Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” written by Gwendolyn Brooks and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Virtue
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773569839
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Leonard and Reva Brooks written by John Virtue and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2001-10-25 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947 Leonard and Reva Brooks left for Mexico where Leonard planned to study painting for a year. In Mexico they discovered a vibrant, sometimes even dangerous, society and a dynamic artistic community, unlike the mundane world they had left behind in Canada with its stale and unwelcoming artistic scene. Invigorated by their new environment Leonard and Reva ended up staying for over half a century, playing a key role in establishing San Miguel de Allende as a world-famous art colony. In this new biography, John Virtue chronicles the lives of these two important artists and offers an intimate look at these complex and creative people. Virtue describes how they were caught up in the McCarthy era of Communist witch hunts and blacklisted in the United States. He details their close friendships with luminary figures such as Marshall McLuhan, Earle Birney, and the Mexican art icon David Alfaro Siqueiros, as well as a host of others. As Leonard became a fixture in the Mexican art scene Reva's photography quickly garnered international recognition, applauded by photographers Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. In 1975 the San Francisco Museum of Art selected her as one of the top fifty female photographers of all time. With tales of deportations, shootouts, murder attempts, failures, and triumphs, Leonard and Reva Brooks is a biography of two creative people caught up in interesting times.
Author : Robert L. Walsh
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469184265
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)
Download or read book Brooks of Montpelier written by Robert L. Walsh and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Brooks grew up in Alexandria, Virginia during the years of Jim Crow. He graduated from Norwich University in 1967 and remained in Vermont to teach school and raise his family. He taught and coached at Montpelier High School for thirty years influencing the lives of generations of Vermonters. In 1983, he became the third African American elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. For the next twenty-five years he held a variety of important positions and played a key role in passing historic legislation that guaranteed no Vermonter would be denied his or her rights because they were different. He served as Majority Leader, Chairman of the General and Military Committee and as member of the Appropriations Committee. Today, as the Sergeant-at-Arms he is responsible for the operation and security of the Vermont State House.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1457805561
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (578 download)
Download or read book David H. Brooks: Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Complaint written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
