San Antonio College Library

This critical study of the group of remarkably talented poets who flourished in Spain between the First World War and the Spanish Civil War includes copious quotations accompanied by English prose translations. Mr Morris treats his poets as a group, showing how they shared certain themes and attitudes. He begins with a general study of the generation as a whole and then examines the use of tradition; the zest and levity of the Jazz Age; the exaltation...

"This new history of American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present is written in an informed and accessible style by one of the leading authorities in the field. While paying attention to the full range of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction that has been incorporated into the mainstream literary canon, it also looks at other forms, including oral literature, folktales, spirituals, the blues, the western, the defective story, the...

This study records some of the main social movements which have influenced the development of musical taste and custom in England since the Middle Ages. It begins with a discussion of the functional nature of mediaeval music and then traces the evolution of a musical public, through the public concert, the eighteenth-century Italian opera and the provincial festival. The various effects of the Industrial Revolution on our music are considered, and...

"Time travel with inspiring and enthusiastic painter and lecturer David Dunlop to magical historic locations in the United States and France as he walks where celebrated artists such as Turner and Monet walked - seeing what they saw and how they transformed that vision into a familiar painting."--Container

The purpose of this book is to survey the basic kinds of music and musical instruments found in the major oriental civilizations and in the island cultures of the Eastern Hemisphere. It is also intended as an introduction to the basic attitudes, techniques, and nomenclature of the discipline of ethnomusicology. Presents a romanization of the book of vocal examples along with a translation or explanation of their meaning. The inclusion of human figures...