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The emergence of English-based literature in the Indian subcontinent is intertwined with the advent of the British Raj, with some of the important early examples being the critical essays of Raja Ram Muhan Roy, Thomas Babington Macaulay’s educational work including the Minutes on Indian Education, and the establishment of Hindu College. [10] [11]
Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War is a 1962 book of historical and literary criticism written by Edmund Wilson.It consists of 16 chapters about the works and lives of almost 30 writers, including Ambrose Bierce, George Washington Cable, Mary Boykin Chesnut, Kate Chopin, John William De Forest (who, as American historian Henry Steele Commager put it, [1 ...
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch – Immanuel Kant essay, 1795; The Politics of Jesus – John Howard Yoder, 1972; The Power of Non-Violence – Richard B. Gregg, 1934 [20] The Root Is Man: Two Essays in Politics – Dwight Macdonald, 1953 [31] Scapegoats of the Empire – Lt. George Witton memoir, 1907; Science, Liberty and Peace ...
The war novel's origins are in the epic poetry of the classical and medieval periods, especially Homer's The Iliad, Virgil's The Aeneid, sagas like the Old English Beowulf, and Arthurian literature. All of these epics were concerned with preserving the history or mythology of conflicts between different societies, while providing an accessible ...
[6] [7] A similar distinction between the terms was also upheld by George Orwell, whose essay Notes on Nationalism, distinguished patriotism from the related concept of nationalism: By 'patriotism' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force upon ...
“The way to be patriotic in America is not only to love America, but to love the duty that lies nearest to our hand, and to know that in performing it we are serving our country.” — Woodrow ...
Patriotism toward the United States is a contentious topic among African Americans due to historical and present day racism. [1] As a result, different beliefs have formed, regarding the role of patriotism in the lives of African Americans.
Americanism, also referred to as American patriotism, is a set of patriotic values which aim to create a collective American identity for the United States that can be defined as "an articulation of the nation's rightful place in the world, a set of traditions, a political language, and a cultural style imbued with political meaning". [1]