Deze auteur verwierf erkenning voor zijn radicale schrijfbenadering, met name in poëzie en sociaal commentaar. Zijn werken verkenden vaak thema's van republikeinisme en maatschappijkritiek, doordrenkt van een kenmerkende stijl die zijn overtuigingen weerspiegelde. Songs of the Army of the Night staat als een opmerkelijke collectie die zijn poëtische talenten toont. Hij waagde zich ook in diverse populaire genres, waaronder misdaadromans en journalistiek, wat zijn brede literaire bereik aantoonde.
This collection of essays explores the concept of modernity and its impact on society and culture. With a focus on criticism and dialogue, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by modernity in the 21st century.
Henry Abbott is growing up in South Trenton, New Jersey during the 1960s. He attends St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic school and sells newspapers on Sunday at his father's service station. He meets Danny, who leads him on an adventure to the abandoned Bow Hill mansion, where Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, the King of Spain, had once lived with his beloved, Anette, a commoner who worked in a tie shop in Philadelphia. Her ghost is rumored to haunt the estate in search of her lost ring. A floundering basketball player, Hank plays on the school team, along with his younger brother Jeremy, because his father, Joe, is the team coach. The Abbott family moves to the suburb to care for Henry's grandmother, and his enrolls in the public school system. He meets Jack Malloy, an eccentric English teacher who conducts his film study class like a major Hollywood studio. Henry learns the art of filmmaking when he joins the Filmnuts. The Filmnuts congregate in the Nutroom, a teacher's prep room attached to Malloy's classroom, preparing their Super-8 films for the June festival assembly. He meets Pharo, who first bullies and then befriends Henry, and Jane, an artist whose creative talents he admires.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.