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Songs of Travel is a song cycle of nine songs originally written for baritone voice composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, with poems drawn from the Robert Louis Stevenson collection Songs of Travel and Other Verses. A complete performance of the entire cycle lasts between 20 and 24 minutes. They were originally written for voice and piano.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950), popularly known by his childhood nickname "Skip", [1] [2] is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Wilson.First published in 1859, [1] it was rediscovered in 1981 by Henry Louis Gates Jr. [2] and was subsequently reissued with an introduction by Gates (London: Allison & Busby, 1984). [3]
Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]
The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-part documentary miniseries written and presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr. It aired for the first time on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the fall of 2013, beginning with episode 1, "The Black Atlantic (1500–1800)", on October 22, 8–9 p.m. ET on PBS, and every consecutive Tuesday through to episode 6, "A More Perfect Union (1968 ...
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894): Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, known for his works Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. [284] André Suarès (1868–1948): French poet and critic. [285] Italo Svevo (1861–1928): Italian writer and businessman, author of novels, plays, and short stories. [286]