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- Waite exposes how slavery and its political and economic influences shaped far western life from the 1840s through the 1870s, and that southerners' western focus in turn influenced their policies.
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Journey to the West, foremost Chinese comic novel, written by Wu Cheng’en, a novelist and poet of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). The novel is based on the actual 7th-century pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (602–664) to India in search of sacred texts.
Equiano's personal account of slavery, his journey of advancement, and his experiences as a black immigrant caused a sensation on publication. The book fuelled a growing anti-slavery movement in Great Britain, Europe and the New World. [18]
"Journey to the West" is a classic Chinese novel written by Wu Cheng'en during the Ming Dynasty. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature and is based on the real-life pilgrimage of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang to India in the 7th century.
Journey to the West is wonderful, but if it's not read unabridged, it's not really worth it, and reading it unabridged is damn tiring. The Waley translation is alright from a "Oh, look, China is so complex and exotic" standpoint (and this really is not intended to be negative) and is simple and quick enough, but it kind of eschews some of the less folk-taley aspects present in the unabridged ...
Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊記; pinyin: Xīyóujì) is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the greatest Classic Chinese Novels, and has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia.
Imagine the thoughts and fears of an eleven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from his village by African slave traders. He was forced to march west to the coast of Africa, sold to different people along the way. When he reached the Slave Coast he saw White men for the first time. His mind must have been filled with many questions. Where was he going?
Olaudah Equiano was an abolitionist and a writer whose 1789 autobiography, detailing his life as an enslaved person, was immensely popular and influential. He is sometimes considered the originator of the slave narrative.
