Claims of Identity is a book of essays discussing relationships between archetypes and identities. Drawing on history, timeless tropes, and comparative literature, this book explores the activities of identification in a variety of ways, adding significance to representations of outsiders and the marginalized in order to appreciate authors and cultures with a view toward philosophy. A thematic treatise included in this volume -- "Claims of Identity in Bret Harte's Gabriel Conroy" -- argues that identity is claimed rather than inherently bestowed, and that this is contributive to California identity. The treatise also discusses Bret Harte, the original California author. Gabriel Conroy, Bret Harte's only long novel, published in 1875, tells a fiction of who "owns" California, symbolized as a silver mine in the Sierras. Various imposters are implicated. The result is a sweeping adventure that typifies Californian identity to this day, and compliments the understanding of additional topics.
Have you wondered what life would look like through the eyes of youth? What do we express in our needs, desires, and attentions? What is the fountain of folly? Who are the Millennials? Read about these topics and more in the pages of this special collection of Alan Lewis Silva's Musical Shadows. -- Alan Lewis Silva is an original California author and folk singer, independent publisher of over 400 songs in the vein of blues, grunge, Portuguese fado, folk-rock, and jazz. His songs are lyrically oriented, heavy in imagery, and give irascible expression to the plights and imaginations of the human soul submerged or emerging from the effects of the Information Age.
Claims of Identity is a book of essays discussing relationships between archetypes and identities. Drawing on history, timeless tropes, and comparative literature, this book explores the activities of identification in a variety of ways, adding significance to representations of outsiders and the marginalized in order to appreciate authors and cultures with a view toward philosophy. A thematic treatise included in this volume -- "Claims of Identity in Bret Harte's Gabriel Conroy" -- argues that identity is claimed rather than inherently bestowed, and that this is contributive to California identity. The treatise also discusses Bret Harte, the original California author. Gabriel Conroy, Bret Harte's only long novel, published in 1875, tells a fiction of who "owns" California, symbolized as a silver mine in the Sierras. Various imposters are implicated. The result is a sweeping adventure that typifies Californian identity to this day, and compliments the understanding of additional topics.
Alan Lewis Silva is a California author and folk singer, independent publisher of over 400 songs in the vein of blues, fado, folk-rock, and jazz. His songs are lyrically oriented, heavy in imagery, and give a Californian, Millennial, cultural expression to the plights and imaginations of the human soul submerged or emerging from the effects of the Information Age. He is the voice of a generation. Although his music has not been commercially successful, it does have integrity and is original; Alan retains ownership of all his songs, music and lyrics, and is currently working on other projects. He lives in San Diego.
This collection of poetry involves themes of contemporary life experienced by a millennial. It conducts the reader in humor, wit, and moments of growing up through the teenage years through the early thirties, in the vein of an artist's imaginative, inquiring search for truth. It is edgy and satirical, and in other ways spiritual, sincere, and emotive. These verses appertain to a bohemian mood throughout, containing filtered observations of sin and virtue. Each poem finds terms to record the soul's journey in a diverse array of situations. Challenging to classify stylistically, this is a rare California vision on the effects of the Information Age. Composed in three sections, this work poses questions one can contemplate and relate to: What is the value of modern life? What has altered our achievements, behavior, and values? Although humanity continues to grow, what will be our lasting impressions? Discover the complex and primitive motivations of the natural and artificial ecosystems of the 21st century.
Is a name claimed or inherently bestowed? What are multi-layered contexts of individuality and distinction? Why do we signify our inner nature, and for what possible objective? Claims of Identity represents answers to these questions and more. -- What is the value of modern life? What has altered our achievements, behavior, and values? Although humanity continues to survive, what will be our lasting impressions of the Information Age? Discover in New Century Poems the complex and primitive motivations of the natural and artificial ecosystems of 21st century California.
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