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Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark
debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More
than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are,
however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in
historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular they,
women invoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote
(while those opposed to women's rights asserted that he did not
include she) and people have been coining new gender pronouns for
centuries. An essential work in understanding how 21st century
culture has evolved, What's Your Pronoun? chronicles the story of
the role pronouns have played-and continue to play-in establishing
both our rights and our identities.
Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark
debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More
than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are,
however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron puts them in
historical context, noting that Shakespeare used singular they,
women invoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote
(while those opposed to women's rights asserted that he did not
include she) and people have been coining new gender pronouns for
centuries. An essential work in understanding how 21st century
culture has evolved, What's Your Pronoun? chronicles the story of
the role pronouns have played-and continue to play-in establishing
both our rights and our identities.
The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has
always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This
raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech
actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's
calls for speech legislation and places it into historical
perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to
explain the historical context of laws regulating speech. Over
time, the freedom to speak has grown, the ways in which we
communicate have evolved due to technology, and our ideas about
speech protection have been challenged as a result. Now more than
ever, we are living in a free speech paradox: powerful speakers
weaponize their rights in order to silence those less-powerful
speakers who oppose them. By understanding how this situation has
developed, we can stand up to these threats to the freedom of
speech.
The novels of Paul Auster-finely wrought, self-reflexive, filled
with doublings, coincidences, and mysteries-have captured the
imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of
contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book
devoted to the works of Auster, Dennis Barone has assembled an
international group of scholars who present twelve essays that
provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings. The
authors explore connections between Auster's poetry and fiction,
the philosophical underpinnings of his writing, its relation to
detective fiction, and its unique embodiment of the postmodern
sublime. Their essays provide the fullest analysis available of
Auster's themes of solitude, chance, and paternity found in works
such as The Invention of Solitude, City of Glass, Ghosts, The
Locked Room, In the Country of Last Things, Moon Palace, The Music
of Chance, and Leviathan. This volume includes contributions from
Pascal Bruckner, Marc Chenetier, Norman Finkelstein, Derek Rubin,
Madeleine Sorapure, Stephen Bernstein, Tim Woods, Steven
Weisenburger, Arthur Saltzman, Eric Wirth, and Motoyuki Shibata.
The extensive bibliography, prepared by William Drenttel, will
greatly benefit both scholars and general readers.
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After Math
Dennis Barone
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Literary Nonfiction. Edited by Dennis Barone and Peter Covino, this
volume collects and expands on many of the ideas explored during
the widely influential Italian American Discussion Group of the
Modern Language Association, in existence ten-plus years. Scholarly
writing about Italian American literature and culture has arguably
entered its second fully and critically engaged decade of sustained
conversation and inquiry. This collection of essays endeavors to
highlight the vitality of these inquiries and offer suggestions for
continuing research and enjoyment.Contributors: Michael
AntonucciNancy Caronia, Jim Cocola, Joseph Conte, John Domini,
Tracy Floreani, Kathleen McCormick, Gina Miele, and Roseanne
Giannini Quinn.
"The Wit of William Shakespeare" uncovers the hidden wit that acts
as a framework for the dialogue in all of the Shakespeare plays and
was the inspiration for his imagination and invention.
Barone, a professor of English and director of the American Studies
Program at Saint Joseph College, presents a study of
Italian-American narrative.
New Hungers for Old is a remarkable achievement. Individually
evocative and collectively superb, the poems illuminate an immense
variety of Italian American voices and experiences. Yet they also
extend well beyond the scope of a single ethnic category. This is
that rare, thoughtful anthology for all readers wishing to reflect
on the treasures and tragedies of the universal human
condition.Chandra Prasad, author of On Borrowed Wings: A Novel end
editor of Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial
ExperienceDennis Barone has produced a book of great beauty and
importance that should be read by anyone who cares about American
as well as Italian American writing. It offers a cornucopia of
remarkable poems by generations of Italian American poets whose
work mirrors the evolution of American forms from realism through
postmodernism. Including famous and emerging younger talents, New
Hungers for Old underscores a distinctive intersection of heritage
and the larger culture in the flavor of its innovations. The
dazzling variety of poems share an infatuation with life itself -
the gifts and pleasures it bestows, the harsh toll it exacts, the
rebellions it provokes and the revelations of spirit that erupt
from felt experience. It is a landmark collection that is essential
reading.Josephine G. Hendin, Professor of English and Tiro A Segno
Professor of Italian American Studies, New York University
I have organized Parallel Lines somewhat chronologically. There are
stylistic (not thematic) groupings which break the chronology and
there are repetitions, such as a number of "breath" poems, which go
counter to the breaks and provide connections. The longest poem,
'Scarf', wanders and a scarf, as you know, can be wrapped around
anything, any subject. Or a scarf can be comforting, keep you warm,
or make you fashionable. Or it might be used by the magician for
conjuring acts. (Dennis Barone)
This volume consists of a selection of 14 scholarly works examining
the urban experience of Italian Americans in small towns and big
cities, out of the approximately 60 stimulating papers presented at
the 41st annual Conference of the American Italian Historical
Association, held in 2008.
A lively history of the sexual biases that exist in our language
and a fascinating account of past and present efforts to correct
these biases by reforming usage and vocabulary. "A valuable
contribution to the politics of linguistics.... Fun to
read."-Publishers Weekly "That readers' awareness of their own
opinions is sharpened constitutes one of the positive values of the
book."-Charles Sleeth, Times Literary Supplement "Based on thorough
and sound scholarship, this work should have wide appeal in the
academic community."-Library Journal "What we learn from Baron's
insights into our words' past meanings can help us make them say
what we want them to for the future."-Beryl Lieff Benderly,
Psychology Today "Chock full of good research on the subject that
continues to be vital to all human beings. Baron's historical
treatment gives depth and perspective to readers who are interested
in a dignified approach to male/female communicative
interactions."-Mary Ritchie Key, University of California, Irvine
"There are a great many books on the subject of male-female
language differences but none is based on such sound historical
scholarship. Grammar and Gender will become a major source for
other treatments of sexist language."-Richard W. Bailey, University
of Michigan
Computers, now the writer's tool of choice, are still blamed by
skeptics for a variety of ills, from speeding writing up to the
point of recklessness, to complicating or trivializing the writing
process, to destroying the English language itself. A Better Pencil
puts our complex, still-evolving hate-love relationship with
computers and the internet into perspective, describing how the
digital revolution influences our reading and writing practices,
and how the latest technologies differ from what came before. The
book explores our use of computers as writing tools in light of the
history of communication technology, a history of how we love,
fear, and actually use our writing technologies-not just computers,
but also typewriters, pencils, and clay tablets. Dennis Baron shows
that virtually all writing implements-and even writing itself-were
greeted at first with anxiety and outrage: the printing press
disrupted the "almost spiritual connection" between the writer and
the page; the typewriter was "impersonal and noisy" and would
"destroy the art of handwriting." Both pencils and computers were
created for tasks that had nothing to do with writing. Pencils,
crafted by woodworkers for marking up their boards, were quickly
repurposed by writers and artists. The computer crunched numbers,
not words, until writers saw it as the next writing machine. Baron
also explores the new genres that the computer has launched: email,
the instant message, the web page, the blog, social-networking
pages like MySpace and Facebook, and communally-generated texts
like Wikipedia and the Urban Dictionary, not to mention YouTube.
Here then is a fascinating history of our tangled dealings with a
wide range of writing instruments, from ancient papyrus to the
modern laptop. With dozens of illustrations and many colorful
anecdotes, the book will enthrall anyone interested in language,
literacy, or writing.
Should the United States declare English its official language? The
"English-only" question, which has plagued American citizens since
the founding of the country, has once again become the focus of
heated debate, with an English Language Amendment to the
Constitution pending in Congress since 1981. In this lively and
engrossing book, an often-quoted authority on the English language
provides the first comprehensive, historically based discussion of
this troubling issue. Dennis Baron dispassionately explores the
philosophical, legal, political, educational, and sociological
implications of the official-English movement, tracing the history
of American attitudes toward English and minority languages during
the past two centuries. Baron describes how battles to save English
or minority languages have been fought in the press, the schools,
the courts, and the legislatures of the country. According to
Baron, the impulse to impose English and limit other languages has
repeatedly arisen during periods of political or economic ferment,
when non-English speakers have been targeted as subversive,
unemployable, or otherwise resistant to assimilation. However, says
Baron, many supporters of the English Language Amendment are not
xenophobic but are people who believe in the ideal of one language
for one nation and who argue that mastery of English is the only
way to succeed in America. Baron discusses the recent background of
the English Language Amendment, explains the arguments on each
side, and assesses its future. His book will enable policymakers,
voters, legislators, and educators to better understand the complex
issues that surround the question of an official language for
America.
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Garnet Poems (Hardcover)
Dennis Barone; Contributions by Dick Allen
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Connecticut may be a small state, but it is large indeed in its
contribution to the nation's literature. Garnet Poems features
forty-two poets whose work has a strong connection to Connecticut.
The first major anthology of Connecticut poetry to appear since the
mid-nineteenth century, it includes the work of such notable poets
as Wallace Stevens, Lydia Sigourney, Mark Van Doren, Richard
Wilbur,
Susan Howe, and Elizabeth Alexander. Distinguished writer-scholar
Dennis Barone has supplemented the poems with an editor's preface,
notes that illuminate the poet's (or poem's) relation to the state,
and informative biographies. The book also features a foreword by
Dick Allen, the current Connecticut state poet laureate.
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