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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel
I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.
The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.
Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.
I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.
Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...
#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh -- Franz Werfel
I read this 1933 novel a little while ago. It's a long, one might almost say sprawling, fiction of an Armenian community's 1915 resistance to the genocide enacted by the.Young Turks.
The narrative of a community under siege is gripping, but the novel also deals with complex themes of identity, community, and nationality. As one might expect from a German speaking Jew who grew up in the capital of the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary, Werfel's treatment of the themes of nationalism and cosmopolitanism are, thankfully, never simplistic.
Obviously , much of the book's significance rests on it being an early literary response to the Armenian genocide. I'm sure that a horrified desire to learn about this campaign of persecution, exile, and killing accounts for much of the success that this book achieved in the US market on its publication in 1934. A readiness to learn about a gruesome episode in the "war to end all wars" probably played a part too in boosting sales.
I would also hazard a guess that for many readers in the thirties, the novel's story of a community's survival, albeit at a terrible price, could be seen as a parallel for the survival by individuals,families, and cities of the unprecedented hardships and upheavals of the Great Depression. The success of "Gone With The Wind" comes to mind.
Another parallel that now seems eerily prescient is that of...
#Books #Fiction #Novels #FortyDaysOfMusaDagh #FranzWerfel #LiteratureInGerman #ArmenianGenocide #20thCenturyLiterature #1930s #GreatDepression
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In 100 years, what will people remember of our time?
Think back, what stands out
#WWI. #GreatDepression. Of course there's other stories. These stand out
In 100 years, people will not immediately think #COVID. Or #Trump
They will think #Ukraine
Recognize the most stirring story of our time
Ukraine faced down formidable mass murdering ethnofascist madness
And won
"It’s the new reality. There is no major #oilRefinery left in #Russia that has not been struck by Ukraine"
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In 100 years, what will people remember of our time?
Think back, what stands out
#WWI. #GreatDepression. Of course there's other stories. These stand out
In 100 years, people will not immediately think #COVID. Or #Trump
They will think #Ukraine
Recognize the most stirring story of our time
Ukraine faced down formidable mass murdering ethnofascist madness
And won
"It’s the new reality. There is no major #oilRefinery left in #Russia that has not been struck by Ukraine"
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People share the frugal habits they learned from relatives who lived through the Great Depression
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Backfiring propaganda
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2174683/backfiring-propaganda
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Backfiring propaganda
https://piefed.social/c/tankiejerk/p/2174680/backfiring-propaganda
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Openly queer jazz singer Gladys Bentley (left) and jazz band leader Willie Bryant (right), USA, 1936
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Openly queer jazz singer Gladys Bentley (left) and jazz band leader Willie Bryant (right), USA, 1936
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#History #American #Horses #Mano’War #GreatDepression #Symbol #Democracy #Hope #Video #alt
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
250 WE ARE AMERICANS 1 minute video
MAN O’WAR -NARRATED BY GOVERNOR ANY BESHEAR
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#History #American #Horses #Mano’War #GreatDepression #Symbol #Democracy #Hope #Video #alt
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
250 WE ARE AMERICANS 1 minute video
MAN O’WAR -NARRATED BY GOVERNOR ANY BESHEAR
A GREAT DEPRESSION SYMBOL OF HOPE -
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https://blanton.emuseum.com/objects/14537/dance-marathon
Although subtlety is not one of the virtues of Philip Evergood's 1934 "Dance Marathon", viewers today might well require an explanation of what dance marathons were in order to understand the picture.
Once the subject is clarified, the picture provides an excellent starting point for thinking about art and the Great Depression and the possibilities and problems of "political" art then and now.
"Dance Marathon" also offers a way into some important literature of the twenties and thirties, since a dance marathon is central to hardboiled writer Horace McCoy's 1935 novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
#DanceMarathon #PhilipEvergood #Art #USArt #AmericanArt #20thCenturyArt #1930s #GreatDepression #HoraceMcCoy #TheyShootHorsesDontThey #SocialRealism
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https://blanton.emuseum.com/objects/14537/dance-marathon
Although subtlety is not one of the virtues of Philip Evergood's 1934 "Dance Marathon", viewers today might well require an explanation of what dance marathons were in order to understand the picture.
Once the subject is clarified, the picture provides an excellent starting point for thinking about art and the Great Depression and the possibilities and problems of "political" art then and now.
"Dance Marathon" also offers a way into some important literature of the twenties and thirties, since a dance marathon is central to hardboiled writer Horace McCoy's 1935 novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?".
#DanceMarathon #PhilipEvergood #Art #USArt #AmericanArt #20thCenturyArt #1930s #GreatDepression #HoraceMcCoy #TheyShootHorsesDontThey #SocialRealism
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#History #Iowa #GreatDepression #Bricks
I’m aiming to make a post in my blog before the month is over. Possible titles are:
“And the Brick Played On”
or
“The Brick Abides”Specifically, this brick (and about 160 more just like it):
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#History #Iowa #GreatDepression #Bricks
I’m aiming to make a post in my blog before the month is over. Possible titles are:
“And the Brick Played On”
or
“The Brick Abides”Specifically, this brick (and about 160 more just like it):
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1938 Richmond tobacco workers protest over wages and housing inequality
📰 Original title: Woman Standing on a Street Holding a Sign Reading “OUR BOSS OWNS 77 HOUSES — WE CAN’T PAY RENT”
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/1938-richmond-tobacco-workers-protest-over-wages-and-housing-inequality.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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1938 Richmond tobacco workers protest over wages and housing inequality
📰 Original title: Woman Standing on a Street Holding a Sign Reading “OUR BOSS OWNS 77 HOUSES — WE CAN’T PAY RENT”
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/1938-richmond-tobacco-workers-protest-over-wages-and-housing-inequality.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social
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A teacher asked 7th graders the worst part of the 80s, and their answers have us howling
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/students-answer-questions-ex1/
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Long-winded but bloody awful scary for us peons, as the world trembles on the edge of a huge AI crash https://audio.transistor.fm/m/shows/34789/bfe9ca8362d659bf3a70b3d146ea329d.mp3#t=200 #AI #GreatDepression
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"I GOT YOUR 'INTERSTATE COMMERCE' RIGHT HERE"
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2025873/i-got-your-interstate-commerce-right-here
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"I GOT YOUR 'INTERSTATE COMMERCE' RIGHT HERE"
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2025869/i-got-your-interstate-commerce-right-here
