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Radical Nomad: C. Wright Mills and His Times.(Book review)
Social Forces
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March 1, 2008|
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Radical Nomad: C. Wright Mills and His Times
By Tom Hayden
Paradigm Publishers, 2006. 212 pages. $65 (cloth), $18.95 (paper)
A first glance at this book might give the impression of a nostalgia-fest for those of a certain age--born, say, in the mid 1930s--who were young enough to look up to Mills as a hero, but old enough not to be too damagingly swept into the '60s inferno themselves. Their ages also kept them from service in either WWII or Korea, and by the time Viet Nam erupted, they were too old to be drafted--in some ways a lucky generation. ...
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Sumer Is Icumen In.(The Week)(Poem)
Magazine article from: National Review
; SUMER IS ICUMEN IN The Reform party nominates Nader. Like cicadas, the kooks are in voice. Feeling better, Karl's color's returning. Kerry...
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Mood imperative: the Cuckoo, the Latin lyrics, and the "Cuckoo Song".(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly
; ...Middle English rondellus or rota "Sumer is icumen in "--often referred to as...its date and meanings. (2) "Sumer is icumen in" is frequently anthologized...notation. (4) The context for "Sumer is icumen in" includes Latin words for...
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Textual Situations: Three Medieval Manuscripts and their Readers.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review
; ...miscellany long treasured by scholars for its copy of 'Sumer is Icumen In'; and third, British Library, MS Royal 10...naivety of the culture in which the Reading copy of 'Sumer is Icumen In' was made. It would also be possible to criticize...
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Man of mystery; answers to correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...the popular old English song Sumer Is Icumen In. What are the words and origins of this song? SUMER is icumen in, lhude sing, cuccu (Summer...s Passion. The lyrics are: Sumer is icumen in, lhude sing, cuccu; groweth...
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Such a cuckoo day - but the Portobello gowk storm has yet to come
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...Cuckoo, cuckoo". In fact that most identifiable of bird calls figures in the earliest of known English folk songs, Sumer Is Icumen In, which cult film- goers among you will know as the anthem sung by Christopher Lee and company as they dance round...
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CD Reviews: Lil' Ed is living large
Newspaper article from: Norridge News (IL)
; ...Cooking Vinyl) Really, he's not kidding. Hard-rocking folk-rocker Richard Thompson covers everything from "Sumer Is Icumen In" to "Oops!... I Did It Again" with not only a straight face but amazing vigor in this two-CD, one-DVD...
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VISIONS OF BOB A RATHER LEARNED FAN OFFERS NEW INTERPRETATION OF DYLAN BY CHARLES MCGRATH NEW YORK TIMES.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...and Eliot's early poems; anthologies of Victorian verse and of English poetry from the anonymous author of ``Sumer is icumen in'' to Seamus Heaney. In a corner by the desk there is also a boombox. Ricks brings this to lectures when he...
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Books for summer reading.
Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan
; It's June again, and "Sumer is icumen in." And with it comes that treasured leisure time for reading that most educators long for throughout the hectic school year...
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Crisis call of the cuckoo; Population plunges as 'host' nests vanish.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...the cuckoo has been welcomed as a herald of spring. As far back as the 13th century, the celebrated English song Sumer Is Icumen contained the famous line: 'Sing cuckoo - sing now.' But this year, its familiar sound may be muted nationwide...
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Oldies that go way back; Thompson's timeless hits.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(RIFFS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...projects since 1980. "1,000 Years of Popular Music" includes the oldest known round in the English language, "Sumer is Icumen In,", first written down by John Farnsette, a monk at Reading Abbey in the mid-13th century. Mr. Thompson...
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