Essays Tagged: "revivals"

Mormonism

he Mormon religion is that it was the first church to have begun in the United States.Following the revivals of the 1800's, religion entered a temporary decline in Western New York, reawakened in 1807 ... churches such as the Congregationalists. Not surprisingly, as all of these churches participated in revivals, there was plenty of squabbling to go around.Joseph Smith Jr. was born in Sharon, Vermont, ...

(19 pages) 193 0 4.1 Jan/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, the play that became "a black musical"

usic was of black origin.Musical comedies seemed to be out of fashion in the 20's due to the dismal revivals of 'Shuffle Along' and 'Blackbirds'. Black dramas with music, and particularly spirituals, ...

(8 pages) 112 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening.

its climax ten years later in 1740. What exactly was the Great Awakening? It was a wave of religion revivals sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. The beginnin ...

(6 pages) 188 0 2.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"A Shopkeeper's Millennium", by Paul. E. Johnson. A brief synopsis and summary of the book.

Paul. E. Johnson, a closer look is taken at the society of Rochester and how it was affected by the revivals from 1815 to 1837. He does this by looking at the Rochester Directory, church records, and ... her documents from the city of Rochester. Yet, more importantly the author tries to explain why the revivals even took place. Johnson's theories that present themselves in the book contract Tocquevill ...

(3 pages) 207 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Leontyne Price, her accomplishments.

attending Central State University, she went to Julliard. While attending Julliard, she appeared in revivals of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess and Four Saints in Three Acts, by Virgil Thomson. The Porgy an ...

(2 pages) 46 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Discuss the Historical and Social context of America in 1980s in relation to "Moonstruck"?

a time for an increased interest in the arts including museums, artworks and the theatre. Broadway revivals were also common, where classics were revived using modern actors. This interest is notably ...

(2 pages) 20 1 3.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Growing

GROWING THROUGHOUT THE REVIVALS The Irish Literary Revival (1890-1920), The Southern Revival (1920-1950), and the Harlem Re ...

(11 pages) 16 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critique of the Irish Taxation Budget

licy is to cease.Corporation TaxPositives:~ With the flagging Irish economy not making any signs of revivals it was imperative that the Government leave the corporation tax rate untouched at 12.5%. Wi ...

(8 pages) 13 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Baskervilles Impacts and Influences on Society

University Press, and in 1923 in England for the British Monotype Company as part of it program of revivals. Baskerville was also used in 1996 as the basis for the Mrs Eaves typeface. The Canadian go ...

(2 pages) 2346 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Design Arts

Innovation, Design, and Creativity

ovation. In fact, many ideas, methods, and programs that are assumed to be innovations are actually revivals of ideas, methods, and programs that were tried 50 or 100 years earlier"(Innovation, 2007). ...

(2 pages) 57 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers