Westminster College During the mid-1800s, a small band of farsighted men convened to form a college for “the mental and moral training of youth.” They also pledged that “no person will be refused admission on account of Color, Caste or Sex.” This was a bold move on the eve of the Civil War. As Presbyterian Church representatives, the founders selected the name Westminster Collegiate Institute. In 1852, Westminster became the first integrated and unrestricted coeducational college in the country. Today it is one of America’s most admired small liberal arts colleges. Westminster remains on the cutting edge of teaching and learning while valuing the interaction between faculty and students. The New Wilmington campus has been home to successive generations of scholars who have gone on to excel ina wide range of endeavors. Westminster College serves as a tribute to the school’s past and present students, preserving the images of their specialmemories and favorite places.
American Tantalus
Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Title:American TantalusISBN13:9781501319624ISBN10:1501319620Author:Warnes, Andrew (Author)Description:American Tantalus Argues That Modern Us Fictions Often Grow Preoccupied By Tantalisation This Keyword Might Seem Commonplace; Thesauruses, Certainly, Often Lump It In With Tease And Torment In Their General Inventories Of Desire Such Lists, However, Mislead Just As Most Us Dictionaries Have In Fact Long Recognised Tantalise’s Origins In The Odyssey, So They Have Defined It As The Unique Desire We Feel For Objects That (Like The Fruit And Water Once Cruelly Placed Before Tantalus) Lie Within Our Reach Yet Withdraw From Our Attempts To Touch Them On These Terms, American Tantalus Shows, Tantalise Not Only Describes A Particular Kind Of Thwarted Desire, But Also One That Dominates Modern Us Fiction To A Remarkable Extent For This Term Specifically Evokes The Yearning To Touch Alienated Or Virginal Objects That We Find Examined By F Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Cade Bambara, Richard Wright And Toni Morrison; And It Also Indicates The Insatiable Pursuit Of The Horizon So Important To Willa Cather And Edith Wharton Among Others This Eclectic Canon Indeed Prefers The Dictionary To The Thesaurus: Unreachable Destinations And Untouched Commodities Here Indeed Tantalise, Inviting Gestures Of Inquiry From Which They Then Recoil This Focus, While Lodging Cycles Of Tantalisation At The Very Heart Of American Myth, Holds Profound Implications For Our Understanding Of Modernity, And, In Particular, Of The Cultural Genesis Of The Commodity As A Form Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:BLOOMSBURY 3PLPublication Date:2016-04-21Weight:0.63 lbsDimensions:0.44” H x 9.02” L x 5.98” WNumber of Pages:208Language:English