Homage to Americans

Homage to Americans: Mile-high Meditations, Close Readings, and Time-spanning Speculations / 273-page paperback / 5.38" x 8.5" / ISBN 978-1-58988-062-7 Publication Date: November 2010 In Homage to Americans, her latest collection of essays and lectures, Eva Brann explores the roots and essence of our American ways. In "Mile-High Meditations," her flight's late departure from the Denver airport prompts a consideration of her manner of waiting (i.e., "being"). As she looks around, she notes (and compares to her own) the ways her fellow travelers pass their time. These observations lead her to wonder how each of us lives with ourselves and how we live together—and put up with one another. With these questions in mind, the next two essays carefully examine two famous political documents that have shaped American self-understanding: James Madison's "Memorial and Remonstrance," which is the essential argument for separation of church and state; and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, which enlarge