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Prometheus's Role Of The Poet, Sarah M. Connelly
Prometheus's Role Of The Poet, Sarah M. Connelly
Student Publications
This essay examines the characterization of Prometheus in the opening speech of Prometheus Unbound, by Percy Shelley, through the lens of Shelley’s “Defense of Poetry” in order to argue Prometheus’ existence as a poet. By giving humanity wisdom and bridging the gap between logic and compassion, Prometheus becomes the point from which imagination, beauty, art, and poetry stems. Prometheus’ role developed into a model of morality and love in contrast to the fear and spite of Zeus, whose influence is reflected in the evils of mankind. Yet, through the torturous reign of Zeus, Prometheus transcends his hate by retracting his …
The Longest Night, Ted Olson
Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Robinson, Helen E., 1905-1986 And Ruth Robinson, 1897-1991 (Mss 437), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 437. Correspondence of Ruth and Helen E. Robinson, chiefly with cousins and other family members. Most of the letters are incoming Christmas cards filled with family information.
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914 (Sc 61), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 61. Manuscript poem entitled “The Censer Bowl” written by Simon Bolivar Buckner.
Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Gilbertine Douglass, 1914-2008 (Mss 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 435. Correspondence, autograph albums, travel accounts and other miscellaneous material of Franklin, Kentucky native Gilbertine Moore. Moore owned a seed inspection business in Franklin and was interested in the arts, nature, and writing.
Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Whitaker, Matilda Lucretia, 1841-1892 (Mss 434), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 434. Photocopies of the Civil War diaries of Matilda Lucretia Whitaker, Grove Spring, Logan County, Kentucky. Whitaker sympathized with the South and noted the activities of Confederate troops in Russellville. Poetry and songs are also included.
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Twitchell, Jacob Paul, 1909-1971 (Mss 433), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 433. Correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and publications including prose and poetry of Jacob Paul Twitchell, a native of Paducah. Includes World War II correspondence with his wife, Camille, and letters to family, friends, as well as with editors and publishers.
The Ecological Dimension Of Natalia Toledo Paz’S Poetry, Ida Day
The Ecological Dimension Of Natalia Toledo Paz’S Poetry, Ida Day
Modern Languages Faculty Research
This essay explores the position and contribution of Natalia Toledo Paz, one of the most recognized contemporary poets in the native languages of Mexico, to the field of environmental ethics in local and global contexts. I focus on her bilingual works, written in Spanish and Zapotec, Ca gunaa gubidxa, ca gunaa guiiba’risaca/Mujeres de sol, mujeres de oro (2002) and Guie’yaase’/Olivo negro (2005), which revive the traditions, the poet’s memories, the nature, and the spirituality of her native Juchitán. Her focus on the Juchitec women have extended and deepened the mission of contemporary indigenous writers by incorporating the concerns of Latin …
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Galloway, John Marshall, 1844-1937 (Sc 519), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 519. Business papers of John M. Galloway, lawyer and judge of Bowling Green, Kentucky, which include petition for election to enable county to purchase railroad stock, 1889; 1890 stock certificates and a 1901 deposition related to Warren Deposit Bank; Peter Perkins’ will, 1891; judgeship certificate, 1903; newspaper clippings and photos kept by Mrs. Galloway, 1873-1930.
Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Murrey, Loretta (Martin) (Mss 429), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 429. Interviews conducted by Loretta (Martin) Murrey, professor of English at Western Kentucky University, with poet Joy Bale Boone. Includes transcriptions, summaries, and cassette tapes (32). The interviews emphasize biographical information and descriptions of Boone's influence as a poet and literary activist.
Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bate, Richard Alexander, 1871-1956 (Sc 2625), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2625. Narrative poem by Richard Alexander Bate, Louisville, Kentucky, written to honor the life and career of Revolutionary War sailor Commodore Richard Taylor.
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 515. Letter, 17 January 1926, from Cale Young Rice, Louisville, Kentucky, to Mrs. Grayot? giving permission to reprint some of his poetry in the magazine "The Club Woman." Also includes some of his comments concerning poetry.
Kreuzberg/Calvary, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
Kreuzberg/Calvary, Utz Rachowski, Michael Ritterson
German Studies Faculty Publications
Utz Rachowski's poem "Kreuzberg," first published in 1995, appears here in English translation surrounded by the work of much younger talents.
No Man’S Land, Kelsey C. Boyce
No Man’S Land, Kelsey C. Boyce
Student Publications
This poem is inspired by a set of letters between Jes Jerry Jessen and his sister Helen during his time as a soldier during World War I.
Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tynes, Lillian Iona, 1925-2010 (Mss 431), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 431. Sundry items from Lillian Iona Tynes’s childhood and adolescence in Russellville, Kentucky, including greeting and holiday cards, correspondence, diaries, report cards, programs from school functions, news clippings, church programs, and more.
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Western, William Wallace, 1834-1870 (Sc 736), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 736. “Prison Pastime: A Poem,” written by William W. Western, a Memphis, Tennessee Confederate while in Canada during the Civil War. Privately printed, updated, and dedicated to Henry H. Skiles, a lawyer friend of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes typescripted letters of Western, written from Canada, discussing his poems and his uncertain future.
Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Brooks, Attie Frances (Riggs), 1871-1946 (Sc 2577), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2577. Typescript copies of a few letters from Attie Riggs Brooks, Utica, Kentucky, to Gayle R. Carver, Greenville, Kentucky, enclosing typescript copies of several poems and articles as well as a short biography.
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Towles, Susan Starling, 1861-1954 (Sc 2595), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2595. Typescript article, poetry, and general information about Nancy Ann (Morgan) Hart, Fishdam Ford, Georgia,
Revolutionary War heroine. Also two poems which mention Hart written by poet, Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Georgia.
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hays, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907 (Sc 2603), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2603. Chiefly typescript copies of letters from William Shakespeare Hays, Louisville, Kentucky, to Jess and Sue Barkley, Greenville, Kentucky, and a few selected poems. Poems include "Insured", "Sunday Morning", "Eli's Thanksgiving", etc. Also included is general biographical information about Hays.
Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Averitt, Lewis H., 1812-1872 (Sc 710), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 710. Manuscript book of 30 poems written by Dr. Lewis H. Averitt physician of Caledonia, Trigg County, Kentucky, between 1840-1872. Several of the poems are about the Whig Party in Kentucky, 1842-1843.
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Rice, Cale Young, 1872-1943 (Sc 484), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 484. An autographed letter to Mr. Blodgett stating that he never saves his manuscripts, 6 March 1917, and a poem entitled “Silence,” 1 November.
Forecast, Dean Rader
Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Sc 2546), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2546. Laura Elizabeth Richardson’s notebook containing holographic notes about the history of quilting. Notebook includes hand executed quilt pattern images in ink, poems, definitions of quilting terms, and textile descriptions. Includes notes about the provenance of Richardson’s quilt collectionand her furniture.
Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Smith, Esther (Lamastus), 1907-1994 (Sc 2544), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2544. Reminiscences of Esther (Lamastus) Smith of her family and childhood on a farm in Butler County, Kentucky. Smith provides family information and covers topics such as livestock raising, school games, spinning wool, transportation, telephone service, hair styles and other aspects of rural life. Includes poems, presumably by Smith.
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 550), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 550. Letter, 19 March 1949, to Marjorie Clagett, Bowling Green, Kentucky, from poet David Morton, Deerfield, Massachusetts, concerning his visit to Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green. Also, a printed copy of one of his poems as requested. Morton was originally from Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky.
Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ellis, Perry Canby, 1867-1925 (Sc 553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 553. Booklet compiled by Perry Canby Ellis, chiefly about George Rogers Clark, which contains pictures and original poetry by Ellis and also contains some information about poet Henry C. Blount as well as biographical information about Ellis.
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Obenchain, Lida (Calvert), 1856-1935 (Sc 578), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 578. Photocopies of a letter written by Lida (Calvert) Obenchain, author, from Dallas, Texas, to Otto Rothert, author, Louisville, Kentucky, which contains literary and family information; an article written by Mrs. Obenchain and published in McCall’s Magazine; and some biographical notes.
Performing Poetry: Managing Tone, Pitch, Volume And Rate, Erin Micklo
Performing Poetry: Managing Tone, Pitch, Volume And Rate, Erin Micklo
Understanding Poetry
This lesson teaches students the importance of varying the tone, pitch, rate and volume of their voices when performing a poem. Emphasizing different words and varying the delivery will alter the meaning of the poem that the students are reading. This is in preparation for the Poet Laureate presentations, when they will read aloud their poet’s poem, reflecting their group’s interpretation of the poem.
A Poet’S Cento: Reflecting On The Written Word Through Writing, Nicole Trackman
A Poet’S Cento: Reflecting On The Written Word Through Writing, Nicole Trackman
Understanding Poetry
Students will create their own cento using lines from poetry discussed in class during a poetry unit. In a short analysis, students reflect on the lines of poetry that they chose to include as well as their process as a poet. This lesson allows the students to become even more familiar with their previously studied work while working through the writing process as an author. The short reflective analysis prompts students to be metacognative about their process and product. This lesson is best used at the end of a poetry unit.
The "Purposes" Of Poetry, Tracy A. Townsend
The "Purposes" Of Poetry, Tracy A. Townsend
Understanding Poetry
This classroom discussion-oriented lesson, which takes between sixty to seventy minutes, exposes students to two very different poetic styles and voices (William Carlos Williams and T.S. Eliot) and challenges them to think about their own relationship to poetry. This is a useful lesson to work into the beginning of a longer unit on poetry, and can be used as a preparatory discussion for unveiling the Laureate Project assessment to your students (also available on the Digital Commons). This lesson is suitable for grades 9-12.