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Excerpts From "Morning, Noon, And Night", Charles Hartman

English Faculty Publications

Presents the poems "Syzygy," "Offering," and "Giving," excerpts from "Morning Noon and Night," by Charles O. Hartman.

Flarr Pages #33: The God And The Bailadeira (An Indian Legend): Translation Of Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt

FLARR Pages

No abstract provided.

Flarr Pages #32: Translating Goethe: Der Gott Und Die Bajadere And Schubert's Musical Rendition, Edith Borchardt

FLARR Pages

No abstract provided.

Flarr Pages #34: Elements Of Hindu Myth In Goethe's "Der Gott Und Die Bajadere", Edith Borchardt

FLARR Pages

Central to Goethe's ballad, "Der Gott und die Bajadere" ["The God and the Bailadeira"] are two Indian customs: l) the tradition of the "Devadasi" in local Hindu temples and 2) the tradition of "Sati" (= wife) immolation, both cultural practices now forbidden by law but still practiced in some parts of India.

Natural Trouble, Scott Hightower

Poetry

Natural Trouble continues Scott Hightower’s investigation begun in Tin Can Tourist. Themes of inheritance extend through changes of landscape and bad weather to hungers, urgencies, inequities, and bereavements. Hightower also reminds us that the practice of writing is at the core of democracy: poetry seeks a foundation in the truth of the individual, guaranteed and restored through the integrity of language.

Agamemnon's Test Of The Army In Iliad Book 2 And The Function Of Homeric Akhos, Erwin F. Cook

Classical Studies Faculty Research

I offer a reading of the Diapeira episode based on the semantics and thematics of akhos. My findings resolve a crux at 2.171, where Homer identifies akhos as the reason Odysseus is not launching his ship. Homer clearly signposts the nature of Odysseus' akhos as grief over loss of time in Athene's subsequent speech to him, but the reference is proleptic and has consequently eluded the commentators.

Mary Margaret In A Black And White Photograph, Paul M. Bush

Academic Support Division Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Using Music To Teach The Sounds Of Poetry: Some User-Friendly Advice For The Non-Musician, Jayme Stayer

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

I will offer some suggestions here that address both the gap in our teaching of poetic sounds and the fears and prejudices of students. While I do foist, unapologetically, the entire apparatus of poetic terminology on my students, my use of music to reinforce such concepts is supplemental and non-technical. In fact, much of my use of music in the Introduction to Literature classroom has less to do with actually listening to CDs, and more to do with talking about what my students already know about music, and then applying that knowledge to poetry.

The Boy Who Would Be God, James Plath

Scholarship

The book features a collection of poetry by Illinois poets. The poem reprinted here is one two selections contributed by Plath.

Standing In The Reception Line At The Wedding Of My Ex-Wife, James Plath

Scholarship

The book features a collection of poetry by Illinois poets. The poem reprinted here is one two selections contributed by Plath.

Review Of "Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry", Marianne Rogoff

Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship

"From the center and edges of the vast and diverse landscape of contemporary Mexico, whose 'boundaries are largely the accidents of history,' the poets in Reversible Monuments ponder the limits of consciousness and search for meaning(s)."

The Living World, Politics, And Nation: Nature And Discourse In The Poetry Of Nicolás Guillén, Mark J. Mascia

Languages Faculty Publications

Through an analysis of key examples of Guillén's use of nature throughout his poetry, this article presents the argument that they all are fundamentally rooted in a configuration of nature as a living being and in an understanding of humanity's place as part of nature. For Guillén, nature is not simply something that he merely appreciates as a theme; rather, it is a vital element central to his view of the worid and to his development as a writer. The collections examined here are West Indies, Ltd., El son entero, and La paloma de vuelo popula.

Gender And The Gaze: Sor Juana, Lacan, And Spanish Baroque Poetry, Matthew D. Stroud

Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Research

There are few motifs more ubiquitous in Renaissance and Baroque poetry than those that link falling in love to the eyes. Based at least in part on Theophrastus, as Halstead has pointed out (113-20), this notion of love describes a process by which one is captivated by looking at the object of desire, prompting an exchange of humors or spirits. If the love is returned, both lovers feel complete and satisfied, but if the object of desire does not reciprocate, one feels empty because one has given one’s soul to another while receiving nothing in return.

Mother Mentor: A Tribute To Carolyn Ellis, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.

Faculty Publications

This poem honors the legacy and influence of the author's mentor, Carolyn Ellis, Distinguished University Professor, University of South Florida.

Manila Squater, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

I Go There Forever, Chikako D. Kumamoto

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Where Power Comes From (Brownout In Tondo), Tom Montgomery-Fate

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.