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The Taste Of Mathematics: Caroline Herschel At 31, Laura Long
The Taste Of Mathematics: Caroline Herschel At 31, Laura Long
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
The poem brings to life how Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) learned mathematics from her brother William as they began to work as professional astronomers.
Sardine Manifesto 7, Karin Spitfire
Sardine Manifesto 7, Karin Spitfire
The Catch
Poem about fisheries decline, Atlantic herring, sardines, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic cod
Figurehead, Jerry George
Figurehead, Jerry George
The Catch
Poem about ship's figurehead viewed in museum in Calais, Maine.
The Case, Nancy Tancredi
Hope, Valerie Lawson
Hope, Valerie Lawson
The Catch
Poem about cod and herring fishing, sardine canning in Downeast Maine.
An Apology For Confederate Poetry, Elizabeth J. Elliott '13
An Apology For Confederate Poetry, Elizabeth J. Elliott '13
The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era
This paper explores the reasons why poetry written in the Confederate states during the Civil War is rarely included in the American literary canon. Historians and literary critics have dismissed Confederate poetry as nothing more than jingoistic and sentimental "trash in rhyme." Nevertheless, poems buried in the mountains of Southern literary magazines and journals from the period tell a more nuanced story. Covering a wide and fascinating range of subjects, both good and bad Confederate poems aptly reflected how the Southern popular mind reacted to and dealt with the events of the war.