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Pain For Pen: Gaspara Stampa's Stile Novo, Amy R. Insalaco

Quidditas

The Italian critic and scholar, Benedetto Croce (1866–1952) dismisses Gaspara Stampa's Rime (1553) thus:

She was a woman; And usually a woman, when she is not given to ape men, uses poetry and submits it to her affections because she loves her lover or her own children more than poetry. The lazy practice of women is revealed in their scanty theoretical and contemplative power.

For him, Stampa’s poetry is somehow inferior to her male counterpart’s poetry because it lacks “theoretical and contemplative power.” This essay will analyze aspects of Stampa’s poetry which disprove this claim.

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.

Grace After Battle: World War One And The Poetry Of John Crowe Ransom, David A. Davis

The Kentucky Review

No abstract provided.

William Blake: An Integrated Teaching Approach, Shawn C. Gaspaire

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to explore the usefulness of providing integrated curricula in today's contemporary classroom. The literature review illustrates that integrated approaches to teaching improve classroom engagement rates, retention, and skill level across grade levels when compared to non-integrated environments. A tenweek model using William Blake as a catalyst is presented. The integrated approach using Blake incorporates history, English, the arts, vocational arts, communication, and the technologies. Implications of integrated curriculum and William Blake are discussed.

Review Of Nine Horses, By Billy Collins, Arthur Mcmaster

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

No abstract provided.

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.

Caller Id, Plamen Ivanov Arnaudov

LSU Master's Theses

As one might expect from a young poet writing at the turn of a millennium, recurrent in "Caller ID" is the theme of struggle with literary tradition and of seeing it as both necessary and constricting to the project of forging one's own creative identity. The collision between history and the self is visible in the often conflicted references to great philosophers and poets of the past as well as in the call for renewal of the body poetic after an envisioned 'end of history' marked by creative sterility and exhaustion. The proposed renewal does not entail destruction of tradition …

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.

Lights And Shadows - 2003, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

Darrell Grayson Creative Writing, 2003–2005, Darrell Grayson

Darrell Grayson Creative Writings

Selected writings of Darrell Grayson, composed between 2003 and 2005.

Darrell Grayson Poetry 2005–06, Darrell Grayson

Darrell Grayson Creative Writings

A selection of Grayson's poetry from 2003 to 2006.

Darrell Grayson Miscellaneous Creative Writings, Darrell Grayson

Darrell Grayson Creative Writings

A handwritten and typewritten collection of writings by Darrell Grayson.

Night Vision, Anne West, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

French fold pages, perfect bound in hard cover, enclosed in slipcase with magnetic flap closure. Box cover; cover; title page; interior pages and spreads. Anne West's poetry is lushly illustrated with images of night blooming flowers drawn by Deborah Wieder. The rich, fertile, earthy feminine side of life is embodied in the night garden.

Pecan Grove Review Volume 8, St. Mary's University

Pecan Grove Review

Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.

Poetry: An Intervention To Improve The Fluency And Comprehension Skills Of Reluctant Readers In The Primary Grades, Monica A. Boyko

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

This applied dissertation provided third grade reading students an opportunity to develop reading fluency and comprehension skills. These students had poor literacy skills as evidenced by their scores on standardized reading proficiency exams, report card ratings and reports from their previous instructors. The fluency and comprehension instruction that students received was not effective. Students were not making an emotional connection to the material they read.

Third-grade students were taught ways to apply both comprehension and fluency enhancing strategies to their reading. This was accomplished through weekly lessons focused on the poetry genre that enabled students to practice these skills in …

Lost Christmas Presence, Paul M. Bush

Academic Support Division Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Vol. Xxxix, No. 5: David Stacton, David R. Slavitt

The Hollins Critic

No abstract provided.

Calliope : Across The Disciplines (Fall 2002), Calliope

Calliope

Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, Visual Arts

Children's Dreams, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Poetry, Donald Johnson

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Wasps' Nest, Bob De Smith

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Late July, Jeri Schelhaas

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Lessons In Second Language, Lorna Van Gilst

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

One O'Clock Waltz, Bill Elgersma

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Jocund Day, Mike Vanden Bosch

Pro Rege

"Jocund Day" first appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of The Briar Cliff Review.

On Your Birthday, Dave, Bob De Smith

Pro Rege

For David Schelhaas on the occasion of his 60th birthday

All Nature Sings, David Schelhaas

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

At The Tia Nicota, Lorna Van Gilst

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Mother, Lorna Van Gilst

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Old Girls, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.