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The Grizzly, May 2, 2000, Stephanie Restine, Bradford Joyce, Emily Baltz, Diane Johnson, Dan Reimold, Jeff Church, Kevin Wilson, Stephanie Ott, Erny Hoke, Susan Patton, Fran Shaughnessy, Heather W. Gurk, Chris Calderelli
The Grizzly, May 2, 2000, Stephanie Restine, Bradford Joyce, Emily Baltz, Diane Johnson, Dan Reimold, Jeff Church, Kevin Wilson, Stephanie Ott, Erny Hoke, Susan Patton, Fran Shaughnessy, Heather W. Gurk, Chris Calderelli
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Asbestos Mess Hits Helfferich Hard • Commencement Set for UC Seniors • Douglass Davis, UC Alumnus and Faculty Member, Dead at 81 • Annual Spring Fling a High-Flying Success • Students Selected to Speak at 2000 Ursinus Graduation Ceremonies • Letters from the Editors • Final Exam Schedule • UC Female Reflects on the Horrors of the Freshman Fifteen • The Poet-Tree Grows at Ursinus • A New Chapter in the History Books: Newmaster Hurls the First Perfect Game in Centennial Conference History • UC Track Gears Up for Last Meet • Profile: Lisa Newmaster • Bears Capture Back-to-Back CC …
"Nothing Done!”: The Poet In Early Nineteenth-Century American Culture, Jill Anderson
"Nothing Done!”: The Poet In Early Nineteenth-Century American Culture, Jill Anderson
Jill E. Anderson
In this dissertation, I argue that early nineteenth-century American poets’ and readers’ interpretations of Romanticism shaped their understanding of the role poetry and its producers could play in a developing national culture. By examining the public careers and private sentiments of four male poets — William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jones Very — I analyze how each reconciled poetic vocation with the moral and economic obligations associated with the attainment of manhood. I locate these poets and their critics within specific historical discourses of aesthetic reception and production, focusing on the tensions and overlaps between …