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We Came And We Brought Our Own Furniture, Luke J. Bloomfield
We Came And We Brought Our Own Furniture, Luke J. Bloomfield
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Luke Bloomfield received his BA in French and Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2007. We Came and We Brought Our Own Furniture is a collection of poetry that represents the accumulation of three years of writing in Amherst and Northampton, Massachusetts.
(Evol)Ution Is Love Spelled Backwards, Erica Monteiro
(Evol)Ution Is Love Spelled Backwards, Erica Monteiro
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
erica monteiro’s collection, (evol)ution is love spelled backwards, is book of poetry created to give readers a glimpse into the personal politics of a woman of color coming into her own. The selected pieces are written as a journey through the writer’s heart. monteiro creates a mosaic through lyrical prose that is both tangible and illusive. Some of her pieces speak to current contemporary issues as in the poem “goodnight obama”, and others deal strictly with matters of love, as in “the last hurrah”. Each poem is flavored by its own unique brand of language reminiscent of twentieth century urban …
The Go-Tsuchimikado Shinkan-Bon ~ Izumi Shikibu Shū: A Translation Of The Poems And An Analysis Of Their Sequence, Lisa Nelson
The Go-Tsuchimikado Shinkan-Bon ~ Izumi Shikibu Shū: A Translation Of The Poems And An Analysis Of Their Sequence, Lisa Nelson
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
The Go-Tsuchimikado Shinkan-bon ~ Izumi Shikibu Shū is a 15th century manuscript of 150 poems by the 10th/11th century poet, Izumi Shikibu. This thesis includes translations for all 150 poems with detailed translation notes and an examination of the arrangement of the poems. It seems likely that the Shinkan-bon would have been organized in a sequence that links poems together in such a way as to create a larger poetical work for the collection as a whole. Sequences are developed through a natural progression of temporal and spatial elements in the poems, as well as connections through mood, theme, imagery, …