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Ua68/6 Newsletter #4, Wku English
Ua68/6 Newsletter #4, Wku English
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding faculty activities, awards and a poem Surprise! Surprise!
Et Cetera, Marshall University
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.
Contemporary Appalachian Poetry: Sources And Directions, George Ella Lyon
Contemporary Appalachian Poetry: Sources And Directions, George Ella Lyon
The Kentucky Review
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The Endlessly Elaborating Poem: A Comparative Study Of Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, And The American Experimental, Long Narrative Poem, Paul Freidinger
The Endlessly Elaborating Poem: A Comparative Study Of Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, And The American Experimental, Long Narrative Poem, Paul Freidinger
Masters Theses
Up to the middle of the nineteenth century, British and American poetry was expected to employ rigid metrical and rhythmical patterns. Any verse that did not conform was considered devoid of aesthetic merit. In addition, some critics, Edgar Allan Poe being one of those, argued that there was no place for a long poem in poetry. Walt Whitman and Wallace Stevens, two proponents of the long narrative poem, both wrote in free verse and, thus, directly confronted these traditional theories.
This study demonstrates that the verse of Whitman and Stevens constitutes a new approach to poetic style and structure. A …
From Ritual To Resurrection: The Exploratory Poetic Of Seamus Heaney, Susan L. Morris
From Ritual To Resurrection: The Exploratory Poetic Of Seamus Heaney, Susan L. Morris
Masters Theses
Heaney's poetry has grown and changed since the publication of his first collection of poetry, Death of a Naturalist. This paper is an attempt to present the development of Heaney's exploratory poetic which was created through his use of language and image, allowing him metaphorical vehicles for the examination of oppositions.
Heaney began his poetic exploration, or "dig," with the collections Death of a Naturalist and Door Into the Dark. The poetry presents nature images which represent Heaney's search into the unknown, the dark places. These images symbolize a searching for the imagination and for the purpose of …