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Argument In Poetry: (Re)Defining The Middle English Debate In Academic, Popular, And Physical Contexts, Kathleen R. Burt

Dissertations (1934 -)

The core problem that drives my dissertation is to find a definition for what has been called Middle English “debate poetry” that accounts for the wide variety of themes, topics, and styles which poems labeled as ‘debates’ cover. The limitations of overly focused and restrictive definitions of the term ‘debate poetry’ encountered by previous scholars illustrates the initial problem of using a generic term that lacks a common vocabulary or framework for discussion. The result has been that each scholar who investigated a poem linked to this tradition used a different definition suited to his or her particular text(s) of …

Ivy Leaves, Volume 89, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 2014 edition of the Anderson University journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Christopher Mauldin, Anna Falardeau, Jonathan Kurtz, Jordan Sears, J.E. Tankersley. Cody Rabideau, Laurie Epps, Christian Bare, Nichole Dorontich, Hunter Burton, Charity Reed, Joy Hiller, Sarah Leugemors, Rebekah Rhoden, Julia Madden, Dixie Hemingway, Gage LaGreca, Kenneth Keller, Justin Parker, Teresa Jones, and Tim Speaker. Cover art photography by Julia Madden and Heidi Pettit.

Volume 46 (2014), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2014 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Icy Down Shelter," was photographed by Les Brown. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Dennis Zaragoza. The Rash Awards, named in honor of Ron Rash, a 1976 graduate of Gardner-Webb University, are awarded annually for outstanding works in poetry and fiction. The 2013 award recipients are Tom Howard for his fiction work titled, “Grandfather Vampire” and Jessica Glover for …

Ua68/6/2/3 Potter College Of Arts & Letters English Student Organizations English Club, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records of the English Club including minute books, programs, and banquet records.

Zoot: A Rondel, Philip Dacey

Bryant Literary Review

In '42, Los Angeles banned the zoot suit.

Crime came woven into the clothes some wore.

Drownproofing, Tom Chandler

Bryant Literary Review

Just cup your hands

and peel back

water like sky.

Saguaro, Dennis Saleh

Bryant Literary Review

The desert night

touches the air

like the perfume

of a woman

Rhetor, Dennis Saleh

Bryant Literary Review

"Words fail me." Why read further then?

Well, because you see the words do continue,

An Element Of Style, Charles Sabukewicz

Bryant Literary Review

A noun by definition

can be almost anything:

Ice, Holly Guran

Bryant Literary Review

You are no companion

for this aging lover

lying in wait under snow.

War Story, Brian Taylor

Bryant Literary Review

A barrage of bullets sprays through the air,

crossing the battlefield as the enemy pushes forward.

Curly*, Nora Barry

Bryant Literary Review

He sits on the ground his long hair flowing in the breeze. Beside him is the burial scaffold of his child.

Mommy What Is War For?, Ellen

Bryant Literary Review

One rainy day some people get scared

spill drips of innuendos

Alzheimer's, Theadora Siranian

Bryant Literary Review

At night an ancient giant with smooth blue skin

pulls the stopper from the bottom of the world,

The Man Who Shoots Stop Signs, William Jolliff

Bryant Literary Review

Standing alone on a dark road, maybe he believes

the new ones are virgins, too hard to resist.

Nancy Underwood, Mitch Lescarbeau

Bryant Literary Review

Or it may have been Susan.

Second grade; 1958--

The Fishing Trip, David Dragone

Bryant Literary Review

The waves came up on shore, speaking in tongues

While I waited for the ocean's pitched language

What It Takes, Lisa Starr

Bryant Literary Review

All it takes is one blue rowboat tied to a buoy,

and its reflection, and this moment

Learning To Shoot At Things That Moved, Rick Benjamin

Bryant Literary Review

Soup-cans, tires searing in the summer

air, coke bottles so old the red rubbed

Late Projection, Rick Benjamin

Bryant Literary Review

My twin turns toward the camera

he's propped into the elbow

At The Eye Doctor's, Stephen R. Roberts

Bryant Literary Review

The doctor asks me to read

the eye chart, line five.

I think it begins with D

Symbolon, Dwayne Thorpe

Bryant Literary Review

A sheep's knuckle

cracked in two,

half to me

half to you.

Neighbor Kid, Bob Davis

Bryant Literary Review

Neighbor kid is so weird, that I know his name

but think of him as "neighbor kid."

Photos Of Cuteness Flash Around The World, Charles (Harper) Webb

Bryant Literary Review

Owen, the rescued baby hippo, mistakes

a giant male tortoise, Mzee, for his mom.

Sleeping God, V. P. Loggins

Bryant Literary Review

On the ninth day of creation God

Had already slept for 63 hours.

Aunt Josie, Janet Proulx

Bryant Literary Review

Favored form-fitting blouses,

pencil skirts and strappy-heeled shoes,

Remembered, John Grey

Bryant Literary Review

Years and months and days

fade into one another.

Only moments survive the chaos

Sanctuary, John Sibley Williams

Bryant Literary Review

A star rests heavy on the roof.

A dozen dead birds roost in the gutters.

Her Poems Read Like Postcards, Mark Smith

Bryant Literary Review

Her poems read like postcards

scribbled at a table in a small café

[Introduction To] The Cambridge Companion To Paradise Lost, Louis Schwartz

Bookshelf

This Companion presents fifteen short, accessible essays exploring the most important topics and themes in John Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost. The essays invite readers to begin their own independent exploration of the poem by equipping them with useful background knowledge, introducing them to key passages, and acquainting them with the current state of critical debates. Chapters are arranged to mirror the way the poem itself unfolds, offering exactly what readers need as they approach each movement of its grand design. Essays in Part I introduce the characters who frame the poem's story and set its plot and theological dynamics …