Notes on Macbeth
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Thoughts on that Scottish play, with particular focus on the role the natural world plays in it.
Tagged ‘class handout’
Thoughts on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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The Wife’s Lament
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An Old English poem with the distinction of being narrated by a woman.
John Paul Stevens on writing a first draft
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Writing as a mode of learning!
Six years after September 11, 2001
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On the anniversary of a horrific event
‘Blackberry Eating,’ by Galway Kinnell
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One of my favorite poems; it is remarkably visceral.
Marlowe & Raleigh
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A dialog in verse
‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger,’ by William Blake
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Two of Blake’s most famous poems, as good a pairing as ever.
‘London,’ by William Blake
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Are you … experienced? You will be, after reading this 18th-century poem.
‘Pearl’ and Middle English
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A few thoughts on the ‘Perle plesaunte’
Cædmon’s Hymn
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A brief introduction to the oldest poem in English
Exit, pursued by a bear
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The most famous (and possibly only) stage direction in Shakespeare
The Textual Problem of King Lear
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There are two distinct versions of this famous play, both worth considering.