For Monday, October 27, please read the Koch and Ashbery readings originally assigned for Friday, October, 24.
For Wednesday, October 29, please read all of the poems by Jorie Graham in the Norton Anthology.
Here are also some helpful links/articles on Graham:
Jorie Graham at the Academy of American Poets
Jorie Graham at the Poetry Foundation
Article on Jorie Graham at the literary journal Ploughshares
For Friday, October 31, please read the following in the Norton Anthology:
Poems by Susan Howe (p. 688)
Poems by Lynn Hejinian (p. 788)
Poems by Charles Bernstein (p. 909)
Charles Bernstein's essay on poetics, "Semblance" (p. 1112)
Here's additional information on Language Poetry:
A Brief Guide to Language Poetry at the Academy of American Poets
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 20-26, 2008
On Monday, we discussed Berryman.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008: Please make sure you've read the assigned Frank O'Hara selections from the Norton Anthology (all poems, plus the essay "Personism" in the back of the anthology. Please also read all of the poems by Kenneth Koch in the anthology.
Friday, October 24, 2008: Please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by John Ashbery.
Useful Links/Additional Readings and Context on the New York School of Poets:
New York School, with accompanying links on individual authors and linked essays at the Academy of American Poets.
Your second modeling poem will be due on Monday, October 27. You may choose between either writing a Dream Song, in the style of John Berryman, or a Lunch Poem, in the style of Frank O'Hara. As with the last modeling assignment, please write up a 500-word analysis/discussion of your modeling, in which you discuss the style of the poet you're modeling from and the ways in which you attempted to imitate that particular style. Please post this to your blog on Monday, October 27, and also bring a hard copy to class. You are also responsible for submitting your regular round of blogging on Sunday, October 26, as regularly scheduled.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008: Please make sure you've read the assigned Frank O'Hara selections from the Norton Anthology (all poems, plus the essay "Personism" in the back of the anthology. Please also read all of the poems by Kenneth Koch in the anthology.
Friday, October 24, 2008: Please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by John Ashbery.
Useful Links/Additional Readings and Context on the New York School of Poets:
New York School, with accompanying links on individual authors and linked essays at the Academy of American Poets.
Your second modeling poem will be due on Monday, October 27. You may choose between either writing a Dream Song, in the style of John Berryman, or a Lunch Poem, in the style of Frank O'Hara. As with the last modeling assignment, please write up a 500-word analysis/discussion of your modeling, in which you discuss the style of the poet you're modeling from and the ways in which you attempted to imitate that particular style. Please post this to your blog on Monday, October 27, and also bring a hard copy to class. You are also responsible for submitting your regular round of blogging on Sunday, October 26, as regularly scheduled.
Friday, October 3, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEK OF OCTOBER 6-12, 2008
Don't forget to blog! Blog postings for the week of September 28-October 5 will be due by midnight on Sunday, October 5.
For Monday, October 6, please make sure you're current/caught up on the Elizabeth Bishop readings (see prior post).
For Wednesday, October 8, please read all of the poems/selections in the Norton anthology on Randall Jarrell and John Berryman.
Here are some links on Jarrell and Berryman to give you additional information/context:
Randall Jarrell at The Academy of American Poets
Randall Jarrell at Modern American Poetry
John Berryman at The Academy of American Poets
John Berryman at Modern American Poetry
Additional Recommended Articles on Jarrell and Berryman can be located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Randall Jarrell or John Berryman, and the following articles will come right up in full-text format:
"Sentimental Education: Randall Jarrell Among the Women," by Gail Mcdonald, Modernism/Modernity, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1998), pp. 1-21.
"Public Dreams: Berryman, Celebrity, and the Culture of Confession," by David Haven
Blake," American Literary History, Vol. 13, No. 4 (2001), pp. 716-736.
For Friday, October 10: Visiting poet Bruce Covey, from Emory University will be reading/talking to our class!! Please also plan on attending Bruce Covey's poetry reading at 3:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the National Music Museum!!!
For Monday, October 6, please make sure you're current/caught up on the Elizabeth Bishop readings (see prior post).
For Wednesday, October 8, please read all of the poems/selections in the Norton anthology on Randall Jarrell and John Berryman.
Here are some links on Jarrell and Berryman to give you additional information/context:
Randall Jarrell at The Academy of American Poets
Randall Jarrell at Modern American Poetry
John Berryman at The Academy of American Poets
John Berryman at Modern American Poetry
Additional Recommended Articles on Jarrell and Berryman can be located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Randall Jarrell or John Berryman, and the following articles will come right up in full-text format:
"Sentimental Education: Randall Jarrell Among the Women," by Gail Mcdonald, Modernism/Modernity, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1998), pp. 1-21.
"Public Dreams: Berryman, Celebrity, and the Culture of Confession," by David Haven
Blake," American Literary History, Vol. 13, No. 4 (2001), pp. 716-736.
For Friday, October 10: Visiting poet Bruce Covey, from Emory University will be reading/talking to our class!! Please also plan on attending Bruce Covey's poetry reading at 3:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the National Music Museum!!!
Friday, September 26, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 5, 2008
Don't forget that your third round of blogging will be due by midnight on Sunday, September 28!!!
Also, don't forget that your Modeling Poem Assignment #1 will be due on Monday, September 29! Please bring a hard copy of your poem and 500-word commentary in to class to turn in, and please also post the same to your blog!!! (Guidelines for this assignment can be located in the post directly below).
For Monday, September 29, please read all the selections by Elizabeth Bishop in the Norton anthology.
The following links will also help you get started on Elizabeth Bishop:
Elizabeth Bishop - Academy of American Poets
Elizabeth Bishop at Modern American Poetry
Elizabeth Bishop at The Poetry Foundation
For Wednesday, October 1 - Class is Canceled: Instructor Giving Out-of-Town Poetry Reading
For Friday, October 3, please read the following articles on Elizabeth Bishop:
"Visibility is Poor": Elizabeth Bishop's Obsessive Imagery and Mystical Unsaying, by Katie Ford (at the Academy of American Poets website).
Read also read the following essay located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Elizabeth Bishop, and the following article will come right up in full-text format):
"Elizabeth Bishop's Impersonal Personal," by Bonnie Costello, American Literary History, Vol. 15, No. 2 (2003), pp. 334-366.
Additional suggested readings in Elizabeth Bishop at Project Muse:
"Elizabeth Bishop and Containment Policy," by Steven Gould Axelrod, American Literature, Vol. 75, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 843-867.
"Elizabeth Bishop's Social Conscience," by James Longenbach, English Literary History, Vol. 62, No. 2 (1995), pp. 467-486.
Also, don't forget that your Modeling Poem Assignment #1 will be due on Monday, September 29! Please bring a hard copy of your poem and 500-word commentary in to class to turn in, and please also post the same to your blog!!! (Guidelines for this assignment can be located in the post directly below).
For Monday, September 29, please read all the selections by Elizabeth Bishop in the Norton anthology.
The following links will also help you get started on Elizabeth Bishop:
Elizabeth Bishop - Academy of American Poets
Elizabeth Bishop at Modern American Poetry
Elizabeth Bishop at The Poetry Foundation
For Wednesday, October 1 - Class is Canceled: Instructor Giving Out-of-Town Poetry Reading
For Friday, October 3, please read the following articles on Elizabeth Bishop:
"Visibility is Poor": Elizabeth Bishop's Obsessive Imagery and Mystical Unsaying, by Katie Ford (at the Academy of American Poets website).
Read also read the following essay located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Elizabeth Bishop, and the following article will come right up in full-text format):
"Elizabeth Bishop's Impersonal Personal," by Bonnie Costello, American Literary History, Vol. 15, No. 2 (2003), pp. 334-366.
Additional suggested readings in Elizabeth Bishop at Project Muse:
"Elizabeth Bishop and Containment Policy," by Steven Gould Axelrod, American Literature, Vol. 75, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 843-867.
"Elizabeth Bishop's Social Conscience," by James Longenbach, English Literary History, Vol. 62, No. 2 (1995), pp. 467-486.
Friday, September 19, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22-28, 2008
Don't forget that your second round of blogging (readings and discussion on Plath and Sexton) for the week of September 14-21 will be due by midnight on Sunday, September 21.
For Monday, September 22, please continue your readings in Anne Sexton as assigned for last week, and also read Read the following essay located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Anne Sexton, and the following article will come right up in full-text format):
Alkalay-Gut, Karen, "The Dream Life of Ms. Dog: Anne Sexton's Revolutionary Use of Pop Culture," College Literature - 32.4, Fall 2005, pp. 50-73.
Additional essay on Sexton, not assigned, but of possible interest:
Gill, Joanna, "My Sweeney, Mr. Eliot": Anne Sexton and the "Impersonal theory of Poetry," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 27, Number 1/2, Fall 2003, pp. 36-56.
For Wednesday, September 24, please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by Sharon Olds, the poems by Kim Addonizio on the Xerox handout, and the article on confessional/post-confessional by Kathleen Osip, linked as a Word document immediately below.
"No Room in the Booth: An Appreciation of Confessional Poetry, by Kathleen Osip.
Sharon Olds at the Academy of American Poets Website
Kim Addonizio at the Academy of American Poets Website
For Friday, September 26, please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by Adrienne Rich, as well as Adrienne Rich's essay on poetics in the Norton Anthology ("When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Revision" p. 1086).
Also see: Adrienne Rich at the Academy of American Poets Website
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Guidelines for Modeling Poem Assignment #1:
Your first modeling poem will be due on Monday, September 29. Your assignment will be to write a "confessional" poem in the style of either Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, or Anne Sexton. In addition to incorporating aspects of "confessionalism" as discussed in class, your poem should also specifically model stylistic traits unique to either Lowell, Plath, or Sexton. In a 500-word minimum accompanying write-up, please discuss the ways in which your modeling poem attempts to address these stylistic criteria. Please bring a hard copy of your assignment to class on Monday, September 29, and please also post your models on your course blog as well.
Note regarding confessionalism: For the purposes of this model, you may certainly use your own autobiographical materials to generate the poem, but if this makes you uncomfortable, you are absolutely welcome to generate a fictional persona (or to even pretend to be Lowell, Sexton, or Plath) from which to write your "confessional" poem.
For Monday, September 22, please continue your readings in Anne Sexton as assigned for last week, and also read Read the following essay located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases: http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Anne Sexton, and the following article will come right up in full-text format):
Alkalay-Gut, Karen, "The Dream Life of Ms. Dog: Anne Sexton's Revolutionary Use of Pop Culture," College Literature - 32.4, Fall 2005, pp. 50-73.
Additional essay on Sexton, not assigned, but of possible interest:
Gill, Joanna, "My Sweeney, Mr. Eliot": Anne Sexton and the "Impersonal theory of Poetry," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 27, Number 1/2, Fall 2003, pp. 36-56.
For Wednesday, September 24, please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by Sharon Olds, the poems by Kim Addonizio on the Xerox handout, and the article on confessional/post-confessional by Kathleen Osip, linked as a Word document immediately below.
"No Room in the Booth: An Appreciation of Confessional Poetry, by Kathleen Osip.
Sharon Olds at the Academy of American Poets Website
Kim Addonizio at the Academy of American Poets Website
For Friday, September 26, please read all of the selections in the Norton Anthology by Adrienne Rich, as well as Adrienne Rich's essay on poetics in the Norton Anthology ("When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Revision" p. 1086).
Also see: Adrienne Rich at the Academy of American Poets Website
Guidelines for Modeling Poem Assignment #1:
Your first modeling poem will be due on Monday, September 29. Your assignment will be to write a "confessional" poem in the style of either Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, or Anne Sexton. In addition to incorporating aspects of "confessionalism" as discussed in class, your poem should also specifically model stylistic traits unique to either Lowell, Plath, or Sexton. In a 500-word minimum accompanying write-up, please discuss the ways in which your modeling poem attempts to address these stylistic criteria. Please bring a hard copy of your assignment to class on Monday, September 29, and please also post your models on your course blog as well.
Note regarding confessionalism: For the purposes of this model, you may certainly use your own autobiographical materials to generate the poem, but if this makes you uncomfortable, you are absolutely welcome to generate a fictional persona (or to even pretend to be Lowell, Sexton, or Plath) from which to write your "confessional" poem.
Friday, September 12, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 15-21, 2008
Don't forget that your first round of blogging for the week of September 8-14 will need to be posted by midnight on Sunday, September 14!!
In terms of reading assignments, once you get your Norton anthology, please read the introduction, as it gives a very big-picture overview of some of the same groupings we'll be studying during the course of the semester.
Here are some links to get you started on Sylvia Plath:
Sylvia Plath at the Academy of American Poets Website
Sylvia Plath at the Modern American Poetry Website
Sylvia Plath at the Poetry Foundation Website
Clips of Sylvia Plath Reading on YouTube
For Monday, September 15, please read all of the selections on Sylvia Plath in the Norton anthology:
"The Disquieting Muses"
"Metaphors"
"The Colossus"
"Morning Song"
"In Plaster"
"Tulips"
"Blackberrying"
"Elm"
"The Arrival of the Bee Box"
"The Applicant"
"Daddy"
"Fever 103"
"Cut"
"Poppies in October"
"Ariel"
"Lady Lazarus"
"Edge"
For Wednesday, September 17, please read the following critical articles on Sylvia Plath:
Sylvia Plath and Confessional Poetry: A Reconsideration, by M.D. Uroff from Iowa Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1977, pp. 104-15.
The Self in the World: The Social Context of Sylvia Plath's Late Poems, by Pamela J. Annas, from Women's Studies, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2, 1980, pp. 171-83.
By Friday, September 19, we'll be taking a look at Anne Sexton. Here are some links to get you started on Sexton:
Anne Sexton at the Poetry Foundation Website
Anne Sexton at the Modern American Poetry Website
Anne Sexton at the Academy of American Poets Website
Rare Film Clips of Anne Sexton on YouTube
And then, for Friday, September 19, please read all of the selections by Anne Sexton in your Norton anthology:
"Her Kind"
"The Truth the Dead Know"
"All My Pretty Ones"
"The Starry Night"
"The Death of the Fathers"
2. How We Danced
"The Death Baby"
1. Dreams
"The Room of My Life"
In terms of reading assignments, once you get your Norton anthology, please read the introduction, as it gives a very big-picture overview of some of the same groupings we'll be studying during the course of the semester.
Here are some links to get you started on Sylvia Plath:
Sylvia Plath at the Academy of American Poets Website
Sylvia Plath at the Modern American Poetry Website
Sylvia Plath at the Poetry Foundation Website
Clips of Sylvia Plath Reading on YouTube
For Monday, September 15, please read all of the selections on Sylvia Plath in the Norton anthology:
"The Disquieting Muses"
"Metaphors"
"The Colossus"
"Morning Song"
"In Plaster"
"Tulips"
"Blackberrying"
"Elm"
"The Arrival of the Bee Box"
"The Applicant"
"Daddy"
"Fever 103"
"Cut"
"Poppies in October"
"Ariel"
"Lady Lazarus"
"Edge"
For Wednesday, September 17, please read the following critical articles on Sylvia Plath:
Sylvia Plath and Confessional Poetry: A Reconsideration, by M.D. Uroff from Iowa Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1977, pp. 104-15.
The Self in the World: The Social Context of Sylvia Plath's Late Poems, by Pamela J. Annas, from Women's Studies, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2, 1980, pp. 171-83.
By Friday, September 19, we'll be taking a look at Anne Sexton. Here are some links to get you started on Sexton:
Anne Sexton at the Poetry Foundation Website
Anne Sexton at the Modern American Poetry Website
Anne Sexton at the Academy of American Poets Website
Rare Film Clips of Anne Sexton on YouTube
And then, for Friday, September 19, please read all of the selections by Anne Sexton in your Norton anthology:
"Her Kind"
"The Truth the Dead Know"
"All My Pretty Ones"
"The Starry Night"
"The Death of the Fathers"
2. How We Danced
"The Death Baby"
1. Dreams
"The Room of My Life"
Monday, September 8, 2008
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2008
Please read all of the selections by W.D. Snodgrass and Robert Lowell in your Northon Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. (The bookstore has assured me that copies have been ordered and will be arriving either today (Monday, 9/8), or by tomorrow at the very latest (Tuesday, 9/9). Please make sure to get a copy of the anthology ASAP if you haven't done so already in one form or another.
We will be discussing Lowell throughout the remainder of the week, and won't begin reading/discussing Sylvia Plath until the following week (Monday, September 15). I'll distribute another updated print schedule.
Here are some basic internet links/pages on Robert Lowell to get you started:
Robert Lowell - Academy of American Poets
Robert Lowell - Modern American Poetry
Robert Lowell - Poetry Foundation
Please also read the following article on Robert Lowell, located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases (http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Robert Lowell, and the following articles will come right up in full-text format):
Thurston, Michael, "Robert Lowell's Monumental Vision: History, Form, and the Cultural Work of Postwar American Lyric," American Literary History - Volume 12, Number 1&2, Spring/Summer 2000, pp. 79-112.
Additional articles on Robert Lowell in Project Muse that are definitely worth taking a look at:
Sarwar, Selim, "Robert Lowell: Scripting the Mid-Century Eschatology," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 25, Number 2, Winter 2001-2002, pp. 114-130.
Burt, Stephen, "Rebellious Authority: Robert Lowell and Milton at Midcentury," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 2000/2001, pp. 337-347.
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Don't forget that your first round of blogging will be due on Sunday, September 14, by midnight. Please make sure to label your blog post clearly as follows: Blog Post for Week of September 8-14, 2008: [Insert your post title here]. Your blog post should be a minimum of 500 words, and should address some aspect of this week's class discussion and/or readings.
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Upcoming Literary Events:
Please consider joining the Vermillion Literary Project - our undergraduate literary organization that sponsors monthly poetry slams, an annual short story contest, an annual poetry festival, the Sorcerer's Apprentice Writing Camp for high school students, and an annual literary magazine. The first meeting for the VLP will be this Friday, September 14, at 4:00 p.m., in Dakota Hall 201. I highly encourage you to check it out! It's fun, and provides you with wonderful literary experiences and skills!
The first VLP slam will be held on Thursday, September, 25, at 7:00 p.m., at the Coffee Shop Gallery in downtown Vermillion. The featured poet and slam-master will be Minneapolis poet and professor Gary Dop -- a wonderful poet and reader! Afterwards, everyone is welcome to participate in the poetry slam.
We will be discussing Lowell throughout the remainder of the week, and won't begin reading/discussing Sylvia Plath until the following week (Monday, September 15). I'll distribute another updated print schedule.
Here are some basic internet links/pages on Robert Lowell to get you started:
Robert Lowell - Academy of American Poets
Robert Lowell - Modern American Poetry
Robert Lowell - Poetry Foundation
Please also read the following article on Robert Lowell, located in Project Muse, from the USD library research databases (http://www.usd.edu/library/research/ - On this page, scroll down to the listing of databases, click on Project Muse, search for Robert Lowell, and the following articles will come right up in full-text format):
Thurston, Michael, "Robert Lowell's Monumental Vision: History, Form, and the Cultural Work of Postwar American Lyric," American Literary History - Volume 12, Number 1&2, Spring/Summer 2000, pp. 79-112.
Additional articles on Robert Lowell in Project Muse that are definitely worth taking a look at:
Sarwar, Selim, "Robert Lowell: Scripting the Mid-Century Eschatology," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 25, Number 2, Winter 2001-2002, pp. 114-130.
Burt, Stephen, "Rebellious Authority: Robert Lowell and Milton at Midcentury," Journal of Modern Literature - Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 2000/2001, pp. 337-347.
Don't forget that your first round of blogging will be due on Sunday, September 14, by midnight. Please make sure to label your blog post clearly as follows: Blog Post for Week of September 8-14, 2008: [Insert your post title here]. Your blog post should be a minimum of 500 words, and should address some aspect of this week's class discussion and/or readings.
Upcoming Literary Events:
Please consider joining the Vermillion Literary Project - our undergraduate literary organization that sponsors monthly poetry slams, an annual short story contest, an annual poetry festival, the Sorcerer's Apprentice Writing Camp for high school students, and an annual literary magazine. The first meeting for the VLP will be this Friday, September 14, at 4:00 p.m., in Dakota Hall 201. I highly encourage you to check it out! It's fun, and provides you with wonderful literary experiences and skills!
The first VLP slam will be held on Thursday, September, 25, at 7:00 p.m., at the Coffee Shop Gallery in downtown Vermillion. The featured poet and slam-master will be Minneapolis poet and professor Gary Dop -- a wonderful poet and reader! Afterwards, everyone is welcome to participate in the poetry slam.
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