Back to Medieval Source Book | ORB Main Page | Links to Other Medieval Sites | Medieval Sourcebook: Boccaccio: The Decameron - Introduction The onset of the Black Death, was described by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). I say, then, that the years of the beatific incarnation of the Son of God had reached the tale of one thousand three hundred and forty eight, when in the illustrious city of ...

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Haiku HOW-TO HAIKU Haiku Techniques - Jane Reichhold Another Definition of Haiku - Jane Reichhold Fragment and Phrase Theory -Jane Reichhold Haiku Rules That Have Come and Gone - Jane Reichhold Some Thoughts on Rethinking Haiku - Jane Reichhold Forms in English Haiku - Keiko Imaoka ARTICLES ON HAIKU WRITING A Reading of the Prizewinners - Lenard D. Moore Metaphor in Basho's Haiku - Jane ...

Yosa Buson and His Followers: Haiku & Painting _ I E ^ m { n @Hiroo Saga Articles on Buson The following articles have been written by Hiroo Saga in Japanese. He is now preparing English versions. For further details email saga@nime.ac.jp Here is a Guestbook, if you like. Buson in his younger days in Kanto (1993), Nakadachi, No. 14 Poetry as an open space for lightening of Being ...

The Aphra Behn Society is dedicated to encouraging and advancing research that focuses on issues of gender and/or women's role in the arts of early modern culture, circa 1660-1800. Through its newsletter, Web site, and annual meeting (see information below), the Behn Society seeks to promote an exchange of information and ideas among members of the various disciplines engaged in related research.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning Illustrated by Kate Greenaway London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1888 Begin This electronic version is prepared by Jian Liu March 1998, Reference Department, Indiana University Libraries Comments and Suggestions are welcome. ...

Bibliography Library Collections Elizabeth Bishop Societies Announcements and Calls for Papers Selected Papers from Symposium, Vassar College 1994 Related Links Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911, but spent part of her childhood with her Canadian grandparents after her father's death and her mother's permanent hospitalization in a Nova Scotian sanitarium. She attended ...

Descriptions of and pointers to the best of William Blake on the web. Blake, 1757-1827, was an English poet, artist, engraver, and publisher. His writings and art are extraordinary and he is probably my greatest hero and visionary.

Faith, Sir, we are here to Day, and gone to Morrow. -- Aphra Behn, The Lucky Chance The Aphra Behn Page All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn, which is, most scandalously but rather appropriately, in Westminster Abbey, for it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds. It is she--shady and amorous as she was--who makes it not quite fantastic for me ...

This is the home page for the Blake List, devoted to the life and work of visionary poet William Blake.

Scottish poet Robert Burns lived at Ellisland Farm in Dumfries and Galloway - now one of the most popular Burns visitor attractions and museums in Scotland ...

Over 80, 000 Members Worldwide The Beginners Guide The Expert Analysis The Burns Supper Features & Archives Discussion Forum The Newsletter Burns Poems and Songs The Letters of Burns Affiliated Burns Clubs in 16 Countries The Burns Federation E - Membership Schools and Education Contribute an Article Burns and Scottish Links Search the Site Scottish History The Official Robert Burns Shop ...

Sir John Betjeman Welcome to the official Sir John Betjeman web site, created with the approval of the Estate of Sir John Betjeman, and the official site of The Betjeman Society. You will find examples of his work, a brief biography, photographs , a bibliography, a shop, and links to other Web sites. If you know of anything else on the Web related to John Betjeman, please let me know, and I will ...

Historical, biographical, and critical information on Gwendolyn Brooks.

The University of South Carolina prides itself on its reputation as one of the foremost institutions in the United States for the study of Scottish literature. The Thomas Cooper Library is fortunate to have one of the foremost collections of Scottish literature anywhere outside of Scotland. Many of its valuable holdings are part of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Scottish Literature and the Rodger ...

Robert Burns lived, worked and died in Dumfries Scotland. The Burns Howff Club is a society celebrating his life, works and contribution to Scottish heritage ...

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) | About Elizabeth Bishop | The Bishop / Moore Correspondence on The Fish | On The Fish | On The Man-Moth | On At the Fishhouses | On Filling Station | On Questions of Travel | On The Armadillo | On In the Waiting Room | On Pink Dog | On Crusoe in England | On One Art | The Drafts of One Art --by Brett Candlish Millier | Comparing Bishop's At ...

HYMNS IN PROSE FOR CHILDREN. BY THE AUTHOR OF LESSONS FOR CHILDREN LONDON: Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard. MDCCLXXXI. Preface. Hymn I.....1 Hymn II.....5 Hymn III.....12 Hymn IV.....20 Hymn V.....25 Hymn VI.....36 Hymn VII.....43 Hymn VIII.....53 Hymn IX.....63 Hymn X.....77 Hymn XI.....83 Hymn XII.....89 Provenance of the Text. The copytext for this on-line edition of ...

The Blake Multimedia Project The Blake Multimedia Project is an approach to studying and teaching the works of William Blake using the tools of computer technology. Though he lived two hundred years ago, Blake himself was a multimedia artist whose work combined verbal and visual expression with technological innovation. Blake's work is difficult to access because accurate color reproductions of ...

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HISTORY OF HAIKU 10 haikuists and their works Previous Page Chapter 2 Basho Matsuo (1644 ~ 1694) Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku). He too, wrote poems using jokes and plays upon words in his early stages, as they were in fashion, but began to attach importance to the role of thought in haikai (especially in hokku) from around 1680. The thought of ...

The William Blake Page Last updated February 20, 2001 William Blake (b. Nov. 28, 1757, London--d. Aug. 12, 1827, London) was the first of the great English Romantic poets, as well as a painter and printer and one of the greatest engravers in English history. Largely self-taught, he began writing poetry when he was twelve and was apprenticed to a London engraver at the age of fourteen. His poetry ...

Robert Burns Museum and long-established Burns Club, in Irvine, Scotland, where the poet lived and worked in 1781. Superb displays, unique manuscripts, paintings, rare books.

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Arts and Activism Arts and Education Literary Arts Visual Arts Interviews and Conversations About EnviroArts EnviroArts Home Field Observations: An Interview with Wendell Berry by Jordan Fisher-Smith I. On a Winter afternoon, Wendell Berry and I go for a walk on his farm in the Kentucky River Valley. The low sun flashes through the breaks in the bare hardwoods as we hike up out of Berry's upper ...

Louise Bogan (1897-1970) | Bogan's Life and Career | On Medusa | Medusa in Myth and Literary History | On Women | On Cassandra | Cassandra in the Classical World | On The Dragonfly | Additional Poems by Louise Bogan | External Links | Compiled and Prepared by Cary Nelson Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index ...

James Boswell & Robert Burns: Sons of Ayrshire James Boswell Robert Burns To advance, click on either picture. &copy 1994, 1995, Tom Kinsella. All rights reserved Robert Burns Robert Burns (1759-1796) is considered Scotland's greatest poet. Best known for his feeling descriptions of country life and for satires against the political and religious hypocrisy of the day, Burns wrote much of his ...

Amiri Baraka Photo Credit: Loss Glazier Bio/List of Publications and Papers (N/A) Online Works Poems: Ka'Ba About the Author: Modern American Poetry Page Participant in Robert Creeley 70th birthday celebration Send a Comment | Search | 2002 | Home Electronic Poetry Center (http://epc.buffalo.edu) ...

Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem. by Anna L titia Barbauld (1743 - 1825) First Publication: Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem. by Anna L titia Barbauld. London: Printed for J. Johnson & Co., St. Paul's Churchyard. 1812. Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, A Poem. Still the loud death drum, thundering from afar, O'er the vext nations pours the storm of war: To the stern call still Britain bends her ...

Clerihews Title : Clerihews Poet : Edmund Clerihew Bentley Date : 15 Sep 1999 1stLine: The art of Biography Length : 28 Prev Index Next Your comments on this poem to attach to the end Clerihews The art of Biography Is different from Geography. Geography is about maps, But Biography is about chaps. Sir Christopher Wren Said, 'I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St.

Lloyd Schwartz introduces and reads Sonnett by Elizabeth Bishop, and is joined by Gail Mazur, Robert Pinsky, and Mark Strand ...

Robert Burns, Burns Suppers, Robert Burns Portraits, Burns in Glasgow, Burns in Edinburgh, Burns Essays, FAQ's on Burns, a large site authorised by the G&D Burns Association with many aspects of the poets life and times, poetry and analysis.

The Beat Page is the best resource on the net for all things Beat.

Selected poems of Baudelaire, in the original French and in English translation.

AnneBradstreet.com is a web site celebrating the work of 17th Century poet Anne Dudley Bradstreet, who was the first woman to have her work published in the United States.

Poetry of Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones).

THE COMING OF CIRCLES by Michael Basinski Click on miniatures for enlargements. Return to Biennial VI Index for Anglo-America. Return to Light and Dust Poets | Return to Kaldron On-Line Copyright 1998 by Michael Basinski. This is a cooperative presentation of The 6th Biennial Kaldron On-Line and Light and Dust Mobile Anthology of Poetry ...

No Safe Place: Violence Against Women Interview: Robert Bly Author/poet Robert Bly is the author of Iron John and Sibling Society. Transcript of Interview Q: What are the roots of male violence Is it just a part of men's nature A desire to maintain control The absence of the father role model Is it rooted in the patriarchy The roots of male violence. I'll give you three answers that almost ...

Abstracts & Interviews Feature Articles Literature & Reviews Left Bank History References & Resources Historical Profiles Salon Discussions Salon Profiles Forums & Links Distribution List Guest Book Contact Natalie Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972) Natalie Barney was born in Dayton, Ohio to Albert Clifford Barney and Alice Pike Barney. Both parents came from extraordinary wealth and provided ...

Modern Poetry Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop, born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911, had a difficult childhood: her father died when she was very young, and while still in early childhood her mother was permanently hospitalized in a sanitarium. She spent her childhood years living with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, and with relatives in Massachusetts. Bishop attended Vassar College, and ...

Robert Bly: A Dream of Suffocation The Indigo Bunting In Danger from the Outer World Moving Inward at Last IT'S HARD FOR SOME MEN TO FINISH SENTENCES back to the Fat Poetry Book Index A Dream of Suffocation Accountants hover over the earth like helicopters, Dropping bits of paper engraved with Hegel's name. Badgers carry the papers on their fur To their den, where the entire family dies in the ...

HISTORY OF HAIKU 10 haikuists and their works Previous Page Chapter 3 Buson Yosa (1716 ~ 1783) In the 18th century, haikai-renga became less popular and the haikuists put efforts into the creation of hokkus. Buson, excellent painter and poet, succeeded in evoking clear images in his picturesque hokkus filled with light. Buson's hokkus, different from Basho's, don't present philosophy, nor show ...

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) Midsummer October November To an American Painter Departing for Europe Mutation William Tell Midsummer A power is on the earth and in the air From which the vital spirit shrinks afraid, And shelters him, in nooks of deepest shade, From the hot steam and from the fiery glare. Look forth upon the earth--her thousand plants Are smitten; even the dark sun-loving ...

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Amiri Baraka (1934- ) - also called Imamu Amiri Baraka - Original name until 1968 Everett LeRoi Jones American dramatist, poet and novelist, who has explored the experience and anger of African-Americans. Baraka's writings have been his weapon ...

This site is the cyberspace partner of The Black Collegian Magazine and the career site providing jobs for African American college students. In addition to career planning and job search information, there is commentary by leading African American writers, entertainment features and general information on college life.

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William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) born Nov. 3, 1794 , Cummington, Mass died June 12, 1878 , New York City 1794-1878, American poet and newspaper editor, b. Cummington, Mass. The son of a learned and highly respected physician, Bryant was exposed to English poetry in his father fs vast library. As a boy he became devoted to the New England countryside and was a keen observer of nature. In his ...

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Text-Only Version WILLIAM BRONK, 1918-1999 Papers, 1940-1996 MC 54 Biographical Note | Scope and Content Note | Series Listing 6 Hollinger boxes Multiple Accessions Processed: August 1985 Last revised: November 1999 William Bronk Kelly Wise ACQUISITION: This collection is made up of several different accessions. ACCESS: There are no restrictions on access to this collection. COPYRIGHT: Requests ...

Cisterning turniptip shadow nympfit theology -- Michael Basinski E Dance by Michael Basinski The following visual poems were designed to be viewed while listening to the sound track for E Dance, performed by Michael and Natalie Basinski. Click on any thumbnail to for a larger, much more detailed view. Depending on network traffic and your connection speed, the sound will take a few minutes to ...

VENEDIAN BESEECHERS by Michael Basinski Introduction This public display of fervent devotion is for group petition albeit solo petition is a possibility. Each invocation is engaged with vocal expressionism. A petition ranges for approximately 10 seconds. There are approximately 15 to 20 seconds of non-reverence between utters. The petitions are read from right to left. Enjambed readings are an ...

A Meeting in A Part by Wendell Berry North Point Press In a dream I meet my dead friend. He has, I know, gone long and far, and yet he is the same for the dead are changeless. They grow no older. It is I who have changed, grown strange to what I was. Yet I, the changed one, ask: How you been He grins and looks at me. I been eating peaches off some mighty fine trees. &copy Copyright Wendell ...

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!@ AMERICAN POETRY Elizabeth Bishop: 1911-1979 !@ The photo is from the webpage of The Academy of American Poets !@ Biography Web Pages Poetic Style Bishop and Brazil Online Texts Online Review of ! One Art! Online Forum (UTexas) Guiding Questions Online Essays Selected Bibliography !@ ONLINE JOURNAL !@ !@ Biography Web Pages The Elizabeth Bishop Page on the Vassar College web site gives a full ...

William Bronk (1918-1999) Died Feb. 22 some time at night, apparently peacefully. The Smile on the Face of a Kouros This boy, of course, was dead, whatever that might mean. And nobly dead. I think we should feel he was nobly dead. He fell in battle, perhaps, and this carved stone remembers him not as he may have looked, but as if to define the naked virtue the stone describes as his. One foot is ...

A short biography of Joanna Baillie.

Poems by Theodore Roethke and Elizabeth Bishop By Robert Hass August 9, 1998 A reader from Maryland writes to ask where the villanelle came from. I looked it up: a very old Italian folk song form brought into medieval French poetry and then brought into English by poets at the end of the 19th century. It is based on an intricate rhyme scheme and a schematic repetition of key lines. The effect is ...

Two Poems by Robert Bly By Robert Hass October 25, 1998 It has idly crossed my mind that, in human societies, the fall has traditionally been the time of scapegoat rituals. But I reminded myself that the release of the Starr Report materials and the grand jury video were timed to do as much damage as possible before the November elections and not to clear the fields of the lingering and ...

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