Dowson and the Eighteen Nineties

Dowson and the Eighteen Nineties

Posted by on 12 11 13 in Poetry | 1 comment

Dowson’s achievement and Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae.

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Fromentin’s Dominique

Fromentin’s Dominique

Posted by on 4 11 13 in Translation | 2 comments

Fromentin’s Dominique: translating stylistic French excellence into English.

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American Poetry and Its Institutions

American Poetry and Its Institutions

Posted by on 2 11 13 in Poetry | 0 comments

Current poetry statistics for the USA.

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5 Poets in The Atlantic

5 Poets in The Atlantic

Posted by on 28 10 13 in Poetry | 0 comments

Five poets published by The Atlantic: Peter Davidson, Linda Gregson, Stanley Plumly, Ted Kooser and Carl Dennison.

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Quantitative and Syllabic Verse

Quantitative and Syllabic Verse

Posted by on 24 10 13 in Translation | 2 comments

Quantitative and syllabic verse in English: translating Horace.

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Reviewed: The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry Since 1945

Reviewed: The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry Since 1945

Posted by on 23 10 13 in Reviews | 1 comment

Review of The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry Since 1945 by Jennifer Ashton (ed.). CUP, 2013

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How Long to Write

How Long to Write

Posted by on 15 10 13 in Criticism | 0 comments

Why is current literature so bad?

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3 Poets from the TriQuarterly

3 Poets from the TriQuarterly

Posted by on 12 10 13 in Poetry | 0 comments

A brief look at three poems in the TriQuarterly, by Kate Braverman, Kyle McCord and Cortney Kampa.

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Reviewed: The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy by Geoffrey Hill

Reviewed: The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy by Geoffrey Hill

Posted by on 6 10 13 in Reviews | 1 comment

Literary critique of Geoffrey Hill’s The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Peguy.

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4 Poets in AGNI

4 Poets in AGNI

Posted by on 5 10 13 in Poetry | 0 comments

Four poets from AGNI: Jason Sommer, Simon Armitage, Annie Boutelle and Carolina Ebeid.

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Reviewed: Francis Prose’s Reading Like a Writer

Reviewed: Francis Prose’s Reading Like a Writer

Posted by on 1 10 13 in Reviews | 0 comments

A look at Dr. Johnson’s prose: what it hides.

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3 Poems from Fieralingue

3 Poems from Fieralingue

Posted by on 30 09 13 in Poetry | 0 comments

3 Poems from Fieralingue: a literary analysis of poems by Charles Alexander, Millicent Borges Accardi and Ruth Fainlight.

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