Links
November 15, 2018
Links to Things Literary “Too much of a good thing” describes not only the internet but the conditions under which we live in modern life. This [...]
Terms
November 15, 2018
“Buddhism” by Nancy Wilson Ross – an excellent and readable introduction to the basic concepts A Useful List of Terms for the study [...]
Student Poetry
November 15, 2018
Student Poetry If you would like to have a poem posted, please consider the following guidelines: All submissions must be by e-mail Poems must be proofread [...]
Student Essays
November 15, 2018
Student Essays Here is a selection of essays written as class assignments. Students should appreciate seeing what sort of writing gets the highest marks [...]
Poems
November 15, 2018
Poems and Poets Elizabeth Bishop -who once lived in Great Village, Nova Scotia. Gavin Ewart Philip Larkin: a selection Philip Larkin: a second selection [...]
Poetry
November 15, 2018
Poetry “A synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits”; “musical thought”; the unsayable said” – the ways to define poetry seem [...]
Personal Essay
November 15, 2018
The Personal Essay Here find samples of and about the personal essay especially for use in 441/541 English. We live in a world awash with essays. They are [...]
How To Deconstruct Almost Anything
November 15, 2018
“Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right.” – Donald Norman This is the story of one computer professional’s [...]
Bloom’s Elegy – Conclusion
November 15, 2018
All canons, including our currently fashionable counter-canons, are elitist, and as no secular canon is ever closed, what is now acclaimed as [...]
Bloom’s Elegy – Part Two
November 15, 2018
ALL STRONG literary originality becomes canonical. Some years ago, on a stormy night in New Haven, I sat down to reread, yet once more, John Milton’s [...]